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Mesquite Real Estate Market - The Eye of the Hurricane

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Real Estate Agent with Desert Gold Realty - Mesquite NV Homes For Sale DRE# S.0072173

Is the Mesquite real estate market finally in the eye of the hurricane?

When a hurricane warning becomes known, decisions need to be made to protect your family, your property and your possessions.  Do you flee the area, leaving behind everything that you have built and worked for?

Or did you hunker down and prepare to wait it out and come back strong to rebuild with what is left?

home on stilts ready for the floodMost of us underestimated the strength and fury of the hurricane that hit the real estate market in Mesquite NV and most areas of the country.

The huge loan tornado grew bigger and bigger and devastated all in it’s path of fury.  The fuel price tornado gained force and impacted all aspects of business in the country.

Gretchen Faber called it the perfect storm in her post Riding Out the Storm.

As we are waiting for the eye of the hurricane to pass over, we can assess the damage and prepare for the aftermath of flooding that is already here and the smaller tornadoes that are still to come.

Too many homeowners have not been able to save their homes.  Many real estate related companies were not able to prepare and have had to flee the storm.

Some families will lose everything.

Blue sky in a Mesquite NV StormSome homeowners cannot afford to sell their homes right now.  They owe more than they paid for their home before the storm.


But many sellers here have been able to adjust their price and hunkered down to be in prime position when the hurricane passes and the pent-up buyers leave their basements.

We are finally seeing some patches of  blue sky - you have to look hard between the dark clouds.

The 'easy to qualify for' loans are gone with the wind - Only buyers with good credit and some cash for down payment are in a position to buy.

As these pent up buyers make their moves, the flood of homes on the market will eventually subside.  And the market will stabilize.

The prices will eventually start going up.  But pay attention - when that patch of blue peeks out of the gray sky - don't be the last one to climb out of the basement.

 

Virginia Hepp
702-622-1177
 

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Comments(24)

* Rate A Home
Rate A Home - Saugatuck, MI

Virginia, interesting concept of the mobile home on stilts. Had to look twice at that one. Love those flood plains on land ind sales.

Aug 10, 2008 12:41 AM
Renée Donohue~Home Photography
Savvy Home Pix - Allegan, MI
Western Michigan Real Estate Photographer

It really hurts to see this from the angles that we see this.  I also believe that we are cleaning up messes left over from our predecessors.  Sometimes I just wish I could stay in bed with the covers over my head!

Aug 10, 2008 04:30 AM
Virginia Hepp - Mesquite NV REALTOR
Desert Gold Realty - Mesquite NV Homes For Sale - Mesquite, NV
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Duane - caught me off guard, too.  They are now all over the Katrina area - FEMA requirement.

Renee - Some people may never recover - that is the worst part.

Aug 10, 2008 06:21 AM
* Rate A Home
Rate A Home - Saugatuck, MI

Virginia, probably a great idea. I recall seeing a home setting in the middle of a bog about a 1/4 mile off the road when I was down there after the storm. Not sure if stilts would have helped with the wind, but would have helped with floating off the foundation with the rising waters.

Aug 10, 2008 07:21 AM
Gretchen Faber
The Kentwood Company at Cherry Creek - Denver, CO
LifeStyleDenver

Hi Virginia, Thanks for the linkback!  Your spin on things is well-balanced and thoughtful, and I always love your photos of your area.  What a sunset!!

Aug 10, 2008 08:38 AM
Renée Donohue~Home Photography
Savvy Home Pix - Allegan, MI
Western Michigan Real Estate Photographer

This one has been reblogged :)  I want to know if you get notification!

Aug 10, 2008 08:41 AM
Virginia Hepp - Mesquite NV REALTOR
Desert Gold Realty - Mesquite NV Homes For Sale - Mesquite, NV
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Renee - no, I didn't!  Are we supposed to?

I did a reblog this morning and I emailed the blogger and asked him to check the reblog box so I could use his.

Where is it - I would like to see it?

Aug 10, 2008 09:16 AM
Virginia Hepp - Mesquite NV REALTOR
Desert Gold Realty - Mesquite NV Homes For Sale - Mesquite, NV
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Duane - I was wondering what a big wind would do to these - there are a lot of them!

Gretchen - Thank YOU!  I got the idea from your post - actually, I turned my comment on your post into a post!

Aug 10, 2008 09:18 AM
* Rate A Home
Rate A Home - Saugatuck, MI

Virginia, I would assume they have to be constructed with hurricane straps, but can they withstand 100+ MPH winds, time will tell.

Aug 10, 2008 09:21 AM
Renée Donohue~Home Photography
Savvy Home Pix - Allegan, MI
Western Michigan Real Estate Photographer

I am just checking this out!  It is posted under my blog, first post :)

Aug 10, 2008 09:33 AM
Virginia Hepp - Mesquite NV REALTOR
Desert Gold Realty - Mesquite NV Homes For Sale - Mesquite, NV
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Duane - I wouldn't want to be in one, I was there for Hurricane George, not fun.  I imagine they also have the steel reinforcements that go way down in the ground.

Renee - You are such a bad girl! :)  Hope you get a star.

Aug 10, 2008 10:43 AM
* Rate A Home
Rate A Home - Saugatuck, MI

Virginia, never been in one and hope never to be. Feel bad for those who have experienced a hurricane.

Aug 10, 2008 10:47 AM
Virginia Hepp - Mesquite NV REALTOR
Desert Gold Realty - Mesquite NV Homes For Sale - Mesquite, NV
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Duane - The folks back there thought people are nuts to live in California - an earthquake doesn't give much notice.  But the hurricanes scare me more.  Run away, run away.

The aftermath, bad - no water, no electricity, no air, just bugs and sweat and bad smells.  I can't even imagine the horrors of Katrina, even with all of the news coverage - you had to be there.

Aug 11, 2008 07:05 AM
* Rate A Home
Rate A Home - Saugatuck, MI

Virginia, me either, think I'll stay in Michigan.

Aug 11, 2008 07:12 AM
Paul Francis
Francis Group Real Estate - Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas Real Estate Agent - Summerlin Homes

Virginia,

Nice post / correlation of how the mortgage meltdown relates to a natural catastrophe!

Aug 12, 2008 07:45 AM
Virginia Hepp - Mesquite NV REALTOR
Desert Gold Realty - Mesquite NV Homes For Sale - Mesquite, NV
Mesquite NV Homes and Neighborhoods - Search MLS

Duane - When did you take your name off your title tag?

Paul - Thanks - both are complicated and devastating.

Aug 12, 2008 08:31 AM
Michelle Tucker ~ Pooler Real Estate
!Daley Real Estate - Pooler, GA
Rincon~Savannah~Richmond Hill

Virgina:  Thanks for keeping up the positive during these trying times. What goes down must come back up!  I look forward to reading your post and seeing the peek in the skies.  Best of luck!

Aug 16, 2008 04:55 PM
Virginia Hepp - Mesquite NV REALTOR
Desert Gold Realty - Mesquite NV Homes For Sale - Mesquite, NV
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Michelle - You know what they say - It is always darkest before the dawn!

Aug 17, 2008 05:45 AM
Katerina Gasset
The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT
Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
Excellent repost Virginia about Mesquite Real Estate Market I love the caption" The Eye of the Hurricane" Thank you for sharing and keep up the excellent work.
Aug 02, 2013 12:56 PM
Erika Rogers
Red Rock Real Estate ~ Southern Utah's Largest Independent Brokerage - Saint George, UT
St George Utah Real Estate & Relocation Specialist
Hi Virginia, excellent presentation that provides information on Mesquite Real Estate Market .Continue on what what you are doing Keep it up!
Aug 05, 2013 12:42 AM