Steve, Had to chime in with a "me too". This is what I'm seeing in north Florida as well. I too think that if we're not at the bottom, we're...
I find there is good correlation with the 10-year treasury. Its also easier for me to track. FWIW, rates have dipped a good bit in the last...
No, the Fed can't force banks to lower it (that I know of). But the FED would lower rates as a RESPONSE to the nightmare scenario that I was...
Chiming in...yeah...with all the debt we're carrying, I just don't see how we can have significant deflation. The U.S. has a strong temptation to...
Never happen. The Fed would step in and lower rates again long before that. They'd have to do so because of a negative wealth effect choking the...
Decrease of what? Average Housing prices across the nation? West coast average housing prices? Average sale volume?
I was driving down the road and I had an odd thought. Back in 1995, when I bought my first home, my wife and I paid a whole bunch of points to...
Yeah, or like when they put them on fixed rate notes, and because interest rates keep going up then rentals are more in demand boosting rents and...
If ya'll pay close attention to these threads and what I've ready, you'll know that Tallahassee, FL is defying the downtrend. Probably because we...
Well then just provide the cruxt of the idea. I'm not calling you anything. I understand that quite a few on ET have said it before, and I...
So you're saying an abundance of dollars (inflation) will lead to a lack of them (depression)? How will that happen again??? Also, you're...
I haven't been following this thread, but have you all noticed that everytime Iran rattles its saber, the cost of oil goes up? They are in the...
July 26 (Bloomberg) -- Nothing has been more important in driving the U.S. economic expansion that began nearly five years ago than housing. It...
Interesting graph. Extrapolating from what I've seen here in North Florida, most of the rents were depressed, and even negative, during the great...
Interesting approach. But consider that rents are rising and so are mortgage rates. Except for a recent quick run up in mortgages, I'm seeing...
Cool attachment. Looking at the dollar index, and expecting a devaluation caused by going off the gold standard, the dollar looks like its where...
Well, I hunted around to answer my own question and found this link: http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/27/news/economy/home_sales/index.htm It...
That is interesting...foreclosures down but backlog is up. I wonder what a "normal" backlog is? On this thread, I've seen a lot of folks making...
Remember when I asked the question about whether the worst was over? Still food for thought. (see below) Va. Foreclosures Fall / Numbers...
Note to self: Don't argue with GTS.
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