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What? Homeownership I No Longer Hip?

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Real Estate Agent with Elite Home Sales Team OC BRE# 02066030

What, is what I thought when I red an article in The Orange County Register, titled "Homeownership is no longer hip" today by Mr Krueger.  What?  Do we not remember the same kinds of articles during the Carter administration.  It stems from short sightedness of people.  We believe where we are is where we will always going to stay the same as it is right now.

Do you know what makes a sad man happy and a happy man sad?  TIME

His logic is built around the 2010 census, where it showed a drop from 66.2 percent in 2000 to 65.1 percent in 2010.  Since when is a 1 percent of anything a trend? 

I spent a lot of time building the case that affordability, loan rates and any other statistic that they come up with does not drive the housing market.  Only consumer confidence does.  Wow, are these reporters dense.  They look at numbers and make up their own answers.

MichelleCherie Carr Crowe .Just Call. 408-252-8900
Get Results Team...Just Call (408) 252-8900! . DRE #00901962 . Licensed to Sell since 1985 . Altas Realty - San Jose, CA
Family Helping Families Buy & Sell Homes 40+ Years

Yes, and the people with the most equity today are ones who bought a home NOT because it was hip or trendy, but because owning their own home met their personal needs for stability, lifestyle and the good old mortgage interest deduction offset a lot of cost.

Oct 23, 2011 07:34 PM
Elite Home Sales Team
Elite Home Sales Team OC - Corona del Mar, CA
A Tenacious and Skilled Real Estate Team

It is a time when the economy is down that is why the sales are off.

Oct 24, 2011 04:03 AM
Tammie White, Broker
Franklin Homes Realty LLC - Franklin, TN
Franklin TN Homes for Sale

I guess he thinks we should wit until the home prices go up and so do the interest rates. Isn't it better to buy low and sell high?

Oct 25, 2011 04:36 AM
Elite Home Sales Team
Elite Home Sales Team OC - Corona del Mar, CA
A Tenacious and Skilled Real Estate Team

Tammie

It is the exact time to buy.

Oct 25, 2011 07:30 AM
MichelleCherie Carr Crowe .Just Call. 408-252-8900
Get Results Team...Just Call (408) 252-8900! . DRE #00901962 . Licensed to Sell since 1985 . Altas Realty - San Jose, CA
Family Helping Families Buy & Sell Homes 40+ Years

And yet some will still hesitate and wait.

Oct 25, 2011 04:39 PM
Olga Diaz
COLDWELL BANKER TOMLINSON - Pullman, WA
Potter, Mng Broker, CRS, ASP, ePRO, ABR

Confidence and good information are important in keeping up "the trend".  Homebuying is here to stay.  Let's give buyer's the support and information they need to move forward!

Nov 01, 2011 05:54 AM
Elite Home Sales Team
Elite Home Sales Team OC - Corona del Mar, CA
A Tenacious and Skilled Real Estate Team

Michelle

It is true that some are afraid and will not move at this time.

Nov 01, 2011 06:55 AM
Elite Home Sales Team
Elite Home Sales Team OC - Corona del Mar, CA
A Tenacious and Skilled Real Estate Team

Olga

Consumer confidence get the buyers to a place where we can give them good info.

Nov 01, 2011 06:56 AM