By Lani Rosales on November 25, 2009
S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index
Despite today’s S&P Case-Shiller home price index report showed home prices at 9% lower than last year, the third quarter upturn of 3.1% is catching the attention of analysts nationally as we experience the second quarter in a row with…
Posted in Economy, News | Tagged Economy, real estate market, recession
By Lani Rosales on September 23, 2009
Video on Media and Recession
I just watched the above video by Greg Cooper about how to remain stable in the world of real estate and I find especially interesting his position on traditional media coverage of the recession (and recovery).
After watching the…
Posted in Politics | Tagged Economy, politics, real estate market, recession
By Bill Lublin on August 26, 2009
Real Estate salespeople are usually optimists. They want to believe that things are getting better, and with the low mortgage rates, buyer demand, and arrival of the normal spring market time, there was some indication that the market is getting better. But I don’t know…
Posted in Real Estate | Tagged agent genius, Business, Economy, Law, Mortgage, Real Estate, recession, Services, United States
By Bill Lublin on December 24, 2008
Its Been a Tough Year
2008 has been arough year for all of us, not just in the real estate business. The economy was experiencing a recession that wouldn’t be recognized until the end of the year, we had contentious primaries, and a tough election,…
Posted in Holiday, Marketing, Real Estate | Tagged Angolan kwanza, christmas, Christmas and holiday season, Festivus, Hanukkah, Holiday, Iraq, recession
By Benn Rosales on October 17, 2008
It’s true, I’ve just been informed and have confirmed that Zillow has laid off 25% of its staff. This comes on the heels of a rough week already including Redfin, and various other tech startups. Rich Barton says this is preventative:
The unprecedented economic…
Posted in News | Tagged recession, tech layoffs, Zillow
By Benn Rosales on January 22, 2008
I’d have written something sooner on this, but at 8:3o am, I was already on the phone with buyers.
My response has been, we’re not locking in anything until we must, and even then, we may wait.
After an insanely busy homebuyer’s market beginning 1st…
Posted in Mortgage, Real Estate | Tagged fed rate cuts, housing markets, recession
