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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:48 AM Original message |
Spiraling Housing Costs Hurting Americans |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. the bubble will crash, the bubble will crash |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I can't say one way or the other about a depression... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Great time to sell, though! n/t |
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valis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Why? if you own a place and you like it why sell? You'd still have to |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 11:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. If you want to downsize, relocate, get off the consumer treadmill |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Selling is stupid unless you want to cash out and move |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 07:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. You can sell, rent and buy later if you think prices are going to fall. |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Right exactly..... |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Entire Point of My Post.... |
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LiberallyInclined (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. no...actually- it won't. at least not nationwide... |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah and I just read some propaganda in the paper |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 03:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. "investment property" |
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valis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 11:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Same here... Houses that young families could afford |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. WHOA!! Housing is unaffordable for many people....?!?!? |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. There's two empty houses on my street |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 07:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. In my neighborhood developers are buying up |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 07:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. What a shame. All those lovely old Sears bungalows. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. I was talking to a mortgage broker yesterday |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Because they make more money with ARMs. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Lovely |
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not fooled (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 04:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. yeah, and I've heard that real estate agents are licking their chops... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 07:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. they make their money on turnover almost as much as they do on prices. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Good for you... |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. Another ripple from the softwood lumber dispute... |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'd love a house for $176k |
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freedom_to_read (623 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. im with u armadillo |
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valis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 11:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Yup... Renting is not fun either, though. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. In Southern Cal. a $176K "home" would be a vacant lot |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. That's exactly right! |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. Here in Pittsburgh you can buy a decent home for under $100K |
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Moderator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. intheflow |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. D'oh! |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. I know a lot of people who are going the prefab home route |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I got tired of gambling in Vegas, so we toured Fleetwood's models |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. My grandma bought one and you could not tell it was |
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