All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Residential Market Trends

The San Diego Rental Market Is almost in BalanceRental Rates Should Go upNo significant additions or deletions to inventory

If you are property developer, you might be interested in business opportunities in this article.

While sub-prime mortgages were always a small component of the market it had a much larger impact during the 2004-2006 period.  Its decline is part of the reason for the recent decline in the housing market.  The possibility of it affecting other types of mortgages exists.

 Add the following to the contents of the referenced article: 1.The prices recording now are not the story of the housing market where many who wish to sell do not or cannot because the prices they want are unaffordable for the available buyers.That inventory lingers unlisted for the most part...

A glut of 800,000 excess vacant homes will prolong the recovery for approximately one year. The recent surge in resale listings and completed new homes offered for sale includes a record level of unoccupied homes. The surge is both the result of investor activity earlier this decade as well as the result...

IRSA, an argentine real estate company listed on the NYSE (IRS) has announced a partnership with the Miami based real estate company The Related Group run by Cuban-Argentine Jorge Perez.IRSA owns since 1997 seventy hectares (172 acres) of land in an area very close to downtown Buenos Aires and the booming...

The mortgage market will benefit from: 1.  A new sub-prime industry with an equity requirement for buyers; 2.  The resurgence of the FHA; 3.  Attractive lender financing for foreclosed property.

The Sunshine State exodus of families with children depicted in the Wall Street Journal article is reflected starkly in Florida’s 2006-2007 public school enrollment figures. Statewide, 48,400 new students were expected in 2006-2007, but only 477 showed up. South Florida public schools saw 15,000 fewer...

Just released statistics from the Office of Federal Housing Oversight show that, for all of 2006, price changes ranked from a low of (5.48%) to a high of 21.39% (Bend's appreciation rate).  The dynamics of buyer needs is changing.Demographics in the U.S. continue to change, as a function of changes...

The results of all this will be an implosion of prices in most markets.  I can make a case for New York City and Washington D.C., but the affordability there is so low that I think I’d be wrong to make the point.  Last year I was momentarily high on Las Vegas and I was wrong, so I’m reluctant...