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With how sharply mortgage rates are climbing and how freakishly low they have been, I wonder if the peak and decline will happen faster than in 2006-2007
I’m looking at history and data for guidance
porkchopexpress saysYou'd have to see layoffs and higher unemployment (not people quitting the workforce intentionally).
Give it a few months
Interest rates weren't the issue in 2007, fraudulent loans were at the core. As long as people can service their mortgages interest rates only matter in terms of demand, i.e. how many can afford to buy. Since inventory has been very low this may stall the sharp rise but not cause a crash. You'd have to see layoffs and higher unemployment (not people quitting the workforce intentionally).
Just looking at lines on graphs to make predictions about the future led some folks to ruin in the late 1920's, the late 1990's (dot.com), and the Real Estate Bubble that burst in 2006-2008.
"In my immediate circle, I know 3 persons whose net worth went up $80-$250MM thanks to HCP, SNOW and Nuvia. A tennis friend did real well with TSLA stocks, and bought a $3.3M house in the midst of the pandemic"
I'm someone who believes there are too many rich people in America who need to get wiped out in order for the system to be healthy. There is too much weight at the top. Too many consumers. Not enough workers. A USD crash will help solve this.
What if the national price of gas becomes north of $6?
Can you share your experience and some history of what happened? I’m sure the readers would appreciate it.
What kinds of people are the buyers?Eman says
I don’t know what kinds of people are the buyers, and I don’t really care.Eman says
At this point, it seems likes a bunch of the recent purchases are out of panic. Buy now or be priced out forever kind of thing.
A former colleague of mine told me recently that his portfolio is still less than it was in 1999.
If there will continue to be low inventory = No Crash.
B.A.C.A.H. saysA former colleague of mine told me recently that his portfolio is still less than it was in 1999.
How is this even possible?
Eman saysCan you share your experience and some history of what happened? I’m sure the readers would appreciate it.
Sorry I wasn't around in 1929, but I read a lot of history.
I know so many folks who lost a bunch when dot.com collapsed. A former colleague of mine told me recently that his portfolio is still less than it was in 1999. So many folks. Because they connected the dots about the past to predict the future. They were wrong.
And I know so many folks in the Bay Area and Central Valley who lost homes in the Real Estate Bubble. They lost their residence homes, and their investment homes acquired on house- of-cards financing collapsed. Some of them, before they lost those investment properties, were cock-sure of what they were doing, based on "history". Some relatives mocked me a bit when I didn't want to partner with them. Because it was all on debt.
My coworke...
Although it’s been happening more, I still can’t fathom why some people won’t cash in their Los Angeles area lotto ticket. We’re talking 1500 sq ft 3bd/2ba post ww2 cracker boxes selling at $800k min up to about 1.6 million depending on location and condition. 2,000 sq ft homes it’s more like $1 million up to 2 million.
the public schools are garbage, even the highly rated ones.
Hindoos are funny slave creatures.
I remain in astonishment at people not taking their cash and going and living a life of luxury in a better part of the country
Soon Bay area will have 3-4 servants coming to your home everyday doing various kinds of work from these slum areas.
For some of us, our families live nearby. Not just nuclear family, but extended family across generations.
Those of us who stay to be near family have different values than those you cite about taking cash and living in luxury.
The difference is you have always been a W2 employee while I knew I wanted to work for myself
B.A.C.A.H. says.A former colleague of mine told me recently that his portfolio is still less than it was in 1999.
How is this even possible?
WineHorror1 saysIf there will continue to be low inventory = No Crash.
Although it’s been happening more, I still can’t fathom why some people won’t cash in their Los Angeles area lotto ticket. We’re talking 1500 sq ft 3bd/2ba post ww2 cracker boxes selling at $800k min up to about 1.6 million depending on location and condition. 2,000 sq ft homes it’s more like $1 million up to 2 million.
Crime is without a doubt the worst it’s been in 20 years, despite what the liars and deceivers are the LA Slimes say. It there any doubt why those evildoers moved their headquarters from downtown LA to El Segundo? Filthy horrible people work for that company…the absolute worst of educated humanity. The crime has spread to the suburbs too. The modest city I live in is trying nobly to stave off the crime, but I see it. They had to take extraordinary unconstitutional measures to keep the riots and associ...
FuckTheMainstreamMedia saysI remain in astonishment at people not taking their cash and going and living a life of luxury in a better part of the country
For some of us, our families live nearby. Not just nuclear family, but extended family across generations.
Those of us who stay to be near family have different values than those you cite about taking cash and living in luxury.
FuckTheMainstreamMedia saysthe public schools are garbage, even the highly rated ones.
FTMM, have you spent time in LA area public classrooms recently? How many different schools? Which grades? What did you see?
B.A.C.A.H. saysFuckTheMainstreamMedia saysI remain in astonishment at people not taking their cash and going and living a life of luxury in a better part of the country
For some of us, our families live nearby. Not just nuclear family, but extended family across generations.
Those of us who stay to be near family have different values than those you cite about taking cash and living in luxury.
I’m not in a dissimilar situation. But I’m saying California has not just become drastically worse, but the downtrend will continue. I cited conditions that are making this so.
My extended family fled some years ago. My wife’s has a huge extended family. Some ridiculously hanging on. But two entire parents/adult kids/grandkids already made an exodus. One from a blue collar part of LA to a really nice s...
there are still plenty of very beautiful places in CA where everything is mostly intact. And the climate is among the best in the country if not the best.
Sounds like a great haven for the homeless while our government will take care of them. What’s not to like?
Is there a point at all to your question?
I don't know what government can do about it. If you go cold turkey and cut off resources seems like crime would hockey stick.
Without jobs that provide enough $$ to feed, cloth and house the average person it will not end. People have realize that we cannot sustain an economy where a smaller and smaller % of people have/make most of the $$.
WineHorror1 saysWithout jobs that provide enough $$ to feed, cloth and house the average person it will not end. People have realize that we cannot sustain an economy where a smaller and smaller % of people have/make most of the $$.
I get the sentiment, but I still believe that it's up to the person to make money. It's not the jobs available. There are plenty of jobs you can make $15-20/hr and get hired in a week with minimal skills. The problem is motivation because there are so many safety nets to catch you if you don't want to work. Once those are created they're hard to claw back. So there's an endless cycle of laziness.
I personally think we should just dump minimum wage laws altogether. Dump public sector unions. Private sector unions are a choice and don't hit my pocketbook, so whatever on that front. You work for what YOU are worth. A homeless guy might be able to get a $...
I'm no Libfuk but, my parents generation literally walked out of HS graduation, got jobs, started families and bought homes. That ain't being done today.
I think younger people are lazy though today. I struggle with my own kids. It pisses me off.
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