Good find. It's nice to see a reporter actually doing a bit of forward looking research on the real estate market.
They weren't completely "doom & gloom" either.
Damn FED buying $300 billion worth of 10-year notes to lower mortgage interest rates really pisses me off because I am confused at its impact.
I am confused on the effect that Hyper-Inflation could have on Housing prices with so much money printing and money being so cheap to borrow...
What are ya'lls' thoughts on this? I was expecting the upcoming ARM resets to put a new wave of foreclosures on the market to further speed up to housing cost re-adjustment currently in progress.
I am not in Irvine, but in Ventura but this can apply to all over SoCal.
I was looking at purchasing a town home listed at $385k on 10 April, down from $399k in Sept 2007. The home had approximately $50k in upgrades/remodels. I offered $335 2 weeks ago considering comps sold at 330k 4...
For this place, its probably 2000-2300. I am currently renting a 3 bedroom townhome for 1800/month that is not even comparable in condition.
I resubmitted my offer today, I am sure they wont take it. If thats the case, I'll resubmit in a month for even lower than my initial offer, thats if...
Is anyone here familiar with the Ventura realestate market? I am trying to see if things are as dire in Ventura as they are in Irvine (presently and in the future). I don't think there has been a huge influx of people into the Ventura market as there was in OC and Irvine, very few housing...