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siliconefreak (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 04:56 PM Original message |
Housing Prices - Is There Any Hope? |
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SouthernDem2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. You have to pay to live in certain areas. Fact o' life. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
65. How much do you have to pay? |
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Shoeempress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. You clearly were not old enough to appreciate the collapse of the |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Even during that "slump", prices were ridiculous in CA |
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Shoeempress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I live in New England, believe me I know. However, foreclosures |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I meant to say "tiny yard", not "tiny house" |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. More Equitable Pay |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Part of what is driving those prices is speculation |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Investors are helping to drive up prices |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 12:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. and taxing land this way |
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siliconefreak (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 07:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. "tax land value at a higher rate than building value" |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 12:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Several in Pennsylvania |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 02:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
44. The slump actually happened from the mid 80's to the early 90's |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 09:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. I bought a house during that period.... |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
61. Here in the DC area, the 90s slump just meant stagnant prices |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sounds like housing $$ in Ca. have been out of control for a long time. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 08:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. I know. It's madness. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 10:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
49. When I was a little kid in 1959, my dad bought a house for $4,500 |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 01:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
55. Here in Silicon Valley it is higher than that. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why did she buy that house with no savings and college debt??? |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 08:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. because if she doesn't buy now she'll never be able to |
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jobendorfer (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 01:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
41. exactly |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 01:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
43. It's better to buy if you can even if you have some debt in my opinion |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. In western NJ... |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 08:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. well in eastern New Jersey |
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chicagiana (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
51. When will the companies learn ... |
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ArmchairActivist (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. check this blog: |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. The housing market is a bubble |
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siliconefreak (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I sure hope so |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Don't hold your breath, there is not a national bubble that will pop |
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chicagiana (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
52. If not soon ... |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. CA home prices will remain high even if there's a market downturn... |
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Jack_Dawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 12:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Do you live in P. Springs? |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. Generation X will rent forever |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. Both Bubbles and Busts are But Blips |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 08:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. yeah but.... |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Actually, I can make a case that peak oil helps city real estate |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. bust |
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chicagiana (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
53. Economics is masturbation ... |
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BamaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Good grief |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. Have these people never heard of misfortune? |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 01:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Prop 13 will also hit many of these new owners hard... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
63. More like "In hock up to their eyeballs". |
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PartyPooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
31. I want to eat my house. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 01:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. You could come to Oregon. |
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Jack_Dawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. How much is a beachfront house in OR? |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Beachfront is expensive, 500K and up, but ocean view with a quick walk |
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Jack_Dawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Is that what you paid... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 08:57 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. That's what we've got in it, including some improvements. I hope it'll be |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 01:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
56. Where are you? |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-05 08:58 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I'm between Waldport and Newport. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Well hi neighbor! |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. That's what we're hoping. We'd like to move to the Valley in a few years, |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
32. If I were her I just would have rented a nice quiet ocean condo |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
33. I don't see anything desirable in the top areas! |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 01:38 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. prices in southeast kept low by high foreclosure rates |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
40. You can always buy in Mexico |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
42. Greenspan's recent comments on the housing bubble |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 10:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. A little more realistic report about Greenspan's actions |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 05:12 AM Response to Original message |
45. Here $580,000 is a mansion |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 10:52 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. What's the job market like? |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 01:18 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Here's what I see: Republicans. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 01:43 AM Response to Reply #45 |
57. We're about to pay $375K for a condo with no yard, 500 sq ft. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-05 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
62. It's all LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-05 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
64. My home went up another 10 percent....this month |
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