Note to Wall Street: "It's the Women, Stupid"
Women have been disproportionately impacted by economic distress: they're the first ones to lose their jobs during cutbacks, and they're the primary caretakers for their families in cash-strapped times.
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Buy, buy, buy! It's the best opportunity in years.
Just ANOTHER "DUH" moment for Wall Street and the Bush Administration.
I don't know, the president seems to think it's all pretty funny though.
Laughing like a maniac
Why would anyone, with the money for a downpayment and an adequate credit score, being purchasing real estate with the existing market conditions. In most parts of the country, putting down 20% and getting an 80% mortgage, there's a good chance that by the time you closed escrow, you will have decreased your equity position by 5 to 10% and be in the position of ruining your credit. That's not good business sense.
Not all real estate markets are in the dead end mode you think. And not all real estate markets are declining. According to the April Case-Schiller report, Denver seems to have stabilized. As has Chicago, Dallas, Portland, Seattle, Boston and Charlotte, NC among others. Even in Cleveland, Ohio home prices are above January's. And those are just the major cities.
And with so many houses sitting empty, and with cash-strapped sellers, there are likely plenty of real bargains to be had now.
Yeah, plenty of bargains "to be had"......only if the buyers qualify for the loans. With millions and millions laid off from their jobs, there aren't as many qualified buyers as there used to be.
uhappytoo, you read that in a report. How long has the National Association of Realtors been encouraging people to continue buying houses during this disaster? Just sayin'.
At some point those who are worried about inflation, or want a bargain, will want to try and buy real estate near the bottom. It's figuring out when that's the problem.
You can go broke trying to pick the bottom or the top of a market