[FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread akasha_108
Home prices top out? Cost of new houses levels off in area after meteoric rise By Andrew LePage -- Bee Staff Writer Published 2:15 am PDT Friday, October 7, 2005 Story appeared on Page A1 of The Bee Price appreciation for new homes in the Sacramento area has slowed to a crawl, with more

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread akasha_108
Prices in London fell by 0.1 per cent in September, according to the latest report from Hometrack... London The average house price in London now stands at £261,000, down from £274,200 in July 2004, an annual decline of -4.6 per cent. Out of all 33 London boroughs, only six saw house price

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread akasha_108
Manhattan home prices drop A report shows luxury apartments took hit in third quarter amid lower sales activity October 4, 2005: 8:11 AM EDT Latest home prices for 149 markets Refinance Rates Hit Record Lows NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Homes in Gotham got a little more affordable in

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread akasha_108
San Diego Housing Bubble Pops Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Option Arm mortgages now account for over 75% of all mortgage originations for the month of September. I have never seen anything like this before. I attended two mortgage conventions this month and every broker I talked to said they were

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread Peter
This is Enron type financial thinking. It always blows-up in the end. --- akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: San Diego Housing Bubble Pops Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Option Arm mortgages now account for over 75% of all mortgage originations for the month of September. I have never seen

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is Enron type financial thinking. It always blows-up in the end. These Option ARMS are just aggressive leveraging and laxing of credit standards. Enabled by lenders. All quite legal and transparent. Though quite

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread off_world_beings
Nonsense. Mortgages are subject (by law) to a limit in interest rate increases, so the most you could see after the 5 year term is up is about 2%. It is not in the interest of the business of the mortgage company to always put the highest legal rate up every year, because you will just sell

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nonsense. And you base your apprisal on a review of loan agreements for Opriosn ARMS? Option ARMS are quite a different animal than traditional ARMS. To cite evidence about conventional ARMS as an argument about

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings Are you implying such nationalities are stupid and will buy homes 30% above prevailing market rates (if a bubble burst occurs). I thought only certain eccentric

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread akasha_108
off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nonsense. And you base your apprisal on a review of loan agreements for Option ARMS? Option ARMS are quite a different animal than traditional ARMS. To cite evidence about conventional ARMS as an argument about Option ARMS is non-sensical. Secondly:

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings Are you implying such nationalities are stupid and will buy homes 30% above

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread akasha_108
Are you implying such nationalities are stupid and will buy homes 30% above prevailing market rates (if a bubble burst occurs). I thought only certain eccentric Brits were that bonkers. :) Why not, we do it all the time in other countries that are poorer than us. Someone

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread off_world_beings
I suggest you are not getting it, or simply poorly informed about the housing markets in the US. First, how will foreign invesors, as a class, be richer if a global bubble occurs -- which is what what I am suggesting. The most ridiculous suggestion. There might be little green men on

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Housing Bubble Beginning to Burst?

2005-10-11 Thread akasha_108
Well, you certainly have an intresting POV. I hope it serves you well and profitably. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suggest you are not getting it, or simply poorly informed about the housing markets in the US. First, how will foreign