All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Residential Market Trends
Posted June 28, 2007
New-home sales continue decline
Analysis of: New-home sales continue decline | www.chicagotribune.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Analysis of: New-home sales continue decline | www.chicagotribune.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Why so many markets?
Why so much in some markets? Why so little in other markets?
Posted June 26, 2007California’s Central Valley Housing Woes Continue
Analysis of: State ag fears take wing: Moth stirs worry on exports as some distant buyers balk | calibre.mworld.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner City Investments
Affordability ratios are too high, sales are weak, a reduced number of new jobs don't help and wages at the middle and upper levels are not increasing.
Posted June 5, 2007Extracting Value From the Subprime Foreclosure Fallout
Analysis of: Lenders told foreclosure picture grim | www.signonsandiego.com
Author: Howard Liggett, President and CEO Distressed Real Estate Consulting Services, Inc.
The San Diego Tribune story points out what many of us in the distressed real estate market have seen coming since the late fall of 2006---The recast of hybrid ARM loans decidedly upward;a surge in NODS filed by mortgagees across the nation;stricter credit controls issued in response to the defaults; ...
Posted June 5, 2007
"Bright Spots - Why Some Homes Are Able to Inspire Bidding Wars in a Slow Market,"
Analysis of: "Bright Spots - Why Some Homes Are Able to Inspire Bidding Wars in a Slow Market," | www.washingtonpost.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Analysis of: "Bright Spots - Why Some Homes Are Able to Inspire Bidding Wars in a Slow Market," | www.washingtonpost.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Articles such as the one sited appear in major market newspapers weekly. My experience is that most of these fluff pieces are poorly researched, anecdotal at best and present no real useable insight into the market. They may actually do more harm than good, as they mis-inform the reader
Posted June 4, 2007Let’s put numbers to reduced housing prices
Analysis of: Lenders told foreclosure picture grim | www.signonsandiego.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner City Investments
When the housing market moves up, it moves up at a rapid clip or so it seems. We spend so much time enjoying the new wealth if we are home owners or involved in the housing industry that time seems to fly. When the market slows or dips, the process seems to take forever. And, in truth, it does take...
Posted May 29, 2007
Sector Snap: Department Stores
Analysis of: Sector Snap: Department Stores | www.chron.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Analysis of: Sector Snap: Department Stores | www.chron.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
In an article carried in the May 23rd edition of http://www.usatoday.com, the federal government announced that next month it will reveal the statistics for all American hospitals concerning whether they met, exceeded or didn't meet expectations concerning the percentage of their patients who should...
Posted May 29, 2007
Hong Kong Residential Market: 1st & 2nd hand are NOT a Pair
Analysis of: Hong Kong Residential Market: 1st & 2nd hand are NOT a Pair | www.real-estate-tech.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Analysis of: Hong Kong Residential Market: 1st & 2nd hand are NOT a Pair | www.real-estate-tech.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
This analysis written by Stephen Chung (GLG Real Estate Council) of Zeppelin Real Estate Analysis Limited, a Hong Kong-based independent real estate analytical service, investigates the relationship between the 1st hand (new sale) and 2nd hand (resale) residential markets in Hong Kong. It offers some...
Posted May 24, 2007Apartments Are Pricey Today
Analysis of: This Week’s Real Estate Stories | webmail.west.cox.net
Author: Paul Burns, Owner City Investments
Apartment rents will be difficult on the average to raise in light of the significant increases last year. There is no shortage of rentals in the average market to cause a different result. Strained household incomes will be difficult to stretch to higher levels across the markets....
Posted May 21, 2007Price is Right
Analysis of: If You Must Sell, Name Your Price Carefully | www.washingtonpost.com
Author: Mansur Hasib, Independent Real Estate Salesperson Long & Foster Real Estate Inc.
Deciding on a price is extremely important in the current market. The author suggests waiting it out if sellers do not have to sell. If they do they need to price towards the lower end of comparable sales rather than the higher end.
Posted May 18, 2007Where Are Mortgage Rates Headed?
Analysis of: Mortgage rates at highest level five weeks | www.msnbc.msn.com
Author: Mansur Hasib, Independent Real Estate Salesperson Long & Foster Real Estate Inc.
Article points out that Freddie Mac reported Thursday that 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.21 percent nationwide this week, up from 6.15 percent last week and that it was at highest level for 30-year mortgages since they average 6.22 percent the week of April 12.
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