A Consistent Set Of Politics Based On The Ideology Of Home Ownership, Encouraging Us All To Buy As Strategic, Calculating Mini-Capitalists
A weekend topic starting with WBUR in Massachusetts. "The great unwinding of Silicon Valley Bank’s ambitions has a special sting in Boston, where the failed bank’s parent had vacuumed up two local institutions in recent years, part of its bid…
The Number Of Chickens You Have To Forgo To Buy A House Is Unlikely To Keep Plummeting Forever!
A weekend topic starting with The Atlantic. "Timing isn’t the only external factor determining whether homeownership 'works' for Americans. Paying off a mortgage is a form of 'forced savings,' in which people save by paying for shelter rather than consciously…
What They Don’t Want You To Know
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Real Estate Is The Biggest Mafia
A weekend topic starting with the Marin Independent in California. "The median price of a detached home in Marin County fell to $1.675 million last month, nearly wiping out the gains for the year, according to the latest county data.…
Buyers Can’t Qualify Or Afford, And Probably Don’t Want To Catch Falling Knives Anyway
A weekend topic starting with the LA Daily News. "Q. Am I wrong to suggest that prices are already falling sharply, we just can’t see it? Wolf: I don’t think falling home prices are widespread yet, but there are absolutely…
Growing Price Cuts Are A Sign That Sellers Are Getting The ‘It’s NOW Different’ Message
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Foreclosure activity in North Texas has been steadily climbing since the end of pandemic-related federal restrictions last year. 'In the past, when the market was red hot and someone just filed for…
If Home Buying Were Honest
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If A House Is Old, Rundown And Small, We Say It’s Cozy And Has Lots Of Character
A weekend topic starting with the Tribune in California. "Convicted fraudster and former Atascadero Citizen of the Year Kelly Gearhart was released from federal prison Wednesday. Gearhart, a former real estate developer in San Luis Obispo County, pleaded guilty to…