Blog entries tagged with "real estate boom":


real estate boom: Tuesday May Have Marked The Unofficial End Of Low Mortgage Rates - 02/22/08 11:37 AM
For homebuyers and homeowners expecting low mortgage rates this week, Tuesday marked the unofficial end to basement 30-year fixed mortgage rates.According to the market analysts at BestInfo, Inc., the 30-year fixed rate measured its largest one-day movement in more than 10 years Tuesday. Nationally, 30-year fixed mortgage rates increased 0.375%.Here is the … (0 comments)

real estate boom: I'm no Econ major, but I know Supply & Demand! - 02/20/08 08:46 PM
 
We've all heard it a million times in the past year or two.  "Oh, you're in real estate?  Pretty slow now, huh?" or "The market's pretty bad now, right?"  AHHHHH I want to pull my hair out! 
The market isn't bad!  That's actually an impossibility.  According to the laws of supply … (5 comments)

real estate boom: Real Estate Boom Left its Legacy - 02/10/08 05:10 PM
"The Light Artillery Blues and the Zouaves were out in force.  They made a stirring sight as they paraded across the bridge," reported Lynchburg's newspaper, The Daily Virginia, the day after the opening of the bridge linking Rivermont and the downtown business area.  The time was 3 p.m. on April 17, … (0 comments)

real estate boom: America's Most Lucrative Neighborhoods! - 01/30/08 02:50 PM
There are a wide range of reasons for neighborhoods to explode in value. Sometimes it's as simple as catching the overflow from the city's larger real estate boom. Other times, it can come from a dramatic reduction in crime, the resolution of a local financial crisis or government rezoning and infrastructure … (2 comments)

real estate boom: Where the housing boom goes on - 06/28/07 03:00 AM
Where the housing boom goes onby Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler AZ REALTORChandler Arizona Real Estate
A good portion of the country is stuck in a Real Estate 'flat'.  Or maybe even a little bit of a 'bust'.  This is certainly not the case everywhere.  Read this article from money.cnn.com.  Various places are posting … (7 comments)

real estate boom: True Real Estate Tax Relief Would Create Another Real Estate BOOM! - 05/25/07 05:38 PM
At first there was talk in Florida about completely getting rid of real estate taxes for homesteaded properties while increasing our sales tax by a penny or two. Most people that I spoke to applauded the idea.   Florida used to have some of the cheapest real estate taxes in the nation … (8 comments)

real estate boom: This boom may never go bust - 04/28/07 11:04 PM
Rob Carrick my new hero. His article is up there with my last post from economist Paul Krugman."Homeowners in the province know that, and so do shareholders of a few Alberta real estate companies and REITs, or real estate investment trusts. Take apartment landlord Boardwalk REIT - it's up 88 … (0 comments)

real estate boom: Moscow on top: A quick global property guide report on Russia's real estate boom - 03/24/07 08:31 AM
If you thought Moscow property prices couldn’t go any higher – well, they just have! Apartments in the centre of the city are being sold and rented at prices which would appear to defy all reason - except that Moscow is a city, now, of extraordinary wealth.  The average price of … (1 comments)

real estate boom: Mortgage News You Can Use - 03/20/07 03:03 PM
                                                                  March 20, 2007 The Subprime Dilemma-These loans have been around for years-so why all the drama now? Many subprime and other adjustable home loan rates have moved dramatically higher, due in part to the Federal Reserve Boards recent rate hike cycle.  So as these rates are adjusting higher-and the payment right along … (1 comments)

real estate boom: How does the average UK home cost? - 02/28/07 11:17 PM
via Thisismoney UK In the UK, there are at least three top companies which spew out in-depth reports and  forecasts on real estate and housing trends. These are Halifax, Nationwide, and Hometrack. Halifax said that the average home in the UK “rose by 9.9% last year to reach £186,035. They have … (2 comments)

real estate boom: Flipper Having a Tough Time - 02/14/07 07:49 AM
Flipper Having a Tough Timeby Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate
For quite a few years folks have been making a good amount of money (in many cases their entire living) by flipping houses.  What exactly is flipping?  Well, 'traditionally' I would say that flipping entailed purchasing a home that needed … (37 comments)

real estate boom: Did you make it BIG during the BOOM? This guy did.... - 01/03/07 11:58 PM
There were many factors driving the Real Estate BOOM from ~ 2000-2005.  Some of these, to varying degrees and in no particular order, include
                                                                                                             
shifting portfolios away from stocks (dot.com bust)historically low interest ratesinternet/tv based 'discussion' about real estate2nd home buyersproperty flippersgenuine population growthmigration dynamics of our populationI highlight below the saga … (8 comments)

real estate boom: As Babies Boom, So Does Galveston - 07/01/06 06:10 PM
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