tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492542366661862113.post1487344897134450044..comments2023-10-31T01:32:09.169-07:00Comments on The Housing Time Bomb: THTB 2011 PredictionsJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04450070920047311928noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492542366661862113.post-24841730712771916912011-01-03T11:36:04.038-08:002011-01-03T11:36:04.038-08:00Rock
The only way real estate appreciates is when...Rock<br /><br />The only way real estate appreciates is when you buy when rates are high and they drop.<br /><br />If you buy using low rates and they rise then the value of your house will drop.<br /><br />Rates are much more likely to rise from here so this will be a huge headwind for u moving forward.<br /><br />If you are looking for a place to live for the next 30 years and are not trying to buy for investment purposes than go for it.<br /><br />Just realize you could very well end up losing money as rates rise.<br /><br />I would not advise anyone to be taking out mortgages right now though in general. Housing is just too risky.<br /><br />Rent and hang out until the dust settles.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450070920047311928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492542366661862113.post-72231865371699335452011-01-03T09:04:57.076-08:002011-01-03T09:04:57.076-08:00Can someone (maybe THTB) please explain to me why ...Can someone (maybe THTB) please explain to me why the falling rates on houses is a bad thing for new buyers? I'm very new to this and can't understand why falling rates are bad for new buyers. <br /><br />For existing home buyers, from what I understand their houses are falling in value. Why is this bad for new buyers? Wouldn't lower, falling rates mean you can get new houses for cheaper than you could before? Maybe I'm looking at this from a "value investing" point of view and don't understand the differences betweeen the two.<br /><br />Please help me out! Excellent predicitions THTB!rockguitarist89https://www.blogger.com/profile/06841734069380363042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492542366661862113.post-69151823346630283622010-12-31T06:49:34.811-08:002010-12-31T06:49:34.811-08:00Hansi
I hear ya. There are a lot of crosswinds. ...Hansi<br /><br />I hear ya. There are a lot of crosswinds. <br /><br />If inflation keepd rising in China then it likely means we are continuing to print and send more dollars to China.<br /><br />This will be inflationary over here as well. Eventually we will be forced to tighten and you will see some deflationary panics.<br /><br />I think we end up seeing both inflation and deflation next year.<br /><br />GOnna be interesting. We will see how I did this time next year.<br /><br />Happy New Year!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450070920047311928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492542366661862113.post-76719574198665426392010-12-31T04:23:10.883-08:002010-12-31T04:23:10.883-08:00China will encounter severe inflationary issues an...<i>China will encounter severe inflationary issues and will raise rates substantially in order to avoid social unrest and political turmoil.</i><br />If you are right, we will end very soon in a deflationary situation. Forget about any hausse in the stock market. The bulls will be slaughtered. So your forecasts are a bit contradictory. But very interesting though. Have a good new year 2011.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com