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Eman
2023 Dec 11, 5:16pm
Eman
2023 Dec 11, 5:16pm
EBGuy says
Real estate investment and flipping is very competitive. It’s not easy to “win” a deal, and it’s not easy to make money after we get the deal. It’s just the reality of Bay Area real estate.
We offered $620k for it 5 months ago. The listing agent told us we had to come in the high $600’s to get a chance. We said no thank you.
For people who think flippers are stealing other people’s housing, feel free to buy this house and fix it up to their taste. They get to keep the lower $650k property tax basis too rather than $1.1-$1.2M valuation.
Eman says
You won’t believe what the seller has in mind. Offer $650k cash and he “might” accept it. Otherwise, he’ll tear it down. Who’s the shark here?
This is the derangement of Prop 13. The guy pays less than $300 a month in taxes on a property valued at $38k. He can probably hold out forever; meanwhile, the city is deprived of much needed housing...
Real estate investment and flipping is very competitive. It’s not easy to “win” a deal, and it’s not easy to make money after we get the deal. It’s just the reality of Bay Area real estate.
We offered $620k for it 5 months ago. The listing agent told us we had to come in the high $600’s to get a chance. We said no thank you.
For people who think flippers are stealing other people’s housing, feel free to buy this house and fix it up to their taste. They get to keep the lower $650k property tax basis too rather than $1.1-$1.2M valuation.
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RWSGFY
2023 Dec 11, 5:34pm
RWSGFY
2023 Dec 11, 5:34pm
What happens to the property tax in CA if the structure is torn down and the land sits vacant? Does the tax go down because there is no improvements anymore or does it go up because the demolition would trigger a reassesment and the land alone is way more than what it was 40-50 years ago?
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AmericanKulak
2023 Dec 11, 5:42pm
AmericanKulak
2023 Dec 11, 5:42pm
WookieMan says
2nd in a lifetime.
The Venture Capital/REIT SFH ownership is grossly exaggerated, single digit % and that concentrated in and around the most desireable metropolitan areas, mostly new developments, and if they took variable loans to get the "Cash" they paid in, as most of them did, boy are they gonna unload. All the "Cash buyers" borrowed that cash when the interest rates are low. Hope the rate they borrowed was fixed and not a variable loan against a money market account.
Like amateur Mutual Fund pickers, they all selected based on previous run-ups, thinking the price/rent appreciation was only going north.
Foreigners are not buying SFHs in suburbs of Sandusky, OH or Cairo, IL. They are buying in Hoboken and San Jose, outer city but no further.
Builders are dumping for a reason, with teaser rates and cutting way back on builds, trying to only finish what must be finished. The last few houses in a development to close it all up.
Unlike Realtors and Flippers, Developers have no reason to lie about the next few years. Realtors and Flippers have an interest in permanent plateau propaganda.
The Boomers aging OUT of SFH in the midst of interest rates not seen in decades is going to be the shock of a century. There is no demographic large enough to fully replace them, it is demographic fact. Nothing about it is arguable.
70 year olds get sick or infirm and can't keep up the 1800 sq ft, esp. multilevel. It will happen, the only question is when the drop down is next year or a few years from now. Demographic, inescapable fact.
"But their kids will inherit". You mean the kids that live 3 states away? And looking at the demos, all those heirs will be selling or trying to rent at about the same time. Hey, hey momma, rents & values goin' down, they're going down.
Divorced single moms with one kid, or single men, don't need 4 or 5 bed, 1800 sq ft, 2 car garage multilevels at mortgages exceeding $2500k/month or more before insurance and tax. Amber doesn't mow lawns or clean gutters. Dylan can barely open a pickle jar or change a tire.
Even if Trump is elected and the economy starts booming and industry comes back to the point where Zoomer HS grads can get a $25/hr job with benefits manufacturing chotskies here in the USA, it's coming.
It doesn't matter in Hispanic and Indian immigrants living 7 to a 4 or 5 bed, 2.5 McMansion start Americanizing and pairing off into SFHs of their own. Not enough of them to fully replace the boomers. Successive generations have almost one child less and far less likely to be married. They are far less affulent. They have far more debt since jobs like Loan Officer boomers could get without degrees, have required degrees for 3 decades now. Fewer, smaller households, less affulence. There is nobody coming to keep pumping the prices or so much as maintain them.
No matter how much Mr. Boomer likes to play air guitar to Santana while putzing around his Harley in the garage, his joints are hurting more, his bones are getting weaker, and the arteries they are a cloggin'
We actually have a SFH glut, it's just not apparent.... yet.
We're going to go from begging empty nest boomers to sell, to begging them to stay put and out of Long Term care and Assisted Living, another thing we're utterly unprepared for.
If you are long SFH or are considering downsizing, do it right now before it's too late.
2006 was a once in a life time thing.
2nd in a lifetime.
The Venture Capital/REIT SFH ownership is grossly exaggerated, single digit % and that concentrated in and around the most desireable metropolitan areas, mostly new developments, and if they took variable loans to get the "Cash" they paid in, as most of them did, boy are they gonna unload. All the "Cash buyers" borrowed that cash when the interest rates are low. Hope the rate they borrowed was fixed and not a variable loan against a money market account.
Like amateur Mutual Fund pickers, they all selected based on previous run-ups, thinking the price/rent appreciation was only going north.
Foreigners are not buying SFHs in suburbs of Sandusky, OH or Cairo, IL. They are buying in Hoboken and San Jose, outer city but no further.
Builders are dumping for a reason, with teaser rates and cutting way back on builds, trying to only finish what must be finished. The last few houses in a development to close it all up.
Unlike Realtors and Flippers, Developers have no reason to lie about the next few years. Realtors and Flippers have an interest in permanent plateau propaganda.
The Boomers aging OUT of SFH in the midst of interest rates not seen in decades is going to be the shock of a century. There is no demographic large enough to fully replace them, it is demographic fact. Nothing about it is arguable.
70 year olds get sick or infirm and can't keep up the 1800 sq ft, esp. multilevel. It will happen, the only question is when the drop down is next year or a few years from now. Demographic, inescapable fact.
"But their kids will inherit". You mean the kids that live 3 states away? And looking at the demos, all those heirs will be selling or trying to rent at about the same time. Hey, hey momma, rents & values goin' down, they're going down.
Divorced single moms with one kid, or single men, don't need 4 or 5 bed, 1800 sq ft, 2 car garage multilevels at mortgages exceeding $2500k/month or more before insurance and tax. Amber doesn't mow lawns or clean gutters. Dylan can barely open a pickle jar or change a tire.
Even if Trump is elected and the economy starts booming and industry comes back to the point where Zoomer HS grads can get a $25/hr job with benefits manufacturing chotskies here in the USA, it's coming.
It doesn't matter in Hispanic and Indian immigrants living 7 to a 4 or 5 bed, 2.5 McMansion start Americanizing and pairing off into SFHs of their own. Not enough of them to fully replace the boomers. Successive generations have almost one child less and far less likely to be married. They are far less affulent. They have far more debt since jobs like Loan Officer boomers could get without degrees, have required degrees for 3 decades now. Fewer, smaller households, less affulence. There is nobody coming to keep pumping the prices or so much as maintain them.
No matter how much Mr. Boomer likes to play air guitar to Santana while putzing around his Harley in the garage, his joints are hurting more, his bones are getting weaker, and the arteries they are a cloggin'
We actually have a SFH glut, it's just not apparent.... yet.
We're going to go from begging empty nest boomers to sell, to begging them to stay put and out of Long Term care and Assisted Living, another thing we're utterly unprepared for.
If you are long SFH or are considering downsizing, do it right now before it's too late.
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FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden
2023 Dec 11, 5:43pm
RWSGFY says
i believe improvement part just drops off on taxes. my tax bill listed land value and improvements on it when i had property there.
but if you build new, new improvements are assessed at market rates.
What happens to the property tax in CA if the structure is torn down and the land sits vacant? Does the tax go down because there is no improvements anymore or does it go up because the demolition would trigger a reassesment and the land alone is way more than what it was 40-50 years ago?
i believe improvement part just drops off on taxes. my tax bill listed land value and improvements on it when i had property there.
but if you build new, new improvements are assessed at market rates.
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HeadSet
2023 Dec 12, 8:46am
HeadSet
2023 Dec 12, 8:46am
AmericanKulak says
Good point, but those kids three states away will buy homes in that area, plus other kids in your area who have parents 3 states away will buy in your area. Also consider printing press inflation that may leave housing as one of the few hedges left.
You mean the kids that live 3 states away?
Good point, but those kids three states away will buy homes in that area, plus other kids in your area who have parents 3 states away will buy in your area. Also consider printing press inflation that may leave housing as one of the few hedges left.
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zzyzzx
2023 Dec 12, 9:47am
zzyzzx
2023 Dec 12, 9:47am
https://www.newsweek.com/housing-market-drop-new-homeowners-loss-equity-freefall-1850573
New Homeowners Lose $122,000 as Housing Prices Drop
New homeowners across the U.S. are confronting a rapid depreciation in their home values.
New Homeowners Lose $122,000 as Housing Prices Drop
New homeowners across the U.S. are confronting a rapid depreciation in their home values.
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RWSGFY
2023 Dec 12, 10:03am
RWSGFY
2023 Dec 12, 10:03am
zzyzzx says
Ha! I'm not even a new homeowner and I've "lost" almost $600K! 🤡
https://www.newsweek.com/housing-market-drop-new-homeowners-loss-equity-freefall-1850573
New Homeowners Lose $122,000 as Housing Prices Drop
New homeowners across the U.S. are confronting a rapid depreciation in their home values.
Ha! I'm not even a new homeowner and I've "lost" almost $600K! 🤡
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WookieMan
2023 Dec 12, 10:12am
WookieMan
2023 Dec 12, 10:12am
AmericanKulak says
They're not building them, so not sure what they'd downsize to. The values can't go down in most locations. You have a bigger generation with buying power regardless of interest rates and an aging demo that doesn't want to move OR still has the kids living with them.
I'm a geezer millennial. All my closest friends own their homes. 90%. Most of their parents, Boomers have already downsized. Many in my circle are wealthy and their parents just keep their family home. No one is selling. With low interest rates locked in, it's cheaper to keep the house and get hired help for the Boomers.
If you have a daughter that's lost with no career ambition, have them get in the home healthcare business. Boomers aren't moving. They'll stay home. They're stubborn as fuck. That's something people overlook. Between commissions, cost of moving, hassle Boomers simply aren't moving into assisted living and probably won't. Maybe in 10-15 years once they approach 80-90, but it's not happening any time soon. Just wait for the reverse mortgage wave. That's coming in a big way.
If you are long SFH or are considering downsizing, do it right now before it's too late.
They're not building them, so not sure what they'd downsize to. The values can't go down in most locations. You have a bigger generation with buying power regardless of interest rates and an aging demo that doesn't want to move OR still has the kids living with them.
I'm a geezer millennial. All my closest friends own their homes. 90%. Most of their parents, Boomers have already downsized. Many in my circle are wealthy and their parents just keep their family home. No one is selling. With low interest rates locked in, it's cheaper to keep the house and get hired help for the Boomers.
If you have a daughter that's lost with no career ambition, have them get in the home healthcare business. Boomers aren't moving. They'll stay home. They're stubborn as fuck. That's something people overlook. Between commissions, cost of moving, hassle Boomers simply aren't moving into assisted living and probably won't. Maybe in 10-15 years once they approach 80-90, but it's not happening any time soon. Just wait for the reverse mortgage wave. That's coming in a big way.
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GNL
2023 Dec 12, 11:13am
GNL
2023 Dec 12, 11:13am
My 78 year old mother in law is selling and purchasing another SFH. We're trying to convince her to purchase a condo but, nope.
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AD
2023 Dec 12, 4:55pm
AD
2023 Dec 12, 4:55pm
EBGuy says
That's mainly because the 30 yr mortgage rate is at least 7.25%.
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https://www.forbes.com/advisor/mortgages/rent-or-buy-home-mortgage/
That's mainly because the 30 yr mortgage rate is at least 7.25%.
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HeadSet
2023 Dec 12, 6:11pm
HeadSet
2023 Dec 12, 6:11pm
GNL says
Why? If you are worried about upkeep, lawn service is cheap.
My 78 year old mother in law is selling and purchasing another SFH. We're trying to convince her to purchase a condo but, nope.
Why? If you are worried about upkeep, lawn service is cheap.
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AD
2023 Dec 12, 7:07pm
AD
2023 Dec 12, 7:07pm
HeadSet says
The problem is that the HOA fees may be very expensive making it not economically better to live in a condo or townhome.
Even if the HOA board and the management company are not corrupt, it may not be competent as far as gaining the best value for the community.
I rather live in a gated community with very little HOA fees. I would rather have a single detached home that I would maintain in a gated community and HOA.
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GNL says
My 78 year old mother in law is selling and purchasing another SFH. We're trying to convince her to purchase a condo but, nope.
Why? If you are worried about upkeep, lawn service is cheap.
The problem is that the HOA fees may be very expensive making it not economically better to live in a condo or townhome.
Even if the HOA board and the management company are not corrupt, it may not be competent as far as gaining the best value for the community.
I rather live in a gated community with very little HOA fees. I would rather have a single detached home that I would maintain in a gated community and HOA.
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GNL
2023 Dec 12, 7:57pm
GNL
2023 Dec 12, 7:57pm
HeadSet says
Snow. She's moving to PA. Most of her family is in NY. Condo seems safer?
GNL says
My 78 year old mother in law is selling and purchasing another SFH. We're trying to convince her to purchase a condo but, nope.
Why? If you are worried about upkeep, lawn service is cheap.
Snow. She's moving to PA. Most of her family is in NY. Condo seems safer?
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WookieMan
2023 Dec 12, 9:28pm
WookieMan
2023 Dec 12, 9:28pm
GNL says
I'll be blunt. Does it matter? Older people are stubborn. You and I will be stubborn when we get old. Once you hit 60 you know your time is limited and you say fuck it. You don't care what other people think. You don't want to have a adult sitter for yourself. You think you can still do it and just don't care anymore.
I wouldn't fight the battle. Unless worried about having to manage the home yourself and they don't have the money. Otherwise it's not difficult to make phone calls and have people manage the snow and lawn and other issues that come up. The alternative of pushing someone to live in a place they don't want to is likely worse. My 2¢.
HeadSet says
GNL says
My 78 year old mother in law is selling and purchasing another SFH. We're trying to convince her to purchase a condo but, nope.
Why? If you are worried about upkeep, lawn service is cheap.
Snow. She's moving to PA. Most of her family is in NY. Condo seems safer?
I'll be blunt. Does it matter? Older people are stubborn. You and I will be stubborn when we get old. Once you hit 60 you know your time is limited and you say fuck it. You don't care what other people think. You don't want to have a adult sitter for yourself. You think you can still do it and just don't care anymore.
I wouldn't fight the battle. Unless worried about having to manage the home yourself and they don't have the money. Otherwise it's not difficult to make phone calls and have people manage the snow and lawn and other issues that come up. The alternative of pushing someone to live in a place they don't want to is likely worse. My 2¢.
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AD
2023 Dec 12, 10:14pm
AD
2023 Dec 12, 10:14pm
Best to live together in a multi generational house. Save money and be able to look out for each other.
The Asians are very adept at this.
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The Asians are very adept at this.
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GNL
2023 Dec 13, 3:26am
GNL
2023 Dec 13, 3:26am
ad says
I suggested she do that with her oldest son. Nope. And she keeps talking about how she's going to leave a bunch of $$ to her kids. Nope, it will all be eaten up for medical expenses. Not complaining, just making observations.
Best to live together in a multi generational house. Save money and be able to look out for each other.
The Asians are very adept at this.
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I suggested she do that with her oldest son. Nope. And she keeps talking about how she's going to leave a bunch of $$ to her kids. Nope, it will all be eaten up for medical expenses. Not complaining, just making observations.
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WookieMan
2023 Dec 13, 7:05am
WookieMan
2023 Dec 13, 7:05am
ad says
Couldn't do it. Have done it. I can't live with other people that aren't my kids or wife. Stupid shit is picked up on. I've done it with my parents and my wife's parents for literally 3 months a piece and couldn't stand it during the housing crash. Everything is hyper analyzed about your lifestyle. How you raise kids. The food you make. How you treat your spouse. You have roomates that are more judgmental than a college roomate. The list goes on.
I get the idea, but it doesn't work if you want to be happy. Asians can do it all they want, but realistically, if they're being honest, they're not happy. You need your own home. I'll even go further and say it has to be a detached home that you don't share walls with anyone, HOA and all the bull shit that comes with that if you go the condo route. Maybe a family compound with separate structures on acreage, but you cannot and should not live within the same walls as family 100%. It's toxic. Anyone that says it isn't is lying and someone you shouldn't trust moving forward.
Best to live together in a multi generational house. Save money and be able to look out for each other.
The Asians are very adept at this.
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Couldn't do it. Have done it. I can't live with other people that aren't my kids or wife. Stupid shit is picked up on. I've done it with my parents and my wife's parents for literally 3 months a piece and couldn't stand it during the housing crash. Everything is hyper analyzed about your lifestyle. How you raise kids. The food you make. How you treat your spouse. You have roomates that are more judgmental than a college roomate. The list goes on.
I get the idea, but it doesn't work if you want to be happy. Asians can do it all they want, but realistically, if they're being honest, they're not happy. You need your own home. I'll even go further and say it has to be a detached home that you don't share walls with anyone, HOA and all the bull shit that comes with that if you go the condo route. Maybe a family compound with separate structures on acreage, but you cannot and should not live within the same walls as family 100%. It's toxic. Anyone that says it isn't is lying and someone you shouldn't trust moving forward.
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Blue
2023 Dec 13, 8:10am
WookieMan says
In old times, yes with compromises. But not now in most of the case.
Asians can do it all they want, but realistically, if they're being honest, they're not happy.
In old times, yes with compromises. But not now in most of the case.
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WookieMan
2023 Dec 13, 9:15am
WookieMan
2023 Dec 13, 9:15am
Blue says
There's certain things you cannot compromise is the problem. We aren't loud, but I'm going to have sex with my wife and not worry about it. I'm going to watch a movie with the sound cranked. My kid acts up I'm going to chew his ass out without Grandma trying to intervene. Don't do this anymore, but have 6 beers and yell at the TV during a sports event, get over it. Then you have to deal with their shit. It's 100% toxic.
You lose all freedom when you live with other people regardless of it being parents or siblings. It's tough enough with a spouse and kids. I ain't adding my parents or anyone else into the mix. People need freedom. That's also why cities suck ass. You're surrounded by fucking morons.
WookieMan says
Asians can do it all they want, but realistically, if they're being honest, they're not happy.
In old times, yes with compromises. But not now in most of the case.
There's certain things you cannot compromise is the problem. We aren't loud, but I'm going to have sex with my wife and not worry about it. I'm going to watch a movie with the sound cranked. My kid acts up I'm going to chew his ass out without Grandma trying to intervene. Don't do this anymore, but have 6 beers and yell at the TV during a sports event, get over it. Then you have to deal with their shit. It's 100% toxic.
You lose all freedom when you live with other people regardless of it being parents or siblings. It's tough enough with a spouse and kids. I ain't adding my parents or anyone else into the mix. People need freedom. That's also why cities suck ass. You're surrounded by fucking morons.
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GNL
2023 Dec 14, 8:02pm
GNL
2023 Dec 14, 8:02pm
The_Deplorable says
90%? I guess so. I compared 7.77% 30 year fixed to 3.5% 30 year fixed and, yeah, almost double. Damn.
90%? I guess so. I compared 7.77% 30 year fixed to 3.5% 30 year fixed and, yeah, almost double. Damn.
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AD
2023 Dec 15, 4:28pm
AD
2023 Dec 15, 4:28pm
https://www.businessinsider.com/housing-market-home-prices-outlook-2024-mortgage-rates-inventory-zillow-2023-12
Home prices are getting slashed as inventory climbs and high mortgage rates push sellers to compete for buyers, Zillow says
Home prices are getting slashed at an unusual pace, thanks to a recent surge in inventory and still-high mortgage rates pushing sellers to compete for buyers, according to Zillow economists.
The share of listings on the market that saw a price cut in November was 22.6%, down slightly from October's 25% rate but still abnormally high for this time of year, the real estate listings site said in its monthly housing market update on Monday.
"Price cuts are more common than normal – chances are good that prices are negotiable," Zillow said.
The trend likely reflects sellers trying to attract buyers, who had largely been shut out of the housing market as mortgage rates soared.
Home prices are getting slashed as inventory climbs and high mortgage rates push sellers to compete for buyers, Zillow says
Home prices are getting slashed at an unusual pace, thanks to a recent surge in inventory and still-high mortgage rates pushing sellers to compete for buyers, according to Zillow economists.
The share of listings on the market that saw a price cut in November was 22.6%, down slightly from October's 25% rate but still abnormally high for this time of year, the real estate listings site said in its monthly housing market update on Monday.
"Price cuts are more common than normal – chances are good that prices are negotiable," Zillow said.
The trend likely reflects sellers trying to attract buyers, who had largely been shut out of the housing market as mortgage rates soared.
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WookieMan
2023 Dec 15, 4:38pm
WookieMan
2023 Dec 15, 4:38pm
ad says
The price cuts are on shit houses likely owned by losers that didn't maintain them. The housing inventory is shit. It's no surprise people are cutting prices. Anyone that bought in the past 15 years at this point is locked into a low interest rate. McMansions are no longer a trend and they aren't building new houses anyway. The stuff for sale is shit where I've looked and that's multiple states and territories.
Zillow is in the business of getting listing leads for people to sell houses. And also buy houses based on their leads. I can't think of a more biased, bull shit source. Anecdotal data matters. The housing bust hype won't materialize. It's click bait. Rates will drop and prices will go sideways in almost all markets. We're not in a boom or bust cycle. I think it will be 5 years before it moves one way or another substantially in the macro. Micro like SF, LA, NYC maybe ATL I could see losses.
The trend likely reflects sellers trying to attract buyers, who had largely been shut out of the housing market as mortgage rates soared.
The price cuts are on shit houses likely owned by losers that didn't maintain them. The housing inventory is shit. It's no surprise people are cutting prices. Anyone that bought in the past 15 years at this point is locked into a low interest rate. McMansions are no longer a trend and they aren't building new houses anyway. The stuff for sale is shit where I've looked and that's multiple states and territories.
Zillow is in the business of getting listing leads for people to sell houses. And also buy houses based on their leads. I can't think of a more biased, bull shit source. Anecdotal data matters. The housing bust hype won't materialize. It's click bait. Rates will drop and prices will go sideways in almost all markets. We're not in a boom or bust cycle. I think it will be 5 years before it moves one way or another substantially in the macro. Micro like SF, LA, NYC maybe ATL I could see losses.
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FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden
2023 Dec 15, 8:48pm
i’m looking for another rental or investment opportunity if anyone here is looking for partnership. $500k to invest here.
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Eman
2023 Dec 15, 9:45pm
Eman
2023 Dec 15, 9:45pm
FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden says
Put the money in Fidelity or one of the banks and collect 4.5-5% yield/interest while you’re looking for the opportunity. That’s what I would do. I would say more opportunities will likely arise sometime next year. If not, I would wait for the next recession. Don’t rush if there’s no good deal.
i’m looking for another rental or investment opportunity if anyone here is looking for partnership. $500k to invest here.
Put the money in Fidelity or one of the banks and collect 4.5-5% yield/interest while you’re looking for the opportunity. That’s what I would do. I would say more opportunities will likely arise sometime next year. If not, I would wait for the next recession. Don’t rush if there’s no good deal.
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AD
2023 Dec 19, 11:04am
AD
2023 Dec 19, 11:04am
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2023-12-19/us-new-housing-starts-hit-six-month-high-video
US New Housing Starts Hit Six-Month High
Bloomberg MarketsTV Shows
December 19th, 2023, 10:05 AM CST
US new-home construction unexpectedly surged in November to a six-month high, benefiting from a dearth of existing houses on the market and suggesting the crunch in residential real estate is easing. Mark Rayfield, Saint-Gobain North America CEO, says they are still optimistic about the market. (Source: Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2023-12-19/us-new-housing-starts-hit-six-month-high-video
US New Housing Starts Hit Six-Month High
Bloomberg MarketsTV Shows
December 19th, 2023, 10:05 AM CST
US new-home construction unexpectedly surged in November to a six-month high, benefiting from a dearth of existing houses on the market and suggesting the crunch in residential real estate is easing. Mark Rayfield, Saint-Gobain North America CEO, says they are still optimistic about the market. (Source: Bloomberg)
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FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden
2023 Dec 19, 11:38am
i don’t know how it’ll be in california, probably will go up forever. but out here in ID it’ll collapse like a brick once blue state exodus stops. nothing happens here, just construction and farming.
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AD
2023 Dec 19, 12:03pm
AD
2023 Dec 19, 12:03pm
FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden says
Depends on demographics in California such as number of qualified white collar and skilled blue collar versus the supply of homes.
Are Hollywood and Silicon Valley employment rolls increasing and are they compensating a lot to sustain the trends in California home prices ?
Another factor is if foreign buyers with cash are still interested in buying a home in California.
https://www.newsweek.com/california-home-sales-crash-lowest-level-16-years-1853707
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i don’t know how it’ll be in california, probably will go up forever.
Depends on demographics in California such as number of qualified white collar and skilled blue collar versus the supply of homes.
Are Hollywood and Silicon Valley employment rolls increasing and are they compensating a lot to sustain the trends in California home prices ?
Another factor is if foreign buyers with cash are still interested in buying a home in California.
https://www.newsweek.com/california-home-sales-crash-lowest-level-16-years-1853707
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DOGEWontAmountToShit
2023 Dec 19, 12:35pm
DOGEWontAmountToShit
2023 Dec 19, 12:35pm
ad says
Indians have replaced the Chinese now as those with cash from Corrupt Mommy & Daddy* Back Home driving up prices here.
* Indian co-worker bragged to me about all the bribes paid for gold his judge daddy had stashed in the house. Then it got ripped off (obviously an inside job with the servants) and so dad told him he'll have to wait a few more years to buy a house in SV.
Depends on demographics in California such as number of qualified white collar and skilled blue collar versus the supply of homes.
Are Hollywood and Silicon Valley employment rolls increasing and are they compensating a lot to sustain the trends in California home prices ?
Another factor is if foreign buyers with cash are still interested in buying a home in California.
Indians have replaced the Chinese now as those with cash from Corrupt Mommy & Daddy* Back Home driving up prices here.
* Indian co-worker bragged to me about all the bribes paid for gold his judge daddy had stashed in the house. Then it got ripped off (obviously an inside job with the servants) and so dad told him he'll have to wait a few more years to buy a house in SV.
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DOGEWontAmountToShit
2023 Dec 21, 10:40am
DOGEWontAmountToShit
2023 Dec 21, 10:40am
I've been seeing a lot of this in LV lately. Esp with the high end properties. This one is the most extreme, tho. $10 mill drop.
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WookieMan
2023 Dec 21, 10:49am
WookieMan
2023 Dec 21, 10:49am
PumpingRedheads says
Might be a long shot. Money laundering? That makes no sense to list it that high and cut it that much.
I've been seeing a lot of this in LV lately. Esp with the high end properties. This one is the most extreme, tho. $10 mill drop.
Might be a long shot. Money laundering? That makes no sense to list it that high and cut it that much.
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AD
2023 Dec 21, 12:44pm
AD
2023 Dec 21, 12:44pm
PumpingRedheads says
The poor tech Indians live in these units.
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Indians have replaced the Chinese now as those with cash from Corrupt Mommy & Daddy* Back Home driving up prices here.
The poor tech Indians live in these units.
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AD
2023 Dec 21, 12:47pm
AD
2023 Dec 21, 12:47pm
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https://studyfinds.org/cheapest-places-to-live/
Hickory, NC and Jackson, MS are among the cheapest places to live
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https://studyfinds.org/cheapest-places-to-live/
Hickory, NC and Jackson, MS are among the cheapest places to live
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DOGEWontAmountToShit
2023 Dec 21, 1:33pm
DOGEWontAmountToShit
2023 Dec 21, 1:33pm
WookieMan says
Looking at a 23,000 square foot mansion in Chattanooga that took 7 years to build for $40 million. Now selling for $16 million. With 'furnishings collected from around the world' $19 million.
I am thinking that highly leveraged ritzies are now under increased financial stress thanks to the interest rates spiking. Either personally or their businesses or both. So, fire sale city!
PumpingRedheads says
I've been seeing a lot of this in LV lately. Esp with the high end properties. This one is the most extreme, tho. $10 mill drop.
Might be a long shot. Money laundering? That makes no sense to list it that high and cut it that much.
Looking at a 23,000 square foot mansion in Chattanooga that took 7 years to build for $40 million. Now selling for $16 million. With 'furnishings collected from around the world' $19 million.
I am thinking that highly leveraged ritzies are now under increased financial stress thanks to the interest rates spiking. Either personally or their businesses or both. So, fire sale city!
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GNL
2023 Dec 21, 2:59pm
GNL
2023 Dec 21, 2:59pm
I just looked at that house. Wow, pretty sweet. I bet it would be a non-stop upkeep nighmare though.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6500-Solitude-Dr-Chattanooga-TN-37416/41402303_zpid/
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6500-Solitude-Dr-Chattanooga-TN-37416/41402303_zpid/
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Bond manager Mark Kiesel sold his California home in 2006, when he presciently predicted the housing bubble would pop. He bought again in 2012, after U.S. prices fell more than 30% and found a floor.
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