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Market "NORMALIZATION" not any Bubble bursting!

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Real Estate Agent with Principle Broker / Owner

Media reports that the proverbial real estate "bubble" has burst is now an Urban Legend!

The reality is what has been happening is housing prices are returning to some semblance of price"normalizing" resulting in a softening in home prices.  But this is a good thing, right? 

Instead of the market being driven by Sellers in recent years, now it's the Buyer's turn to reap the rewards of a glut in listings...plus, riding on top of still single digit mortgage interest rates!  In some prime market areas (such as Bend, Oregon) we expect to see prices start rising again as Winter ebbs and Spring brings early tourists for late season snow skiing at Mt. Bachelor and Hoodo ski resorts, and fly fishermen start hitting the mountain lakes and lower rivers... and then there's the golfers hitting the links here too!

Praise God for shining light in that dark tunnel of market down turns.

Now, run along and Have A Good Day!

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Rick & Ines - Miami Beach Real Estate
Majestic Properties - Miami Beach, FL

What a nice, positive post Bob!  Thanks for lighting up my day,

Ines

Mar 01, 2007 04:56 AM
Rick & Ines - Miami Beach Real Estate
Majestic Properties - Miami Beach, FL
You are welcome to join us anytime Bob - there is never enough grey hair in Florida - Come on down!
Mar 01, 2007 02:35 PM
Kelli Fronabarger
Bend River Realty Inc. - Bend, OR
Realtor - Bend Oregon

Hi Bob,

It's so nice to read something positive here. A lot of media attention on how "bad" things are when I don't feel that way at all. I think this is a great time for buyers and also see things starting to pick up here in Bend. A good sign for 2007 : ) Thanks for this post !

Mar 02, 2007 03:44 AM
Bob Cooper
Principle Broker / Owner - Bend, OR

UPDATE:  Well, here it is in mid-September 2011 (4 1/2 years later) and Buyers are still profiting from the glut of short-sales and foreclosures.  Pitty shown to the traditional property/seller competing against bottom market listings ... likely for another 2-3 years.  No one, absolutely no one, could've thought the Real Estate downturn would last this long but no one in the current administration and slow-moving Congress seems to care enough to turn around the economy unless it favors re-election.  Reality is a hard thing to smile at during this long drought, but Buyers may still benefit.

Sep 15, 2011 02:09 PM