Here is your open thread for the mid-week on October 14th, 2009. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word in…
Year: 2009
Desperately Searching for a Truly Positive Sign
[Warning: The following commentary is only marginally related to real estate / housing.] Despite what some of my readers in the real estate industry may think, I’m a generally upbeat, optimistic kind of guy. I like to believe that things will be better tomorrow than they are today; that American ingenuity and hard work can…
Monday Open Thread (2009-10-12)
Here is your open thread for Monday October 12th, 2009. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word in the user-driven…
Lawrence Yun: “Home values have overshot downward”
In case there is any doubt about whether NAR chief “economist” Lawrence Yun is just as much of a shameless price-boosting shill as his predecessor David Lereah, I present some excerpts from a post he made on Friday regarding the inefficient, expensive, and economically stupid homebuyer tax credit: Unleashing Pent-Up Housing Demand and Sustainable Economic…
Poll: What is the chance the housing tax credit gets extended/expanded?
Please vote in this poll using the sidebar. Props to AMS for the poll idea. This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 10.17.2009.