economist: Effects of a hot housing market - 01/17/18 10:49 AM
The San Jose Mercury News (In the heart of Silicon Valley), is showing that San Jose will be the nations hottest market in 2018 based on a Zillow report.  They believe we will see an increase in values of about 8.9%.  San Francisco to show 3.8%.
 
So why are the prices going up up up?  Talk to 10 economist, and you fall asleep, right? But put it this way, a homeowner in Silicon Valley must have a reason to sell. If they are moving out of state, then it is a no brainer that they will sell.  But if they are not … (0 comments)

economist: This guy asked me, "how's the market?"... Is that a trick question? - 12/07/10 05:13 AM

So many ways to get the news nowadays...  The internet, twitter, facebook, foursquare, LinkedIn, ActiveRain, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Apple & Droid apps, newsmags, etc...  The list can go on and on and on...  Seems like everyone is an expert these days.
We can search Google for anything we want, and get instant gratification to our endeavors.  Maybe even read incorrect news, but from what we thought was legitimate...  Thus leading to a skewed understanding of the real stuff that is actually out there.
Economists interpret national stuff, and our clients view this as local stuff...
So, if someone asks … (18 comments)