Comments on: Will There Ever Be Another Booming Profitable Real Estate Market Or Is It Completely Over?

By: WP Robot

WP Robot — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:34:01 +0000

Isn’t even CLOSE to bottoming out yet. It WILL go up again, but not until after 2010. That’s what my crystal ball says.

By: Rafael P

Rafael P — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:27:01 +0000

I wonder how many times just in the history of the United States has that been asked? And yet, Real Estate is worth more now than it was 20 years ago, which was worth more than it was 40 years ago, which is worth more than it was 60 years ago, etc etc etc.

By: Terry S

Terry S — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:29:56 +0000

Real Estate moves in 17 year cycles.
80% of the gain, comes in 20% of the move.
From 1988-2002 14 years prices barely moved.
From 2002-2005 (3 years prices in Arizona doubled)
The top was in 2005
2005+ 14 years of prices basically doing nothing but going sideways takes you to 2019.
Look to start buying in 2019 or 2020 for another explosion in price starting in the year 2022.
Hope this helps.

By: Mr. Prefect

Mr. Prefect — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:44:51 +0000

Everything goes in cycles. What it is today, is out tomorrow, and so on. It will happen again with the real estate boom, but probably not for years to come.

By: Saura

Saura — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:38:52 +0000

Your question — is the real estate market bottomed out?
No, this is just the beginning. You can expect the highest number of foreclosures to occur during the fourth quarter of 2008.
You asked if there is any solution in sight. No, there isn’t. The major banks like Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs will continue to write-off debts. This will cause the foreigners to stop lending, and as a result our interest rates will increase. It probably won’t be as easy to borrow money as it is right now.

By: jlf

jlf — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:17:29 +0000

There will be another boom. The only question is when and how high. Real estate is cyclical.

By: truttman

truttman — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:24:39 +0000

It’s the way of the West, pardner, boom and bust. The cyclic economy, in aggregate as well as in sectors (like real estate) has always been with us and will go on forever. Usually each successive bust is not quite as bad as the previous one, so things like real estate do actually appreciate over the years. It’s sort of a “ratcheting effect”.

By: Cysteine

Cysteine — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:43:54 +0000

Housing market isn’t close to bottoming out. I am hoping the prices of existing homes stop dropping by 2010. It will take at least that long before the glutting of foreclosures, and new home sales stop flooding the inventory.
For those sellers who don’t want to hear about lowering their prices, they better be willing to pay that mortage payment for some time to come.