Tag Archives: Market

The 2010 Residential Wrap-Up: What’s goin’ on? Not much.

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Misha

Avid readers of this blog will recall that I hastily pulled my last attempt to post on this subject because of some errors in the data.  Horrors.  The errors caused 2010 to look like a much stronger year in terms … Continue reading →

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Is Buying a House a Good Investment?

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Misha

Among the scions of the real estate industry presenting at the Fisher Conference (see my previous post) was none other than Frank Nothaft, Chief Economist and Vice President of Freddie Mac.  He had a doozy of a slide set.  Here’s … Continue reading →

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Alphabet Soup Revisited: What Shape Will the Recovery Take?

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Misha

Back in the still-uncertain days of September 09, every market pundit had his or her own letter for what shape the recovery would take. I blogged about Ben Bernanke‘s “U,” Liz Ann Sonders‘ “V,” and Nouriel Roubini‘s “W” here. Though … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Greetings

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Misha

Another glorious winter’s day in San Francisco.  My family and I biked over the GG Bridge to Sausalito and then took the ferry back to Fisherman’s Wharf. Thirty-five years in this town and I’ve only done that ride twice.   The … Continue reading →

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Waiting for the Other Sheep To Drop… Or Not

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Misha

Does anyone really know what’s going on?  Despite the gloom and doom of my recent posts (Waiting for the Other Sheep to Drop, Alphabet Soup:  What Shape will the Recovery Take?), the latest publication of the Conference Board’s Leading Economic … Continue reading →

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Surprise! Condos are Holding Up Better Than Homes

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Misha

For the quarter century (gulp!) that I’ve been involved in real estate, the conventional wisdom has always been that condo values generally do worse in down markets than homes.  Why?  To be honest, I’m not sure, but I think it’s … Continue reading →

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Supply/Demand: Does it predict price? Maybe not.

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Misha

Now hold on there, matie!  Basic economic theory  says more supply than demand, prices will fall, right?  Well take a look at this graph. It shows the absorption rate of single family home listings from January 2006 through December 2008 … Continue reading →

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