All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Homebuilding
Posted October 8, 2007
Homebuilders Liquidate Assets in Desperation Sales
Analysis of: Homebuilders Liquidate Assets in Desperation Sales | www.bloomberg.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Analysis of: Homebuilders Liquidate Assets in Desperation Sales | www.bloomberg.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Public Builders in the Central Texas housing market are dropping land contracts and lot option contracts, or renegotiating their takedowns. All builders are converting to cash and downsizing their balance sheets. Big builders are confiding that, in a couple of years, depending on absoprtion, they will...
Posted September 25, 2007
IS THE LAS VEGAS REAL ESTATE MARKET ON THE CUSP OF A REBOUND?
Analysis of: Local home sales stay down | www.lvrj.com
Author: Steve Bottfeld, Principal Marketing Solutions
IS THE LAS VEGAS REAL ESTATE MARKET ON THE CUSP OF A REBOUND?
Analysis of: Local home sales stay down | www.lvrj.com
Author: Steve Bottfeld, Principal Marketing Solutions
As you know by now, the Federal Reserve Board surprised the financial world with a ½% reduction in interest rates. The impact of that action may curtail the amount of time the Nation will spend mired in a housing slump. Nowhere was this information better received than Las Vegas. There is greater...
Posted September 25, 2007
Local home sales stay down
Analysis of: Local home sales stay down | www.lvrj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Analysis of: Local home sales stay down | www.lvrj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Las Vegas' residential sale market peaked in 2004, a full year ahead of other regional and national markets. By 2007, the Las Vegas residential resale market has stabilized at about 23,000 sales per year, which is "normal" for the size of the market. More indicative of stability is the "days on market"...
Posted September 24, 2007
Local home sales stay down
Analysis of: Local home sales stay down | www.lvrj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Analysis of: Local home sales stay down | www.lvrj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The article was not accessible via the link provided. See genral comments below on Las Vegas markets. More specific comments by builder or project are available.
Posted September 24, 2007An end of the month look at housing and market causes and effects
Analysis of: Home-affordability problem spreading | www.azcentral.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner City Investments
The subject article repeats the refrain common to the most overdone major housing markets in the country. Arizona, California, Florida and Nevada prices are way beyond fitting into the average budget and are going even deeper into red accounts. New York City and the surrounding states that serve as...
Posted September 7, 2007
Homebuilding--2012 Prediction
Analysis of: credit flu may delay housing recovery | ww.wsjournal.com
Author: David Keller, Former Chief Financial Officer Technical Olympic USA Inc.
Homebuilding--2012 Prediction
Analysis of: credit flu may delay housing recovery | ww.wsjournal.com
Author: David Keller, Former Chief Financial Officer Technical Olympic USA Inc.
Consolidation will occur in the industry The strongest companies will survive the downturn five years from now there will be significant changes to the industry
Posted September 4, 2007
The Surprising Investor Impact on the Las Vegas Shelter Industry
Analysis of: Mortgage Defaults high in Nevada | www.lvrj.com
Author: Steve Bottfeld, Principal Marketing Solutions
The Surprising Investor Impact on the Las Vegas Shelter Industry
Analysis of: Mortgage Defaults high in Nevada | www.lvrj.com
Author: Steve Bottfeld, Principal Marketing Solutions
Las Vegas has been unfairly characterized as a real estate market that will continue to melt under the stress of mounting inventory, the sub-prime crisis and lack of affordability. The impact of those forces on Las Vegas has been more severe on sales than on prices.
Overall,...
Posted September 4, 2007The news is clear, the housing industry is in crisis, so what’s the government’s problem?
Analysis of: How Low Will It Go? June 18, 2006 | www.bobbappraisals.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner City Investments
Wall Street has abandoned housing and the mortgage markets, the default ratios are up, consumer confidence is way down, wages are not keeping up with rising costs. The litany goes on through the press. Rarely do you see a positive note in the news as everybody is on the bandwagon now. The only recent...
Posted August 17, 2007The likely economic and social imapcts on the UK government's Housing Green Paper
Analysis of: The Housing Green Paper | www.communities.gov.uk
Author: Jon Watson, Principal Jon Watson Consulting
Homes for the future: more affordable, more sustainable? The UK government’s Housing Green Paper: what are the likely economic and social consequences?
Posted August 13, 2007Will Phoenix become a suburb of East Los Angeles?
Analysis of: Hispanic population grows rapidly in Maricopa County | www.eastvalleytribune.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner City Investments
The subject article talks about the concentration of Hispanic immigrants in the Phoenix metro area. The Hispanic population has always been an important component of Valley residents and now is even more so. I also refer the reader here to a further article entitled Valley salary growth lags behind...
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