All Posts Tagged With: "homes"
Why Less Government Means Fewer Jobs and Lower Home Prices
The latest report from Case-Shiller tells us that during the past year home values fell in 19 of 20 major cities. The exception was the Washington, DC metro area where home values rose 2.7 percent. The question is why are home values rising in one area but not 19 others? Is there a magical formula [...]
4May2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
American Homes Keep Getting Bigger
HUD has come out with a new housing survey and not surprisingly it finds that “U.S. homes today are bigger with more bedrooms and bathrooms than 1973.” HUD’s 2009 American Housing Survey (AHS) also tells us that most families with young children live within a mile of a public elementary school. The most common home [...]
7Jul2010 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Why Stocks & Houses Don’t Compare As Investments
There must be a million side stories to the bankruptcy of General Motors, a terrible event for the company, its workers and shareholders. One of those stories concerns the Dow Jones Industrial Average which at this momment seems to be free of any companies that are actually, well, industrial. The Dow has just announced that [...]
2Jun2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Up or Down — How To Measure Your Local Real Estate Market
The past year has seen a slowdown in real estate markets across the country — and an outright slump in many. But such terms as “slowdown” and “slump” are relative and should be used with care — as should “boom” and “hot”. Given the localized nature of real estate, it pays to ask if there [...]
20Sep2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Speculator Risk Soars With Home Builder Discounts
If the full-page ads in my local paper are to be believed, new home demand has begun to flag. The issue is not how many units will be sold, rather it’s the way they’ll be priced. Recent ads have offered new home discounts ranging from $70,000 to as much as $100,000. In many areas across [...]
17Sep2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
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