In SF, difference between SFH and townhouse is minor for consumption purpose. Price difference might be small as well
They usually forecast about 0.8% higher than actual, but this is a HUGE deal. I canât imagine why more news outlets arenât promoting it. I canât find a single story about it on CNN.
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Is it because the Atlanta Fed is that âchild that didnât do as well in math as the other childrenââŚ?
Rachel Madcow said the economy only grew at 2.3 % last yearâŚThe left is apoplectic that the economy is doing so wellâŚThey would rather have all of us wallow in poverty than let a few get really richâŚI really believe that the whole liberal agenda is more about punishing rich people than it is about raising the tide to lift all shipsâŚWhen your agenda is all about hatred, you become blind to the truthâŚ
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Yellen is leaving before the super bowl. Letâs see whether the new fed chairman will also make the same prediction.
If GDP can sustain 5% growth, what should be the mortgage rate?
As long as inflation stays low, then mortgage rate wonât move much. Think the business tax cuts will keep inflation low.
Both stocks and bond tanked today. Strong job market could push up inflation sooner
Come on, all I said was that the Iphone 8 and X introduction about the same time was not exactly a strategy that I would have doneâŚ
A very timely thread. Should have sold stocks and bonds yesterday 
Really? Did not know Greenspan is a billionaire.
I bet Greenspan bought a bunch of S & P put options on Tuesday.
By pure luck, I txfred a large 401k position from a previous employer into all cash rollover IRA 2 weeks ago. Deployed 1/4th and now waiting.
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Here is the mortgage rate chart. Mortgage rate jumped in 2013 and 2016, but fortunately it fell afterwards for both occasions. So it did not affect housing at all.
If we get a sustianed mortgage rate increase, will it cause major slowdown to housing?
Thereâs never been a year with a rate increase that housing prices decreased.
Actually it did, prices stalled but rebounded quickly the next Spring. I know because I was lowballing to my wife chagrin, missing opportunities.
Greenspan has given you guys timely warning. But everyone was laughing at him
He wasnât the warning he was the catalyst.
Just like in 1987⌠he is like a bad rash⌠keeps coming back.
Something happened in December/January - south bay house prices jumped. I wonder if trumpâs tax had an effect i did not understand.
Then, ~10% drop in stock market. Letâs see how that changs anything.
Supposedly I have a buyer this week looking at my Tahoe apartment
building. Letâs see if the crash scares him away. Didnât affect my prospective tenants. I doubt they own any stocks