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Bubble Meter is a national housing bubble blog dedicated to tracking the continuing decline of the housing bubble throughout the USA. It is a long and slow decline. Housing prices were simply unsustainable. National housing bubble coverage. Please join in the discussion.
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The best way to get the housing market thriving again is to drop prices to the point where supply equals demand. Home sellers might not like it, but it's good for buyers and it's great for Realtors.
For Realtors, the best way to make more money is to sell houses quickly, and the best way to sell houses quickly is to convince the seller to drop the price.
For Realtors, the best way to make more money is to sell houses quickly, and the best way to sell houses quickly is to convince the seller to drop the price.
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- Year-over-year home prices up 3.8% in April
- An interview with Robert Shiller
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- When do underwater borrowers walk away?
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- Flashback: Housing bubble — or bunk?
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Happy 2 year!
ReplyDeleteAnd in two years housing remains very fragile....
ReplyDeleteThe good news is that there's at least two years left to talk about the hosing issues.
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary James. Actually, it looks like we recently passed the 5 year anniversary of this blog, going back to the days when David was running it (and he very presciently told us, the bubble would burst soon).
ReplyDeleteAny thoughts on how long you will keep it going? Housing (at least here in DC) hasnt been very interesting since prices started nudging up last year. Since then a number of doomer sites have folded up shop. However, objective ones (like yours) have keept at least somewhat on top of the subject.
Seriously though, any thoughts? How long do you plan on keeping this going?
Thanks for your hard work!
ReplyDeleteJames should not close shop until housing values return to fundamentals. That will take a few years.
ReplyDeleteHello All! Prices in DC will go down when federal employees start being laid off and spending cuts implemented as a measure to cut the federal deficit that is threatening the future of the USA...... Until then take a nap!
ReplyDeleteBill
Congrats James! You've done a great job fine-tuning this blog to address the economic issues of the day ... hence why it still 'lives'! Keep up the good (and hard) work!
ReplyDeletehi
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone!
ReplyDeleteDavid ran this blog for three years before I joined him. He had been suffering from blogger's fatigue for about a year at that point. Once I started blogging, he mostly stopped. I didn't expect that to happen, but he was obviously burnt out. I had a vested interest in keeping this blog going because it was the primary site pointing to my housing graphs website. Perhaps when I hit the three year mark I'll pass the blog back to him. Of course, he owns a townhouse now, so he's got little incentive to blog about the housing bubble these days.
I have noticed that my number of posts per month has fallen to where David was at the two year mark. I wouldn't say I have blogger's fatigue, but I often find this single topic quite limiting and boring. These days, reading about housing is at the bottom of my Web-surfing priority list.
"Housing (at least here in DC) hasnt been very interesting since prices started nudging up last year."
ReplyDeleteYeah except DC isnt just arlington. Try again, you fail. Montgomery county is just starting to fall and the western side of fairfax county is still dropping.
Luckily for you guys, this blog will be relevant for at least 10 more years. If you haven't fully monetized on this blog yet, you should cause this is long term income if you do.
ReplyDeleteCongrats -- good work!
ReplyDeleteGreat job James. :-) Very informative posts.
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