De Liefde van Californië

U kunt opgemerkt hebben dat de gasprijzen onlangs zijn uitgegaan. Ik neem enkel een wilde gissing dat u dit hebt vernomen. Voor die van ons in het omzetten van stedelijke gebieden zijn wij allen te vertrouwd met brandstofprijzen. De prijzen van het gas gaan altijd tijdens dit keer van het jaarrecht uit vóór […]

Sommige van dit materiaal u kunnen eenvoudig niet makeup. Op dit punt, denk ik de meerderheid van mensen is gekomen om te realiseren dat om het even welke wetgeving die huiseigenaars en geldschieters probeert te helpen door politiek eerder dan goede economie wordt geleid. Er is een fascinerend incident dat voorkwam waar onze favoriete CEO schijnt geantwoord te hebben […]

This weekend I was listening to a real estate radio show that plays on FM radio here in Los Angeles while trying to escape the blistering heat. Now that we know that Fannie and Freddie are going to be a little more lax with their requirements and some people think this is […]

The Federal Reserve may be nearing an end to its manic cutting of the Federal Funds Rate which started in August of 2007. The rate in August stood at 5.25% and is now back at 2% bringing warmth to our heart as we reminisce our long gone friend and maestro, Alan Greenspan. The […]

The Federal Reserve may be nearing an end to its manic cutting of the Federal Funds Rate which started in August of 2007. The rate in August stood at 5.25% and is now back at 2% bringing warmth to our heart as we reminisce our long gone friend and maestro, Alan Greenspan. The […]

This weekend I’ve gotten many e-mails talking about the walking away “myth” and an onslaught of articles now addressing the issue. For those of you that read many of the economic and housing blogs, this is something you are already familiar with. In fact, there has been a sudden shift of trying to […]

There seems to be a false sense of security that somehow, the credit (debt) crisis is now slowly floating away into space. The market rally is indicative of this false sense of security. All bad news is ignored while slim glimmers of good news are enough to spark a rally. We are […]

It is hard to wrap your mind around the size of the American housing market. Today’s Case-Shiller Index reported a further deterioration in the housing market. The difficulty in determining what real estate was valued at the absolute peak is somewhat hard to determine since many regions hit peaks at various different times. […]

The California Association or Realtors on Friday came out with another press release showing how dismal the market has gotten. Sales have fallen 24.5 percent from a year ago but the more shocking development is the price of a median home in the state is now off by 29 percent. This is shocking […]

First, I want to thank everyone that participated in the discussion about the hypothetical family making $100,000 a year with 2 kids and showing how $100,000 doesn’t go as far as many would expect especially in high cost areas. I also noticed that most of the comments that went something like, “cut out the […]