Comments on: Looking for a home in Southern California?

By: -A-

-A- — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:22:36 +0000

Bart, that link was from Blueskies. who posted it on Rob's Blog,but yeah, the pumpers have done a good job of peddling the koolaid.

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By: Bart

Bart — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:01:35 +0000

Good link A, Amazingly the math works out even worse up here since we don't get the mortgage tax deduction they get in the US.

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By: -A-

-A- — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:40:34 +0000

blueskies { 02.20.08 at 4:33 pm } The REAL American Dream http://tinyurl.com/25ubbw I think our society has been sold a pile of crap that we’ve bitten on hook, line, and sinker If I could log on to that other blog I would have read the above, and I would have to warn you that you could end up on probation just like snick, Heck you could get banned like me.

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By: blueskies

blueskies — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:19:35 +0000

$1695 / 1br – 25th. Floor ,1 Bedroom / 1 Bathroom / Den / Balcony /Cellerium

http://tinyurl.com/29aycp

incoming sunlight could be considered "cellulite"

…from craigslist Spectrum ad

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By: -A-

-A- — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:52:14 +0000

I think we’re looking at an England style meltdown, where the “let to own” specuvestors gets burned first… I hope their greed keeps them in the market long enough so that they won't be able to unload their investment on to some poor, honest,and hard working first time buyer, who sees a home for what it should be, and not a poker chip. I am quite convinced greed and denial will keep the greedy fools from exiting at the first signs of trouble. As inventory levels rise, they will just interpret it as a temporary lull. The beauty of bubbles is they leave a lot of excess capacity as well as updated inventory behind, too bad some of it will leak. The good thing is the specuvestors who deserve the bad karma, will be holding the bulk of the leaky condos.

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By: scullboy

scullboy — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:51:36 +0000

Strataman:

You're my favorite Boomer.

Craigslist:Harbinger of dooooooooooooom!!!

As it happens, I'm in the market for a 2bdrm. Do you have recommendations? My only two criteria are no grow ops, and no krrish….

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By: Strataman

Strataman — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:26:15 +0000

scullboy: "Is it me or are the ads on Craigslist getting more and more desperate? I’ve seen several.." No your right. Also as I visit lots of towers everyday the main bulletin boards in the lobbies generally have three or four for rent. I never saw this last year. Lockers and parking stalls are also being separated out for rent to subsidize some of the owners. If your in the rental market for the $1400+ a month units you have 100's to choose from. No longer is there "viewings will be held at xx time" it's phone and we'll arrange a viewing for you!

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By: scullboy

scullboy — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:15:45 +0000

Is it me or are the ads on Craigslist getting more and more desperate? I've seen several AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY notices, REST OF FEB FREE!!!! ads I saw one WE'LL COVER YOUR BILLS And several ads for our fave building Spectrum. The asked rents fluctuate wildly.... there are several one bedroom suites asking the same price as the 2 bdrm suites, and one townhouse that's 1850, which is about what people are asking for some of the 2 bdrm suites. I think we're looking at an England style meltdown, where the "let to own" specuvestors gets burned first...

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By: moldcity

moldcity — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:24:49 +0000

This is offtopic, but I just found the 'Dan Rather Reports' show on the Downtown east side and posted it in the forum, you can watch it here. Its mostly about the 'harm reduction' policy for drug addicts and prostitutes. I wasn't aware of the extremely high levels of disease in that neigborhood, they say HIV infection rates are the same as Botswana.

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By: krrish1

krrish1 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:20:33 +0000

Strong employment growth and rising wages in other sectors are helping to underpin housing demand in the province.The 4,949 units sold in january 2008 in the province were well above the ten-year average of 4,230 units for the month of January.we are definitley here on this side of border

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