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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 08:09 AM Original message |
Poll question: What has been your experience of the housing bubble/crash? |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. we sold a year or so before the peak, relocated to a less expensive area |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. I saw this coming. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. Bought house at bottom of last cycle, refinanced in May 2003 near the bottom of rates, BUT... |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Referring to what is happening now as part of a "cycle" -definitely in the RE biz. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I agree with you, El Pinko |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Of course you have to figure in the desirability factor for places like San Diego, Santa Barbara etc |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. A high "desirability factor" means a higher number of investors. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I just read that prices are up 8% in El Paso over last year... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. Bought in '93 for $225,000 |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. i bought my place twenty plus years ago |
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KarenS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. Bought just as the bubble was bursting,,,, |
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Ewellian (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I bought 20 years ago in |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. We bought a modest home in what was not the preferred side of |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. I Got Lucky |
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