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but but but I thought the bottom was 2009 ?
by
pkowen
on 9 Feb 2011
66 comments, latest
12 years ago
Home prices to hit bottom this year, report says Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
1223 Alameda De Las Pulgas, San Carlos, CA 94070
by
pkowen
on 14 Feb 2011
13 comments, latest
13 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-C See, this is why I think the peninsula still has a way to go: down. 890 sq ft crappy little house, lot is below the road, the road ...
299 Club Dr, San Carlos, CA 94070
by
pkowen
on 23 Oct 2009
13 comments, latest
13 years ago
Here's a nice big fat white elephant.  Perhaps a case of 'realtors up to their same old tricks', I saw a 'Sale Pending' on this a couple week's ...
Map: U.S. Migration Flows
by
pkowen
on 29 Feb 2012
Posted 13 years ago
Patrick, an interesting set of maps / data on interstate migration in the U.S. California is LOSING population interstate, so any increase in population must be coming from other ...
Two markets - high end and everyone else
by
pkowen
on 22 Sep 2011
Posted 13 years ago
Some key points I found interesting: "Consider foreclosure-ravaged Detroit. In the historic Green Acres district, a haven for hipsters, a pristine, three-bedroom brick Tudor recently sold for $6,000 – ...
20% / yr appreciation
by
pkowen
on 27 Jun 2011
36 comments, latest
14 years ago
Almost. Classic bay area bubble. Someone made a killing, someone got killed. Or did they just 'walk away'. Apr 12, 2011 Price Changed $499,000 -- gone pending Mar 23, ...
Zombie house for A-F
by
pkowen
on 10 Jun 2011
Posted 14 years ago
I want to get a few acres and build one of these, preferably next door to A-F. http://all-that-is-interesting
2623 San Carlos Ave, San Carlos, CA 94070
by
pkowen
on 16 Mar 2011
1 comment, latest
14 years ago
Sold 2005 for $808,000 Two deeds of trust - 1st - $646,400 ARM 2nd - $121,200
Affordability
by
pkowen
on 7 Mar 2011
25 comments, latest
14 years ago
This article states that "the cost of a home is about 19 months of total pay for an average family, the lowest level in 35 years" Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ ...
today's news ...
by
pkowen
on 28 Feb 2011
8 comments, latest
14 years ago
I've started my own Google news search, "Housing Market". Here's today's top four headlines - Shadow inventory still depressing the housing market: NAR Pessimism revealed on US housing market ...
101 Club Dr, San Carlos, CA 94070
by
pkowen
on 18 Feb 2011
3 comments, latest
14 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-C Over a MEEEELLLLION dollas. $750 sq ft. Very busy intersection (residential, but busy all day). Looks a lot like a trailer. People walk on the driveway as a ...
HUD reports
by
pkowen
on 27 Dec 2010
Posted 14 years ago
http://www.huduser.org/portal/
To those who say we hit the bottom in 2009
by
pkowen
on 19 Dec 2010
7 comments, latest
14 years ago
I have been getting email from a "real-tor" since April 2006 with the "housing inventory snapshot". It has average and median asking prices and days on market for a ...
13 markets that will never recover
by
pkowen
on 27 Nov 2010
13 comments, latest
14 years ago
"Never"? Hmmm... http://247wallst.com/2010/05/1 #housing
Average 17 months free housing
by
pkowen
on 18 Oct 2010
24 comments, latest
14 years ago
So I like to catch the NPR Morning Edition for a few minutes during my commute. Today, there was a report about people who are underwater and have been ...
525 Walnut St, San Carlos, CA 94070
by
pkowen
on 9 Oct 2010
2 comments, latest
14 years ago
I am noticing a few multi-unit apartment buildings going up for sale. Some actually seem to have positive cash flow. Any thoughts why they are going up now? http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-C
Borrowers refuse to pay
by
pkowen
on 12 Aug 2010
4 comments, latest
15 years ago
See, this just pisses me off: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08 "The result is one of the paradoxes of the recession: the more money you borrowed, the less likely you will have to ...
rates cannot drop any more
by
pkowen
on 29 Jul 2010
8 comments, latest
15 years ago
Heard here (and everywhere) 1 year ago: "Rates have never been lower! They will NEVER drop any more!" http://www.marketwatch.com/sto #housing
233 Bay View Dr, San Carlos, CA 94070
by
pkowen
on 2 Apr 2010
42 comments, latest
15 years ago
And the overpriced winner of the day is: http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-C Look at those fancy closet doors, the nice sink, and the backkyard concrete paradise! Classy!
220 Winding Way, San Carlos, CA 94070
by
pkowen
on 7 Dec 2009
2 comments, latest
15 years ago
Reduced again. http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-C
20 Ryland Park Dr, San Jose, CA 95110
by
pkowen
on 30 Nov 2009
7 comments, latest
15 years ago
Half the previous price (almost). Notice it sold in August 2009 for $224,876. My guess, that was a trustee sale or foreclosure and the current owner is an investor ...
Cash in hand on the steps of the County courthouse
by
pkowen
on 9 Nov 2009
9 comments, latest
15 years ago
So once again today while walking to coffee, I passed by a small crowd at the County courthouse waiting to bid on properties. I understand how this works in ...
Today's top Patrick article
by
pkowen
on 15 Oct 2009
1 comment, latest
15 years ago
http://www.reuters.com/article $1 million+ houses not selling. "High end"? Around here (SF bayarea) that's just yer average DINKs. In my opinion it's WORSE than the article states. I'm sorry, but ...
Condo developers: Sales of downtown S.J. high-rises picking up
by
pkowen
on 5 Oct 2009
9 comments, latest
15 years ago
Picking up? Psyche! ACTUALLY: "Axis, for example has sold fewer than a quarter of its 329 units more than a year after move-ins began. City Heights, the first to open ...
"San Carlos housing market remains strong"
by
pkowen
on 16 Sep 2009
3 comments, latest
15 years ago
http://www.insidebayarea.com/s Strong because 17 of 90 units are sold ?? Gee, I thought this was the fortress, the place where everything bid up and sold within hours. And 2 ...
532 Manzana PL, San Jose, CA
by
pkowen
on 21 Aug 2009
Posted 16 years ago
A couple years ago I looked at several of these 'lofts'. I was working in downtown SJ and so the location worked for me. The RE agent was so ...
3647 Glenwood Ave, Woodside, CA 94062
by
pkowen
on 19 Aug 2009
1 comment, latest
16 years ago
Huge Maintenance Issues! Buy or now or be priced out!! You can live in a tent while you tear it down!  Jeez, what is with these people?  ...
104 Berkshire Ave, Redwood City, CA 94063
by
pkowen
on 19 Aug 2009
Posted 16 years ago
Pretty sure I saw this one in the low $500's at the bubble peak. Now they think it's worth $750,000?? Ok, maybe they have now bundled it with a ...
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