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Housing Market Set For Double Dip?
The opening graph from the Associated Press story is pretty damn scary–and, what’s worse, possibly true.
“The recovery in the housing market is at risk of collapsing.”
Well, that pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? Though I would argue that we haven’t really had much in the way of a recover to begin with!
The evidence the [...]
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Housing Market Set For Double Dip?
Read Article ›Double-Dip Used To Be Fun and Exciting…
For most of you I am sure you remember the days as you were growing up stopping by the local ice cream store and getting a “double-dipped” ice cream cone. Those sure were simpler times and the thought, even in mid-March, inspires memories of warm summer evenings and special treats.
A Reality Check…
And now it seems that the term [...]
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Double-Dip Used To Be Fun and Exciting…
Read Article ›Standard & Poor’s Economist: Housing Stabilized But Prices to Drop 5-6%
Thursday, I attended Standard & Poor’s Market View of Credit Risk summit here in New York. David Wyss, the Chief Economist of Standard & Poor’s was the keynote speaker giving an economic outlook for the remainder of the year and beyond. Despite him commenting on the overall economy, he spent much of the presentation focused [...]
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Standard & Poor’s Economist: Housing Stabilized But Prices to Drop 5-6%
Read Article ›The U.S. Real Estate Market Can Learn From Canada
Could we learn from the Canadians?
When it comes to fixing our ailing real estate/housing market, the answer might be yes.
The Vancouver Sun reports that “mortgage insurance has revolutionized the Canadian housing market.”
The policies, which protect lenders in the event of default, were introduced to the Canadian market more than three decades ago.
One senior broker is [...]
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The U.S. Real Estate Market Can Learn From Canada
Read Article ›Why the Home Buyer Tax Credit Won’t Be Extended
The clock is ticking on the Home Buyer Tax Credit with only 11 days left for buyers to enter into contracts. While some may believe there isn’t enough stimulus left to boost the housing market, many including the National Association of Realtors and National Association of Home Builders are no longer pushing for an extension. [...]
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Why the Home Buyer Tax Credit Won’t Be Extended
Read Article ›Proceed with Caution, but Proceed
I wanted to verbalize my thoughts on the market and why I believe people looking to invest in real estate should do so but proceed with caution.
Last week I wrote an article about why I believe investors should use a blue-chip real estate strategy when investing in today’s market. The focus was on identifying opportunities [...]
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Proceed with Caution, but Proceed
Read Article ›Vacancy Rates Still Hover Around Record Highs; How to Protect Yourself
The Commerce Department recently announced that the number of vacant homes eclipsed a record 19million units in the first quarter of 2010. This shows that despite the stabilization taking place in the housing market, there is still a long way to go before we reach normal market conditions. More concerning than the near record 10.6% [...]
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Vacancy Rates Still Hover Around Record Highs; How to Protect Yourself
Read Article ›A Saw Tooth Housing Recovery?
As many of you know I spend a lot of time scouring the news looking for valid signs, any signs, that may provide reliable hints to the direction the housing market is heading. I believe that the time spent”divining” the market is critical because when you can position your business activities in front of the [...]
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Read Article ›Ignore Housing Price Volatility and Focus on Fundamentals
As economic experts search for clear indicators of a housing turnaround, signals point to increased volatility in home prices. Housing prices showed a slight decline of .3% March 2010, according to First American CoreLogic , over February 2010, while the Year-Over-Year numbers show a 1.7% increase. Further the Case-Shiller Index is expected to show Month-Over-Month [...]
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Ignore Housing Price Volatility and Focus on Fundamentals
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Real Test of Real Estate Recovery Starts Now
Has the tax credit expiring affected your real estate business? Being a fulltime investor requires doing multiple transaction types. And for many investors that includes retail flips. When the tax credit extended many investors (myself included) placed some bets on the owner occupants buying at the second run up to expiration. This played out exactly [...]
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Real Test of Real Estate Recovery Starts Now
Read Article ›Tags: Commentary, Housing, MBS, mortgage backed securities, mortgage delinquency, real estate recovery, rents, REO, REO agent, Tax credit
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