Posted on 01/01/2007 8:34:27 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
FYI -- ping the others.
Well, when one runs too far ahead of one's own derriere, one is likely to fall on one's face [remember 1999?]. So, the market spurt of 2006 autumn will wear out, and hopefully without too much disruption. And if 2008 turns out to be a good solid year, it is OK, for it is an election year.["Are you better off now than 4 years ago?"]
Economists believe that the nationwide impact of higher layoffs will be held in check by the Federal Reserve, which will move starting in the middle of the new year to counter rising unemployment by cutting interest rates to boost economic activity.
Typical Federal Reserve, too little too late. They steer the economic ship like they were driving a Ferari.
is a slump the same as a burst bubble ?
It is interesting to click on CNN's link about Housing prices. When you browse through the regional markets you discover there really is no housing bust. Houses are going down in a few urban coastal locations. But the bulk of the US continues to experience rising home values.
http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fortune/invguide_realestate/index.html?cnn=yes
How does one make money in a declining housing market? In a declining stock market, one can sell stocks short. Is there an analog to selling short in the housing market?
i don't know about the rest of you but the state I live in is in such a terrible recession that people are foreclosing like crazy and leaving the state in droves. its worse here now(in all ways) than it was in the late 70's/early 80's!
Lets be honest, the housing slump is hurting a lot of people in the real estate industry. How will all those mortgage brokers, housing appraisers and loan officers continue to make such a good living.
Which state would that be?
They will see to it that that make a good living, I know some of them. If they don't, they'll be the first on the train out of Dodge and everyone ELSE will get burned first. Count on it.
Please, which state?
Hope it picks up in our Smithfield, VA area, as our house has been in the market since 1 August...we are very anxious to get it sold; the market has truly slowed down...there just haven't been a whole lot of folks looking lately. :-(
Thanks for the info. Wish Annie would respond.
who cares. those people produce nothing in the economy, all they do is ride a bubble, and help drag people who actually want to buy homes to live in them, into deeper and deeper debt instruments to afford the inflated prices.
flush them all out of the system.
because few sellers (not you personally) lower their prices. sellers have an expectation that the peak value their home was worth, at some time in the past, is what they SHOULD receive for it. so they choose to wait rather then lower their asking price.
michigan
Thanks Anne. Michigan has been depressed for quite some time, though, and is not really representative of the country as whole. Or, is it?
Make money by helping people avoid foreclosure and save their homes through Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, or to eliminate their debts altogether through Chapter 7.
Oh, but you'd have to be a lawyer.
I don't know. in the 10 years prior to 9/11 it was TOTALLY BOOMING here!!!
There was more work and money going around than people could stand. It rocked.
after 9/11 we started a steady decline.
I think that michigan is definitly hit harder than most any other state, mostly because our 2 industries are auto and resort vacationers(which stops with any sign of high gas prices and possible economic downturns.)
It doesn't help that we have a governor who hasn't done a thing to help.
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