hrhjuliet's threads
Dear Boomers,
by
hrhjuliet
on 25 Apr 2014
90 comments, latest
10 years ago
I was wondering if everyone over forty could please stop calling exorbitant home prices a "recovery," or hailing prices as "stabilized" only when prices are almost as high as ...
New Format
by
hrhjuliet
on 20 Feb 2015
6 comments, latest
10 years ago
Wow, put on a Nutcracker, get busy with Christmas and then get swamped with the to-do list in the real world, haven't been on the computer, and *BAM* Patrick ...
Bay Area Housing Market Slow Down
by
hrhjuliet
on 3 Jun 2014
37 comments, latest
10 years ago
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.c Opinions? I own a home in the Bay myself, and I have a cousin still looking here. Should she wait on the sidelines? #housing
Bay Area prices and everywhere else.
by
hrhjuliet
on 4 Jul 2014
7 comments, latest
10 years ago
The Bay Area is clearly a seller's market. What about everywhere else, like Oregon, Washington, and Utah? Market going up or down in the next few years, and why?
Housing "recovery" is faltering. Housing affordability in the near future?
by
hrhjuliet
on 22 Jun 2014
6 comments, latest
10 years ago
http://mobile.bloomberg.com/ne "The two-year-old U.S. housing recovery is faltering. The Mortgage Bankers Association yesterday lowered its forecast for combined new and existing home sales in 2014 to 5.28 million -- ...
Funny video on Net Neutrality
by
hrhjuliet
on 3 Jun 2014
Posted 11 years ago
http://gizmodo.com/the-fcc-get Great video on Net Neutrality. Everyone needs a good laugh on Pat.net! :-) If you feel like doing something about it, go to this site, select 14-28 "Protecting ...
Housing "Recovery"
by
hrhjuliet
on 25 Apr 2014
47 comments, latest
11 years ago
Dear Boomers, I was wondering if everyone over forty could please stop calling exorbitant home prices a "recovery," or hailing prices as "stabilized" only when prices are almost as ...
Nerd Real Estate
by
hrhjuliet
on 25 Apr 2014
6 comments, latest
11 years ago
Oh no, I belong in Utah. ;-) http://www.cnet.com/news/want- #housing
Money has corrupted us. We no longer understand what it's worth
by
hrhjuliet
on 18 Apr 2014
43 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://www.theguardian.com/mon The house across the street has just gone on sale for £850,000. A bog-standard, late-Victorian, ex-council terrace house in the rough part of Islington, with a yard billed ...
Corrupted Capitalism and the Housing Crisis
by
hrhjuliet
on 18 Apr 2014
94 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://www.acton.org/pub/comme As Robert Bridges wrote in the Wall Street Journal last year, “we have put excessive emphasis on owner-occupied housing for social objectives, mistakenly relied on homebuilding for economic ...
A Tribe of Bees
by
hrhjuliet
on 2 Apr 2014
14 comments, latest
11 years ago
That's right, picture a tribe of bees. Problem #1: Sociopaths and people with borderline personality disorders tend to be our leaders in most aspects of human life. This group ...
Crisis in the housing market
by
hrhjuliet
on 31 Mar 2014
13 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://www.npr.org/series/1307 Even the mainstream media is debating the rather shifty and volatile housing market, and not even doing it half as well as we do here on Patrick.net Come ...
Get rid of Fannie and Freedie
by
hrhjuliet
on 17 Mar 2014
89 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Comment/post from Michael S.: "If you increase "affordability" you will increase demand. When demand increases then prices rise. When prices rise, affordability falls. Government backed loans don't help ...
Two powers, one country
by
hrhjuliet
on 20 Feb 2014
4 comments, latest
11 years ago
In honor of our presidents on this holiday week. “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money, first by inflation and then ...
Came across this thread from 2012. Good prediction
by
hrhjuliet
on 9 Feb 2014
49 comments, latest
11 years ago
bmwman91 Follow (3) Befriend (7) 40 threads 1,539 comments 6 12:36pm Sat 31 Mar 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike Delete I also think that this summer will be ...
Patrick readers, what steps should Americans take as interest rates rise?
by
hrhjuliet
on 30 Jan 2014
41 comments, latest
11 years ago
What steps as active and informed citizens should we take to resolve the issues stated in this article? Also, what would you do if you were in charge? http://www.ispyetf.com/view_ar ...
Why not protest prop 13?
by
hrhjuliet
on 31 Jan 2014
16 comments, latest
11 years ago
Why don't people DEMAND attention to an issue they believe in? We still have that power... right? http://www.latimes.com/local/l
US Assets are Falling in the Hands of Foreign Owners at Record Pace
by
hrhjuliet
on 30 Jan 2014
4 comments, latest
11 years ago
Is there anything we can do as concerned citizens to reverse this trend? http://www.ispyetf.com/view_ar
What if?
by
hrhjuliet
on 19 Jan 2014
2 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://www.theonion.com/articl This article is funny and terribly dead on at the same time. What happens if the majority of "homeowners" can't ever pay off their loan in their lifetime? ...
Foreign property rights
by
hrhjuliet
on 29 Dec 2013
59 comments, latest
11 years ago
I have a group of friends and colleagues working on a legislation to create limitations on foreigners buying American real estate. They are trying to raise awareness through posting ...
When do you think the next real estate downturn will occur? Why?
by
hrhjuliet
on 28 Jul 2012
109 comments, latest
11 years ago
I've been following a lot of very knowledgeable people on Patrick.net for a long time. Patrick.net saved my family from buying during the bubble, so I tend to trust ...
Best Portland neighbourhoods?
by
hrhjuliet
on 31 Dec 2012
14 comments, latest
12 years ago
Any suggestions on finding a good neighbourhood in Portland? A family friendly area with an artistic vibe would be ideal. Walkable to a co-op and some nice parks would ...
Petition to the president
by
hrhjuliet
on 12 Feb 2013
2 comments, latest
12 years ago
Any ideas for a Patrick community petition? One based on Patrick's book? Something short and to the point, and nails the NAR and the banks for all their criminal ...
Any opinions on anti-trust suit against NAR?
by
hrhjuliet
on 31 Dec 2012
4 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://articles.marketwatch.co MarketWatch) -- U.S. government antitrust authorities are planning to sue the National Association of Realtors, charging that its policies will illegally restrict discounting of sales commissions, The Wall ...
Here we go up again.
by
hrhjuliet
on 29 Mar 2012
24 comments, latest
12 years ago
With Facebook and other companies going public, when will this huge spike in prices end? 2016?
To buy, or not to buy...
by
hrhjuliet
on 29 Feb 2012
219 comments, latest
12 years ago
What do you all think? Wait out the Bay Area market a few more years? We have two kids, jobs here and we are renting a 500 square foot ...
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