Posts Tagged ‘property values’Feature: How Much Should I Pay?This post first appeared in the June edition of: Cirios Trends: Finding Real Estate Opportunities. “Mow much should I pay?” is about the most common question we get here at Cirios. Unfortunately (or fortunately), the answer to this question is never black and white. Depending on a buyer’s desired use for a property, there are [...] Housing Perspective: February Home Builder SentimentBy RYAN TAYLOR The National Association of Home Builders, or NAHB, released its confidence numbers for February this morning and the reading unexpectedly rose to 9, up from 8 in January. 8 is the lowest level the index has ever reached. This surprise increase is not exactly a reason to start popping champagne and celebrating [...] Creating Value: Your ValueBy RYAN TAYLOR Looking at real estate from the perspective of an investor, it’s easy to forget that behind each transaction is an intensely emotional decision – often one that is life changing for the buyer. Not only do people want to buy a home to grow their wealth but they also want a place [...] Straight up Statistics: How Random is Your Sample?By AUSTIN NELSON How many times have you read a statistic like this one: “57% of Americans believe that the economy will do X in the next Y years”? Ever wondered how in the heck they can say something like that? Do they poll every American and ask them what they think? The answer, of [...] House of the Week Results: It’s Always Sunny in SunnyvaleUnlike Santa Ana, where last week we learned there is strong demand for attractively priced properties, Sunnyvale has seen sales volume decrease over the past 3 months. This is concerning, particularly as other, distressed areas experience pops in sales activity and the broader economy continues to weaken. Sunnyvale is in the heart of Silicon Valley [...] Housing Perspective: Home Prices Fall … AgainBy RYAN TAYLOR The National Association of Realtors announced yesterday that the median home price in the US fell by 12% from a year earlier. Not surprisingly, the fall in prices was driven by the ever increasing number of foreclosure sales which accounted for 45 percent of all transactions. The pressure on prices is only [...] House of the Week Results: Sweet Sweet Santa AnaThis week’s House of the Week, a 3bed, 2 bath home in Santa Ana, CA is evidence that even in a market as weak as the one we’re one, people are still buying houses. This may seem like simplistic concept, but the way the media reports it, it’s as if home buying has stopped altogether. [...] House of the Month: Love Thy NeighborThis post first appeared in the February 2009 edition of Cirios Trends. This being the inaugural edition of Cirios Trends, we’re giving our loyal readers two houses for the price of one. Let’s travel about 30 minutes south from San Francisco to Google Park – err, Menlo Park – where the tree-lined streets are paved [...] Housing Perspective: November Case-Shiller Home Price IndexBy ANDREW JEFFERY In contrast to the silver lining of higher-than-expected home sales tallied in yesterday’s release of Existing Home Sales, this morning’s Case-Shiller November Home Price Index registered the worst year-over-year performance on record. Property values in November 2008 tumbled 18.2% from the prior year and 2.2% from the previous month. As measured by [...] |