housing bubble: So How Do You Really Feel About That?
- 12/12/06 12:23 PM
There used to be this girl in our office---a woman in her early thirties actually, but she reminded me of my 12 year old niece by something that used to always come out of her mouth. Whenever I'd say something opinionated or make an offhand curt remark within earshot of her, she'd blurt out the same hackneyed question..."So how do you really feel about that, Geno?" At first it didn't bother me but then after a month or so I started to notice it all the time, "So how do you really feel about that, Geno...So how do you really feel about that, Geno...So how..." And … (5 comments)
housing bubble: My Digg Stories for the Week of December 2
- 12/02/06 01:41 AM
Each week I submit a handful of newswothy (yeah right!) articles I get from my daily feeds to Digg and post them at my Chicago's Home Weblog on Saturday. Basically, the title and hook are mine (thank me very much) and the rest is linkage, baby. Occasionally I'll also post the most interesting comments and retorts I received that week--edited for profanity and adult content, of course. These two (as well as the previous post on 2016 projections) are from this week. I try to keep it 'Chicago' but sometimes I just wander off...
Selling a House Then Buying? 6 Helpful Tips Here's an interesting piece I found … (0 comments)
housing bubble: Two Big Bloggers Battle And Divide The Country...Very Ugly
- 11/30/06 12:32 AM
Read as a nation of commentors take sides and spit at each otherI've observed long enough so now I must speak. You may not realize it but there is a 'civil war' of sorts going on right now in America between two distinct blogging sectors--The Housing 'Bubblers' and The Housing 'Optimists' (for lack of a better monicker). At the forefront of this seething conflict are Housing Panic's "Keith" (never a last name posted) and BloodhoundBlog's Greg Swann. You may not be aware of the turmoil because the media generally doesn't report on cat fights but I'm telling you its real and … (10 comments)
housing bubble: Chinese Math
- 11/27/06 12:28 PM
"Now let me get this straight - the press is supposed to control the market - if they say it's bad it must be so - if they say it's good it must be so - they are the keepers of doom and gloom - the ever ubiquitous "they"!(This was a comment from Scottsdale broker and heavy hitter Tony Marriott, Associate Broker, CLHMS, CRB, CRS in response to a segment of an article I posted on an earlier blog, Stay Ahead of the Curve, My Friends.)And my take on this whole recent 'Media vs Realtor Spin Cycle' --and response to his … (5 comments)
housing bubble: The $800,000 House
- 11/20/06 11:10 AM
Over the past year or so I discovered an interesting Real Estate wrinkle I call "The $800,000 House Phenomenon." I didn't recognize it at first because I think it used to be called "The $600,000 House Phenomenon" but as the housing market changed, so did the phenomenon. And although I personally find it unique to the Northeast Side and North Shores of Chicago, its probably present in every market in any city at some pricepoint or another. It lays out something like this:A client, or more accurately a young couple, decides to buy their first big single family home. If they … (41 comments)
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