Archive for July, 2010Cirios Trends Special Edition: Mid-Year Review – Will Housing Slide Again?In this month’s Cirios Trends Special Edition: Mid-Year Review – Will Housing Slide Again?, check out: The State of the Markets – Will Housing Slide Again? Prices are falling, should you care? Why Are Home Prices Falling Again? The answer may surprise you. Is Housing Policy Working? Running the numbers on foreclosure prevention. Picking Winners [...] The State of the Markets – Will Housing Slide Again?This post first appeared in the June edition of: Cirios Trends Special Edition: Mid-Year Review – Will Housing Slide Again? According to Gallup’s annual survey on home buying attitudes, more than 75% of Americans believe the housing market has bottomed. Talk about a huge red flag. Humans are emotional animals, and as a result you [...] Why Are Home Prices Falling Again?This post first appeared in the June edition of: Cirios Trends Special Edition: Mid-Year Review – Will Housing Slide Again? Ask any housing expert worth his (or her) salt why home prices are falling again and you’ll likely hear a litany of reasons, all of which sound completely plausible: Tax credit expiration, weak job market, [...] Is Housing Policy Working?This post first appeared in the June edition of: Cirios Trends Special Edition: Mid-Year Review – Will Housing Slide Again? From WhiteHouse.gov: “President Obama’s programs to prevent foreclosures will help bolster home prices.” Reams have been written, and will continue to be, about the wisdom of our country’s current housing policy, and whether unintended consequences [...] Picking Winners in the Next Housing CycleThis post first appeared in the June edition of: Cirios Trends Special Edition: Mid-Year Review – Will Housing Slide Again? The next leg down in the housing market is going to take a lot of people by surprise. Make no mistake, the downturn is underway and data is beginning to verify what has been known [...] |