real estate prices: HEY SELLERS!!! BUYERS Are Already IN This Market!!! GET THERE YOURSELF!!! - 08/20/10 03:39 AM
If you are a seller of real estate, and your property is still on the market after longer than the average SOLD property in your market segment, you are chasing the market - DOWN ! The statistics for whether prices are going up, down, or remaining the same, are open to interpretation.  But lets face it - BUYERS HAVE THE MONEY.  If you have had your property on the market longer than the others you are CHASING THE MARKET DOWN.
If you think I am just being negative - here is a new example of a statistic that Buyers are relying … (1 comments)

real estate prices: How Does Scott Brown Affect Real Estate? BUY NOW And Avoid The Rush! - 01/19/10 10:52 PM
Companies and businesses have been watching for the predictors that will help them make economic decisions. They will now watch for both the reactions of Congressmen and for the reaction of people in other states. When Congressmen start voting on their own, companies and businesses will gain confidence in the predictors.
When people begin to vote on the Candidate and not the party, companies and businesses will gain confidence in the predictors. When companies and businesses gain confidence in the predictors, they make buying decisions. When financial planners can foresee future tax structures and expenses, they advise in favor of buying decisions. When … (2 comments)

real estate prices: Indiana was #35 in House Price Appreciation in 2007 - AND it was POSITIVE! - 06/06/08 03:47 AM
Indiana real estate showed up number 35 in states with appreciation in 2007. Add to that, Anderson, Bloomington, Columbus, Evansville, Gary, Lafayette, and MichiganCity-La Porte all showed POSITIVE appreciation in the last quarter of 2007!
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) produced an 88 page report that says Indiana real estate sales were number 35 in the list of states that had "...positive four-quarter appreciation" in 2007...".  There is a lot of positive data in this report.  The list of states and their ranking by appreciation over 2007 is on page 25 of the .pdf report.
80% of the United … (2 comments)

real estate prices: Will New Sale Price of Homes Affect Local Tax Revenue? - 06/02/08 01:54 AM
As sale prices of homes across the country adjust to the latest value levels, many local communities will be asked to address the question of how this affects tax assessments.  This may be the newest issue for the economy.  In many areas, the assessed value (not the same as appraised value) is not equal to the highest sale of each property.  With that said, there is already a "buffer" between the sale price and the assessed price that the taxing authority uses to value the home for tax purposes. 
In my town of Falmouth, there were only 36 sales in 2007 that were … (2 comments)

 
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