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Recovery through Policy or Free Markets?

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Housing Market Conditions, Real Estate Business | 1 Comment »

Firstly, I think it’s important to recap how we got here.  It all started quite innocently as a Wall Street product called mortgage securitization.  The creation of this market was ... Read more..

Will lower housing prices actually help us out of the recession?

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Teardown Phenomenon | No Comments »

Is this scenario plausible - home prices get so low that redevelopment i.e. building new homes on infill lots becomes the catalyst for an economic recovery ("new" becomes affordable on a grander scale)? Throw ... Read more..

Sales of homes over $1MM up over 35% from last year

Thursday, August 12th, 2010 Posted in Housing Market Conditions, Real Estate Business, Environment | No Comments »

NAR released news today that higher end home sales have picked up dramatically from last year.  Sales volume for homes priced between $700,000 and one million are up 29 percent ... Read more..

New Model? Sell yourself or call your agent - either way is ok with us

Thursday, July 15th, 2010 Posted in Housing Market Conditions, Real Estate Investing, Infill, Real Estate Business | No Comments »

Finally, an online marketplace that really works like an exchange.  All market participants are welcome to post and list property for a reasonable fee and target the buyers most likely to buy.  ... Read more..

Is the market improving?

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Posted in Housing Market Conditions, Infill, Environment, Building New | 1 Comment »

From where we sit (Hinsdale, IL), the market for redevelopment property has improved.  Is this temporary - I don't know.  What we do know is that those builders that have ... Read more..

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