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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:30 PM Original message |
Ok, I'm obsessed...again, it isn't political, it is about the housing |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a GREAT time to buy a house. Go for a rock bottom price. |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Dumbest advice I've heard |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. OK, brainiac. Fine. Don't agree with me. Go for a rental!!! |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I heard that "they" said it was hard to get financing. That part we |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Yeah, we are lucky. We've got a few generations in this old house, too. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. It's not hard to get financing. It might be hard to get if one says they want to buy a house |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Seriously I am not a financial wiz but logic dictates that what |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Don't we all want more house than we can afford eh. Just some |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. we bought less of a home then we could afford, there are only 3 of us and when we |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Sound advice. I miss my big home in Texas. nm |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. i'll tell you what i don't miss about my big ass Texas home, the big ass ac bills |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 01:29 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Amen to that. Reliant Energy...what a racket. Rate increase |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. You are right of course we all want more than we can afford |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. It Was Fueled By More Than Bad Loans. It Was Fueled By Speculation. Many Called It |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. We own our home and our land, we ain't movin any time soon. |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Sage wisdom :-) nm |
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frankenforpres (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. give it at least a year |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. we haven't hit bottom here yet but i think the next 3 years won't be good, many loans |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. Our house dropped $20,000 in value in the last month. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think those houses are way too expensive |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I agree. That is what I think about the prices of these houses... |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm in an odd part of my city. |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Are they million dollar homes? Or are they houses that are |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. They're mostly worth the money. |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Most of the ones here are not worth the prices that they have |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. Buy to live in, yes. Buy as an investment? Maybe not. |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Like mini Enrons on a massive scale eh? Here things are still |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. The burbs furthest away from the jobs with mostly new, oversized housing are tanking. |
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Perseid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. I happily live in nowhere'sville |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. My house has been for sale since Feb of this year. I took a job in a different city and now we both |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I know your pain eh. We went through the same thing when we |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. I have two sons who are approaching the time |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
33. the well-padded lady has not yet vocalized- more ARM resets still ahead |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. Wait it out, Tex. |
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