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Jim BelfioreJuly 2, 2008
The Second Half: Buyer's Market
Analysis of: Unfinished subdivisions grinding to a halt | www.azcentral.com
Author: Jim Belfiore, President, Belfiore Real Estate Consulting
Bad news for some, though, will soon turn out to be good news for others.  The second half of this year will yield ample opportunities for residential land / lot buyers.  
Jim BelfioreJuly 1, 2008
Pushing to the Bottom
Analysis of: KB Home’s Loss Widens as Inventory of Unsold Houses Mounts | online.wsj.com
Author: Jim Belfiore, President, Belfiore Real Estate Consulting
Investors and market observers can count on continued homebuilder losses, as home prices a pushed downward further.
July 1, 2008
Pass the Buck
Analysis of: Building costs a headache for developers | uk.reuters.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Life as a Developer has always been about who you know and what you know.Knowledge of building materials and cost are basic things developers need to survive. Things have changed a great deal the last 5-10 years. Most "new developers" and general contractors have never lifted a hammer or worn dirty...
June 25, 2008
Price Corrections Are Not As Bad As Reported
Analysis of: Home Prices Continue Sharp Descent | money.cnn.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Home prices have indeed experienced significant corrections.  However, some reports of price reductions may be exaggerated due to innacurate methodology. 
Howard LiggettJune 23, 2008
HELOC Losses are Increasing and Will Reduce Access to the American Dream
Analysis of: The American Dream Goes On | www.usnews.com
Author: Howard Liggett, President and CEO, Distressed Real Estate Consulting Services, Inc.
In their first quarter results, several banking organizations reported stunning losses and provisions generated by these loans, with predictions of much more to come in future quarters. Indeed, national banks, which hold about half of all home equity loans, sustained as much loss from this type...
Paul BurnsJune 23, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Recourse Financing
Analysis of: Guarantee Gamble: Developers Dread Return of Recourse | online.wsj.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner, City Investments
There were names like Fox & Carskadon, McNeil and Consolidated Capital among the biggest income property acquisition syndicators in the 70’s and 80’s, but no more.  And no more are thousands of other syndicators of that era big and small, who generally fell by the wayside as they could not...
Paul BurnsJune 23, 2008
American Demographics
Analysis of: The American Dream Goes On | www.usnews.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner, City Investments
The referenced article begins with the now usual doomsday message which many including this writer have now exhausted ad nauseam.  Three relatively short paragraphs later, the Editor-in-Chief wraps up the forgone conclusions neatly and attempts to move on to some new meat.  You can read the...
June 17, 2008
LAS VEGAS: The Recovery Begins!
Analysis of: HOME INVENTORY INCREASES IN MAY | www.lvrj.com
Author: Steve Bottfeld, Principal, Marketing Solutions
May data for the Las Vegas housing market suggests that recovery is underway for the resale market.  Unfortunately, the data clearly points out that recovery does not yet extend into the new construction arena.
Paul BurnsJune 16, 2008
Hopw long wil our finacial institutions take to recover?
Analysis of: After $4.6 Billion in Losses Head Says FHA May Have To Shut Down | www.therealestatebloggers.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner, City Investments
Three years after the change in the residential market, we have now come to the failure of the financial institutions which have supported the real estate backed consumer goods market of the recent past.  You might just as well have written the article about FNMA or FHLMC, as the same solvency...
Jim BelfioreJune 16, 2008
Another Lesson to be Learned?
Analysis of: Lessons From the Housing Bubble | online.wsj.com
Author: Jim Belfiore, President, Belfiore Real Estate Consulting
Our next lesson may be that homebuyers should carry some of the financial risk associated with owning a home.

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