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Double Dip — Again?
Woke up this morning to NPR announcing that new home sales were the lowest they’d been in 15 years. The housing market is already in a double dip, with some additional price declines on the horizon, though we’re near the … Continue reading
Alphabet Soup Revisited: What Shape Will the Recovery Take?
Back in the still-uncertain days of September 09, every market pundit had his or her own letter for what shape the recovery would take. I blogged about Ben Bernanke‘s “U,” Liz Ann Sonders‘ “V,” and Nouriel Roubini‘s “W” here. Though … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, interest rates, Loans
Tagged 2009, ben bernanke, Bernanke, Economy, interest rates, liz ann sonders, Market, Nouriel Roubini, nuriel roubini, recovery, San Francisco, Sonders, TICs
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The View From Space: 2010
The View from Space – 2010 Ken Rosen is a smart guy. He’s the co-chair of the Fisher Center of Real Estate and Urban Economics at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and the investment adviser of choice … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Market news
Tagged Bob Edelstein, Economy, fisher school, forecast, interest rates, ken rosen, trends
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A Faltering Housing Market?
George may have left office a year ago, but there appears to be a growing consensus that the likely shape of the recovery will be a “W.” How appropriate, if you believe that we are reaping the bitter fruit of … Continue reading
Fears of a New Chill In Home Sales
That was the title of an October 27 article in the New York Times, and, as one of my readers and clients pointed out, it’s what I’ve been tentatively suggesting as a possible scenario for this winter. See here, for … Continue reading
Waiting for the Other Sheep To Drop… Or Not
Does anyone really know what’s going on? Despite the gloom and doom of my recent posts (Waiting for the Other Sheep to Drop, Alphabet Soup: What Shape will the Recovery Take?), the latest publication of the Conference Board’s Leading Economic … Continue reading
Surprise! Condos are Holding Up Better Than Homes
For the quarter century (gulp!) that I’ve been involved in real estate, the conventional wisdom has always been that condo values generally do worse in down markets than homes. Why? To be honest, I’m not sure, but I think it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Condominiums, Data, Market news
Tagged Charts, Condominiums, Data, DOM, Economy, Market, San Francisco, single family homes
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More Grim News on Housing
Saturday’s NY Times proclaims “A Gloomy Outlook for Home Sales’ Big Season.” The headliner, by the way, was “Job Losses Hint at Vast Remaking of U.S. Economy.” Is it really any wonder we have difficulty sleeping a’ nights? Here are … Continue reading
The View from Space — Part 3: Above California
The forecast for the California Housing Market Continue reading
The view from space — Part 1
Ken Rosen is a smart guy. He’s the co-chair of the Fisher Center of Real Estate and Urban Economics at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and the investment advisor of choice to some of the biggest players … Continue reading