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Interest rates will go to 3% and housing will jump another 10%. Who's next?
I get the jokes guys. But for the first time on this site I am actually offended.
You can't squeeze any more blood out of this stone
Between 1965 and 2000 the home price to income ratio steadied around 4.5
After 2000, it started to increase and remained a lot higher.
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America demographic trend
With respect to the aging of America demographic trend, I had a chat with 3 of my neighbors, and this is specifically to the Bay Area. One couple, the daughter and her family will take over their house when they kick the can. The same with the 2nd neighbor. The 3rd neighbor, who is retired, said his daughter will take over grandma’s house when she’s gone. Grandma is 93 now. They will help her buyout uncle’s share. All in all, looks like everyone will keep their low property tax basis. I don’t see a mass of inventory in this landlocked Bay Area. However, rent to own ratio is still way out of whack at the moment.
Loss of training trades people, so building is generally none existent in most places.
California Homeowner Cuts Price Nearly in Half in 'Brutal' Market
Dec 26, 2023
The housing market has proven to be a tough terrain in Joshua Tree, California, evidenced by a house that sold for $340,000 in December after being purchased for $600,000 in 2021, marking a $240,000 loss.
Initially listed at $625,000 in early 2023, the home, situated east of Los Angeles in the Mojave Desert, saw multiple price reductions over the year, finally settling at $340,000 in December, a 47.3 percent decrease from its 2021 purchase price. The drop in value reflects a "brutal" housing market in Joshua Tree, according to a vacation rental investor on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
Joshua Tree, California
I see manufacturing "modular homes" at a factory as one current trend. It makes it easier and quicker to build a wood frame home.
This Colorado "modular homes" company
I'm pushing the trades and get some business acumen for my kids/nephew.
I agree. I met a young cousin's boyfriend over Christmas. He's 21 and rudderless. He said he "tried" HVAC and "didn't like it". I couldn't help but tell him that I thought he was making a mistake by giving it up.
WookieMan says
I'm pushing the trades and get some business acumen for my kids/nephew.
I agree. I met a young cousin's boyfriend over Christmas. He's 21 and rudderless. He said he "tried" HVAC and "didn't like it". I couldn't help but tell him that I thought he was making a mistake by giving it up.
The goal should be to be the boss
The housing market has been having low inventory due to affordability and existing owners don’t sell as they can’t afford the new mortgage payments if they move.
Eman says
The housing market has been having low inventory due to affordability and existing owners don’t sell as they can’t afford the new mortgage payments if they move.
I read that it costs at least $100,000 before even the shovel hits the dirt to build a single family home in California.
The costs to develop are getting way out of hand, and a lot of that is not due to the cost of land.
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The cost of designing, engineering, city permits and fees is easily $100k before we break ground to build a house.
Basically, all the requirements make the cost to build extremely expensive.
Eman says
The cost of designing, engineering, city permits and fees is easily $100k before we break ground to build a house.
Basically, all the requirements make the cost to build extremely expensive.
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yes, due to California building code and zoning
in Florida, the builders leverage economies of scale as far as fixed costs and the state is a lot more pro residential development
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https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/home-prices-in-carleton-place-drop-significantly-1.6718571
Carleton Place homes sold for $400,000 under original selling price
30-year fixed mortgage rate is below 6% for the Bay Area now. I guess lenders anticipate the Fed is done with the rate hikes and will cut rate soon.
30-year fixed mortgage rate is below 6% for the Bay Area now.
Eman says
30-year fixed mortgage rate is below 6% for the Bay Area now.
To be fair, that 5.875% rate requires you pay 0.25 points up front. An APR "as low as" 5.992% is breaking the 6.0 barrier by the barest of margins.
Eman says
30-year fixed mortgage rate is below 6% for the Bay Area now.
To be fair, that 5.875% rate requires you pay 0.25 points up front. An APR "as low as" 5.992% is breaking the 6.0 barrier by the barest of margins.
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pimco-kiesel-called-housing-top-160339396.html?source=patrick.net
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.
Now, after a record surge in prices, Kiesel says the time to sell is once again at hand.