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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:14 PM Original message |
Home prices show biggest drop - EVER! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, they were being priced out of the range of most people |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. In a Bush economy, credit drives the economy, and eventually credit dries up. |
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newsdude (134 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Honestly, I blame Bush for a lot of things |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. It is all related to interest rates.... |
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Klukie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I have a few clients that are in trouble because they used |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. In the "olden days", when BANKS were the primary lenders, |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. It wasn't all that long ago |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. That's the best way to do it. |
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Mr. Ected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Interest Rates are Still Incredibly Attractive |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. They are but people are use to lower rates.... |
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Mr. Ected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. High 5's and Low 6's Have Remained the Norm |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. The prices are high because interest rates were lower.... |
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Mr. Ected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. New Housing Starts Were Above Market |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. They're amazingly low...still |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. If you look at the overall history of interest rates in the USA, these |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. And.... |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. boo...hooo... your poor little nest egg isn't worth anything |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Mine could lose half its current market value and still be worth twice what I paid for it |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Interesting the Gates Foundation dumped their building.... |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. Bush Economics Practices Truthiness nt |
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The Cleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. In the past I have SHOUTED About this Popping of the "Real Estate Bubble." |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. A friend in California keeps me informed of the house prices there... |
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The Cleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Believe me, that was the hugest enigma when we were looking in D.C.: |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I don't know how they afford the prices.... |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. I came to San Diego from the Bay Area because of this 5 years ago... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. there is no one all-encompassing "bubble"... |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. thanks for being a shouter-I cashed out my equity in Nov-am now debt free |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. "worst may be over" |
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The Cleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. They ALWAYS say that. It's bullcrap that only serves to entrap unwary people. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. THis could go on for years, the borrowing power of the average joe |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. Me too.. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. The economy is NOT robust. Bushevik numbers are as false as Soviet numbers |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. At least I'm stuck in a house I like..... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's about da*n time. The prices are still ridiculous. "Flip This House" slays me. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. "How can the economy possibly be good?" |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. The economy to Bush is the stock market only and that is doing |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. OUCH! |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's only the low-end housing units that are losing value. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Not true. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. How did the markets close today? Last I heard they were up. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. Everybody bought houses 3 - 5 years ago when everything |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Delete. |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. I just went on the market last month |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. Didn't drop soon enough for my tax valuation. Bastards! |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
46. It is most certainly not over yet. |
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