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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 10:29 AM Original message |
NYt; "Speculators Seeing Gold in a Boom in the Prices for Homes" |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. You need to edit and post the actual title of the article as the |
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bspence (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow, people are selling before they close on their mortgage |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 10:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I saw a lot of flipping properties when I worked in a law firm. A |
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d.l.Green (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. I almost bought a property for twice the price that the person before me |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. Between the RE bubble, the $ on the downward slide, the job market here |
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E-Z-B (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 10:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. This is why I haven't bought a home yet |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Well, this is how 'housing bubbles' keep inflating. |
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bspence (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. I'm assuming you're throwing your money away on rent though |
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woosh (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. How do they afford it? |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. How in the world could anyone get an ARM now? |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Housing prices |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
4. New Home Sales dropped 9.2% in Jan., though. |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. Outside of real estate brokers |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. We are all set for a repeat of the '86-87 re crash. |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I remember that being localized |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. it was localized to the regions that 'bubbled' up. |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. Yeah, a lotta developers went belly-up here in NC in 86-87 |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. According to my brothe in law, the RE broker: It can't go on forever. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. Here are Some Warnings from the Article |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. When The Housing Bubble Bursts... |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I'm in agreement...... |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. You Bring Up An Interesting Point, AnneD |
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djack23 (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Good point |
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woosh (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I've been following this "bubble" since the dotcom crash |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. What is different is the Imperial-sponsored Orwellian False Reality |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. We might be saved from a bursting bubble. |
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woosh (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Good point |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Remember, There Was No Euro Around During Reagan |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. You misunderstood my point. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. As someone who doesn't own a home |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. A Bubble Is Caused by Rampant Speculation |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. Loads of people are counting on their homes being their retirement |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. More wealth without substance |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. Infomercial mania |
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boredofeducation (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 09:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Lookming at investment property myself |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. Here's another point of view |
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Andy_Stephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
29. We bought our house 6 years ago for |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. same here, we bought in 2000 for $209.000 |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. When the correction comes it probably will come like a domino effect |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. Who's Gonna Buy It? |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 10:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Just a paycheck away from disaster |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. I've mentioned this before... |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. In the Houston area, I could afford to buy my house again. |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. yes in New Orleans area I too could afford to buy again |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. It's scary. Here in Phoenix your average Joe can't afford to buy anymore. |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. Unless the dollar collapses, then the price of real-estate with surge |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. if the dollar collapses... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
48. I'd suggest that we all learn to focus on reality-based economics |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
49. not that i'm anywhere near being able to afford a house anyways |
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