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- Seattle’s Condo Market: Where are the buyers?
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It’s official: The Seattle condo market has hit finally a wall. Here’s a little article from the Puget Sound Business Journal on Friday that goes into all the details:
With more than 400 condominiums under construction in a faltering housing market, Seattle-based Vulcan Real Estate has decided to sweeten the deal for potential home buyers.
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Original Source: feeds.feedburner.com/SeattleBubble
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Scatter Graphs: Months of Supply vs. House Prices
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The following two scatter plots compare existing home Months of Supply vs. the quarterly change (both nominal and real) in the Case-Shiller National Home Price index. (hat tip Langley Financial Planning blog…
Original Source: feeds.feedburner.com/CalculatedRisk
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- In Hock
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Livin’ on a Prayer — Bon Jovi
I remember the atmosphere in the real estate market in 2004. There was excitement in the air, fortunes were to be made, and everyone had kool aid intoxication. It would have been impossible for those who drank the kool aid to even imagine they could lose money on the deal, particularly after the market continued higher for another 2 years. Fast forward to 2008, and most of these purchasers have less asset value than they paid, and prices are going lower every day. There is much denial in the market still. Everyone is livin’ on a prayer.
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- When Doves Cry ** Update **
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This property went back to the bank on 1/10/2008 for $850,719. It was sold on 2/28/2008 to a couple who spent $789,000. They took out a $700,000 first mortgage, and they took out a $50,000 second on 4/14/2008. They now have $39,000 of their money into this property. Are they in it for the long haul? Or do you think they will abandon ship when the value of this drops down to about $600,000?
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Original Source: feeds.feedburner.com/IrvineHousingBlog
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- UBS: More Mortgage Losses Possible
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From Bloomberg: UBS Falls After Saying More Mortgage Losses Possible UBS, in the prospectus for its 16 billion-franc rights offer, said the bank’s losses on non-U.S. residential and commercial real-estate securities “could increase in the future.”…“UBS will have to fight against negative news flow for at least several more quarters,” said Rolf Biland, who helps manage about $3.1 billion, including UBS shares, as chief investment officer at VZ Vermoegenszentrum in Zurich. “The U.K. housing market is almost as overheated as in the U.S., and could lead to losses for banks.” …
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Taos Real Estate Hotsheet Report - Solds Since 5/15/08
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This report is generated by the Taos Real Estate MLS system, and the following notes apply:
Report is the hotsheet activity since my last report on May 15, 2008.
Accuracy of the data is not guaranteed by this broker nor by the Taos County Association of Realtors.
Use the >> at the top right of the document to enlarge or print.Looking at this report, some comments come to mind:
As the Angel Fire market is still uploading data, the sold stats might be older but just entered.
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Original Source: feeds.feedburner.com/TaosRealEstate
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Keep Your Head Down - They Might See You!
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I just had someone ask me to please do a blog post about real estate professionals who make themselves almost impossible to locate. Now it is Memorial Day, but this isn’t a case of not answering the phone, or not returning a call. It’s a case of not even being able to get a phone number for this associate broker.
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Original Source: feeds.feedburner.com/TaosRealEstate
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- The Losing Side Of The Game Of Hot Potato
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The Post Independent reports from Colorado. “Garfield County Public Trustee Bob Slade isn’t concerned with the increase in foreclosures the county has seen in the first quarter of 2008, but it’s still a little early in the year. ‘Our numbers are up significantly over last year,’ Slade said. ‘But I’ve not had any go to sale yet.’”
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Original Source: thehousingbubbleblog.com
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Sellers Can Only Go So Low
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From the Register Guard:List a house. Take it off the market.List it again. Drop the price by $10,000. Shave off another $10,000. Run smack dab into your bottom line.These are the twists and turns that home sellers such as Tom and Debra Trammel are facing with Lane County’s sluggish residential real estate market.L…
Original Source: feeds.feedburner.com/portlandhousingblogspot
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- The Oil Speculation Debate
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Real Time Economics at the WSJ has a nice summary today: Oil Bubble? The Debate RagesFor reference, here is Justin Lahart’s article today: Commodity Prices Soar, But Are They in a Bubble?, and Professor Hamilton has a new research paper on the subject that covers all the key issues: U…
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Valle Escondido - Art in A Beautiful Setting
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I met Kevin MacPherson at the clubhouse in Valle Escondido this weekend. I was doing videos around the Enchanted Circle. Kevin and Wanda MacPherson have their studio and gallery in Valle Escondido. I didn’t get to visit it, but he kindly allowed me to use one of his images f…
Original Source: galleryrealtyoftaos.com
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Cruising the Enchanted Circle - Elizabethtown Museum
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In a trip around the Enchanted Circle on the Sunday before Memorial Day, I finally took the turn at the sign for the Elizabethtown Museum. It’s between Eagle Nest and Red River. Though I had seen the sign at the highway many times, this was my first look at the museum. It will definitely not be my last.
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Original Source: galleryrealtyoftaos.com
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Financial Times Interview With Professor Roubini
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Here is part one of a Financial Times interview with Professor Nouriel Roubini (5 min 42 sec):For parts 2 & 3, see the Financial Times video site.
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- How many will rescue help?
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When the Senate Banking Committee passed a housing bill intended to limit foreclosures, panel Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said he expected the measure could help 500,000 borrowers stay in their homes.
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Original Source: money.cnn.com
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- A More Affordable Version Of The American Dream
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The Worchester Business Journal reports from Massachusetts. “The Falls at Arden Mills, a gated condominium development in Fitchburg, is eventually supposed to have 204 units. So far, though, only one building of the project, with 48 units, is standing, and only 11 of the condos are occupied. ‘It’s slowed down quite a bit, no secrets there,’ said Steve Callahan, president of Global Property Developers Corp. of Bridgewater, which is developing the project.”
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Original Source: thehousingbubbleblog.com
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Bits Bucket And Craigslist Finds For May 26, 2008
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Please post off-topic ideas, links and Craigslist finds here….
Original Source: thehousingbubbleblog.com
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Finally… It’s Time To Buy!
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If you can’t make fun of this, you lack imagination…
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- HP’ers who are retired or over the age of 65 - what advice can you offer your fellow HP’ers?
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What did you really do right in your life?What could you have done better?Were you prepared for retirement?What was your biggest mistake?…
Original Source: bp1.blogger.com
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Where is the crunch?
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I sense that readers of this blog are desperate to get into a serious discussion about money. Since it is a quiet bank holiday and the rain has ruined my plans for today, I thought I should start today. The chart above highlights two key indicators. The first is M4 growth, which is a broad measure of monetary growth comprising of cash, retail and wholesale bank deposits. This data largely comes from the liabilities side of bank balance sheets. However, M4 has a counterpart on the asset side of bank balance sheets, which is called M4 lending. …
Original Source: ukhousebubble.blogspot.com
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- oh misery
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Another bank holiday; another day of rain.Those off-plan two bedroom aparments in Murcia look very appealing right now. The UK weather has always been the Spanish property developer’s best friend. …
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26 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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