Archive for May, 2010Cirios Trends — May 2010In this month’s Cirios Trends: In Search of Real Estate Opportunities, check out: The State of the Markets: May 5, 2010 Watching as the world wobbles. Feature: What’s in a CDO, anyway? Complex securities bite Goldman Sachs as the SEC closes in. Around the Bay: Local News Bites Goings on that move markets. Zip Code [...] The State of the Markets – May 5, 2010This post first appeared in the May edition of: Cirios Trends: In Search of Real Estate Opportunities. It feels a bit like the world is starting to come apart at the seams. Again. The EU finally “solved” the Greek problem, only to find out the solution just accelerated the day of reckoning for Europe’s other [...] Feature: What’s in a CDO, anyway?This post first appeared in the May edition of: Cirios Trends: In Search of Real Estate Opportunities. Over the past several weeks, the federal government’s increased scrutiny of Goldman Sachs has brought complex financial securities at the heart of the housing market collapse back into the government’s crosshairs. We thought an attempted explanation of not [...] Around the Bay: Local News BitesThis post first appeared in the May edition of: Cirios Trends: In Search of Real Estate Opportunities. Silicon Valley Defies California Gloom (Silicon Valley Business Journal) Even though consumer confidence in California has fallen to a historic low, Silicon Valley residents remain some of the country’s more optimistic folks. California’s Index of Consumer Sentiment registered [...] Zip Code Spotlight – Los Gatos – 95032This post first appeared in the May edition of: Cirios Trends: In Search of Real Estate Opportunities. This month’s zip code spotlight falls on a decidedly high end area of the San Francisco Peninsula – Los Gatos. Lot Gatos is a suburb to the southwest of San Jose, known for large, secluded lots at the [...] Cirios Opportunities – Is it Time to Buy Commercial?This post first appeared in the May edition of: Cirios Trends: In Search of Real Estate Opportunities. One of the most frequent questions we get here at Cirios is, “Is it time to buy commercial yet?” Clearly, this is an immensely complex question, particularly because “Commercial Real Estate” means something different for each person you [...] Talking Charts – Local Market AnalysisThis post first appeared in the May edition of: Cirios Trends: In Search of Real Estate Opportunities. As the consensus builds that the worst is over for the housing market, it’s a natural extension that proclamations such as, “it’s a great time to buy” will continue to grow louder. As readers of this newsletter know, [...] |