Friday, January 28, 2011

REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-10 Cities Where Home Prices Will Rise in 2011

See what I mean???

Columbus is #5

REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-10 Cities Where Home Prices Will Rise in 2011
When will home prices recover?


Property values continue to drift down. But analysts say relief could come by year's end.

See what the 'experts' are saying on MSN Real Estate on the NATIONAL level and remember that Real Estate is SOLD on the LOCAL level.  (PSSST Central Ohio is not as bad off as the rest of the country--hint, hint)

When are home prices going up?


Call us for a comprehensive analysis of YOUR LOCAL market.  It is different for EVERY single subdivision or area in Central Ohio---sometimes it is different on different STREETS!!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Steve Forbes and Nouriel Roubini think that 40% of mortgages are underwater

UNDERWATER MORTGAGES??

THESE GUYS THINK SO......AND THEY ARE SMARTER THAN US!  :-)

"Well, in the case of residential real estate, I would say prices and quantities have fallen so much from the peak, that probably they are close to the bottom. But the trouble is that you have millions of houses that are deeply underwater. 12 million of them already underwater today. And about another 8 million have a mortgage with a loan to value ratio between 95 to 100%.
That means that the 5% correction in national home price--something that I expect--is going to put another 8 million houses underwater. That means 20 million out of the 50 that have a mortgage, or 40% of houses with a mortgage, are going to be underwater."

Read the rest of the article here:

http://www.forbes.com/2011/01/21/nouriel-roubini-doctor-doom-housing-transcript-intelligent-investing_3.html

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Board of Revisions--why it is imperative you listen to this

DEADLINE ALERT!! ALERT!! ALERT!!

WANNA SAVE MONEY ON YOUR PROPERTY TAXES??

I THOUGHT SO........WATCH THE VIDEO AND LISTEN CAREFULLY

Friday, January 21, 2011

Did you miss the boat?

Have home sales hit bottom??????

Central Ohio homes sold for an average, $158,893 last year, the lowest since 2001 but only slightly behind 2009's prices.

Central Ohio figures dropped below 20,000 last year, the first time in a decade.

Central Ohio home sales fell for the fifth straight year in 2010, as potential buyers continued to sit on the sidelines.

Last year, 19,676 homes were sold in the Columbus area, 2.8 percent fewer than the previous year, according to the Columbus Board of Realtors. It was the first time in a decade that annual sales dropped below 20,000.

Here is a copy of the article from the Columbus Dispatch

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/index.html

I don't think you have missed the boat, but the bottom is either here or VERY near.

THE PROBLEM WITH KNOWING WHEN THE BOTTOM OF THE REAL ESTATE MARKET HITS IS THAT IT IS ALREADY ON THE WAY UP WHEN YOU REALIZE IT.

By definition, you cannot determine the bottom of the market without 6 months to a year worth of data that shows an upward trend.  By then, it is TOO LATE.  YOU MISSED IT!!

Take my advice and get in NOW!!  Rates are going up this year by a full point on top of increasing prices.  If you are going to buy anytime in the next 5-10 years, you better do it in 2011.  You have been officially warned.