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Are we at the Bottom? Where is my Crystal Ball?

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Crown Key Realty, Inc; Tracy & Mountain House Sales and Property Management 01490605

Home Buyers -- Investors --- it's 2009!!

Everywhere you turn you hear about gloom and doom of the economy.  However, out of the Great Depression came more new Millionaires than every before.... and we are still so much better off than that era. 

Every buyer wants to buy at the bottom, get the best deal, not pay a single cent more than necessary. No one can predict the futher, I can tell you that the prices today are at about 1990 levels and interest rates are lower than anyone has seen in 20 years.  I will know that we have hit bottom the second you are calling saying "Susan why didn't we buy a house last week, month, year?"

Here is a quick chart of the real estate market.

As I study this chart I picture a rock skipping along on a lake, bouncing along, up and down.  How low will the market continue like this? If only I hadn't thrown my crystal ball out the window 10 years ago.  

Tracy Real Estate - Trulia

What's your opinion - what do you think will happen in the next 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, a year?

 
Tracy, CA Real Estate

 

Michael Regan
Deerfield Beach Appraisers - Deerfield Beach, FL

I'm an appraiser in south florida and I am finding appraised home values coming in around 2003 levels.

Feb 02, 2009 09:22 AM
Kent Simpson
Realty One Group Mountain Desert - Tucson, AZ
Real Estate Is About People

In Tucson we're seeing things at about 2004 levels.  2003, 2004 - pre boom pricing.  By the way, crystal balls shatter, I've gone to the Magic 8 Ball, with its vague answers LOL

Feb 04, 2009 02:58 PM
Susan Goulding
Crown Key Realty, Inc; Tracy & Mountain House Sales and Property Management - Tracy, CA
Northern CA - Tracy & Mountain House Real Estate

Michael - 2003 isn't bad --- how many of your homes are in foreclosure?

Kent -- I saw the Super Bowl commercial with the Crystal Ball  just throw it to get what you want..... works through the window of the vending machine...... maybe a ROCK would work better.  Heads or Tails?  Doesn't a Magic 8 Ball just say Yes, No or MAYBE ---- I've never had one.

Feb 04, 2009 03:14 PM