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Well this new report contradicts that! According to a new report by the California Association of Realtors, showing true signs of improvement, California’s housing market continued to perform better than expected in April with both the median home price and home sales increasing month to month. All signs point to further recovery in housing through 2015.
http://www.marinhomelistings.com/blog?post=CALIFORNIA-MEDIAN-HOME-PRICE-REACHES-HIGHEST-LEVEL-SINCE-DECEMBER-2007&xid=040600-02

Behzad says

Well this new report contradicts that! According to a new report by the California Association of Realtors, showing true signs of improvement, California’s housing market continued to perform better than expected in April with both the median home price and home sales increasing month to month. All signs point to further recovery in housing through 2015.

http://www.marinhomelistings.com/blog?post=CALIFORNIA-MEDIAN-HOME-PRICE-REACHES-HIGHEST-LEVEL-SINCE-DECEMBER-2007&xid=040600-02

The bears will be stunned by this revelation.

Strategist says

The bears will be stunned by this revelation.

.....the NAR made a devine revelation in 2007 that realestate only goes up ....whoops! Whatch out for that banana peel

Bubbabear says

Strategist says

The bears will be stunned by this revelation.

.....the NAR made a devine revelation in 2007 that realestate only goes up ....whoops! Whatch out for that banana peel

They are not making predictions here. They merely stated last month was good.

But our "Real Estate Professionals" say it's a great time to buy!

What to do, what to do.

Call it Crazy says

Strategist says

The bears will be stunned by this revelation.

Stunned by what?? That you idiots in CA overpay for housing....

Yeah, I guess I'm stunned by that....

Call it Crazy says

Strategist says

The bears will be stunned by this revelation.

Stunned by what?? That you idiots in CA overpay for housing....

Yeah, I guess I'm stunned by that....

Homes in California are free. Know why?
Home appreciate in California by 6%, but the interest rate is only 4%.
Who'se the idiot?

jvolstad says

But our "Real Estate Professionals" say it's a great time to buy!

What to do, what to do.

Buy.

jvolstad says

But our "Real Estate Professionals" say it's a great time to buy!

What to do, what to do.

Beware of falling knives.....

Call it Crazy says

Strategist says

The bears will be stunned by this revelation.

Stunned by what?? That you idiots in CA overpay for housing....

Yeah, I guess I'm stunned by that....

Homes in California are free. Know why?

Home appreciate in California by 6%, but the interest rate is only 4%.

Who'se the idiot?

Based on your thought process, you should make all 3/2 houses in CA sell for $5 million!!! After all, you gain 2%, so all prices should be ramped up!!

Just think of the return on investment!!! Hell, make it $10 million...

he h he
You know i'm right......Don't you?

Bubbabear says

jvolstad says

But our "Real Estate Professionals" say it's a great time to buy!

What to do, what to do.

Beware of falling knives.....

No falling knives. Just falling money, catch all you can.

Strategist says

Bubbabear says

jvolstad says

But our "Real Estate Professionals" say it's a great time to buy!

What to do, what to do.

Beware of falling knives.....

No falling knives. Just falling money, catch all you can.

Bernanke bucks falling from the printing press until the Hawk dives in....she sure is a purdy bird

Call it Crazy says

Strategist says

he h he

You know i'm right......Don't you?

OK Make it $15 million for a 3/2.... Just think of the 2% return on that investment!!!

Wether it's $500,000 per home or $15 million it's still 2%. It's the percent return that counts.
Besides I don't have $15 million.
And it's more then 2% when you add in the rents.

When has a realtor ever said it's not a good time to sell or a good time to buy? Never.

It's always a good time for a realtor to get a commission.

Behzad says

Well this new report contradicts that! According to a new report by the California Association of Realtors, showing true signs of improvement, California’s housing market continued to perform better than expected in April with both the median home price and home sales increasing month to month.

Law of small numbers!
http://smaulgld.com/housing-recovery-law-small-numbers/

Home sales increasing in April from March's dismal numbers is a not a sign of a recovery.

At least the article points out that April sales in 2014 were down 7% from April 2013.

smaulgld says

Behzad says

Well this new report contradicts that! According to a new report by the California Association of Realtors, showing true signs of improvement, California’s housing market continued to perform better than expected in April with both the median home price and home sales increasing month to month.

Law of small numbers!

http://smaulgld.com/housing-recovery-law-small-numbers/

Home sales increasing in April from March's dismal numbers is a not a sign of a recovery.

At least the article points out that April sales in 2014 were down 7% from April 2013.

.....the sawtooth downward trend, it seems so eerily familiar

Behzad says

with both the median home price and home sales increasing month to month

smaulgld says

Home sales increasing in April from March's dismal numbers is a not a sign of a recovery. At least the article points out that April sales in 2014 were down 7% from April 2013.

Agree with smaulgld on this one -- the YOY number is much more important. The sales number *always* increases from March to April because housing sales are seasonal. Using the MOM number is manipulative and just spin.

Last three quarters for national Real Homes are flat.
2013 Q3, 2013 Q4, 2014 Q1

See here:
http://www.showrealhist.com/RHtable.html

Call it Crazy says

Strategist says

Besides I don't have $15 million.

Ask your wife for a raise in your allowance...

She said I'm not worth it.

From the webpage,

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Amateurs. Professionals don't leak SQL statements and error internals to the whole world.

Dan8267 says

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Amateurs. Professionals don't leak SQL statements and error internals to the whole world.

Better make some changes @Bubbabear
What happens on patnet, never stays on Patnet.

Realtors are always singing to their own tune. They are as trustworthy as 2nd hand car salesmen! Just like Behzax trying to convince everyone here of something that had it been obvious and true it wouldn't need to be so overstated as such. And Strategist must have invested heavily drumming up ridiculous economics talking about returns as if hard assets somehow magically work like ATM machines. Are any of you tracking how long expensive homes are sitting on the market? No really, anyone?! Only the crappy homes are the ones selling and once the more expensive homes have price reductions in order to sell, it doesn't take a genius to speculate what is going to happen to the cheaper home prices. 2% return my foot. You still have to maintain rental property and pay property tax which I am sure is more than the 2% that you're gleaming about. Mooo...

Winnie,
The system is severely corrupt: These VERY instructive histories are kept out of sight -- which is intellectual savagery.
Intro
http://www.showrealhist.com/yTRIAL.html
The Public Be Suckered
http://patrick.net/?p=1230886

Behzad says

California’s housing market continued to perform better than expected

how do you define better than expected. at best home prices track inflation, and has so for the past 80 years. Not possible to overperform as we have seen.

fact is people cling to the notion that RE is the only investment for them with expectations of 10% or more appreciation every year. thats called a bubble ... it never went away in CA...

waiting_for_the_fall says

When has a realtor ever said it's not a good time to sell or a good time to buy? Never.

It's always a good time for a realtor to get a commission.

in all of the mess created with RE bubble not one question has been raised on how Realtors have help inflate home prices... Not one!

Call it Crazy says

Stunned by what?? That you idiots in CA overpay for housing....

Yeah, I guess I'm stunned by that....

LOL! The many who overpaid are not Californian.. No Californian would overpay given we saw prices fall from 1989 to mid 90s... but someone from Connecticut and New York certainly would, and many have.

On the flip side, many Californians who sold, retired early moving south.

Database is down? No problem, I'll display the table designs/SQL statements for users to figure it out. LOL.