Entries Categorized as 'Real State'

California is now a Red State

Date August 29, 2007

Found this at CNNMoney.com through one of the comments in Dr Housing Bubble blog and thought it was funny.
But seriously…
I’ve been looking at houses for a while, but when you have a house that can be rented for $2500/mo going for $800k, which translates to a $3600 mortgage (considering a 200k downpayment and a 600k loan [...]

New blog found: Dr Housing Bubble

Date August 8, 2007

Found a great blog today. It’s very local, so it might not interest you that much, but it has great info about mortgages, the housing bubble and foreclosures.
I liked this article on how a couple making $130k/yr was still able to lose their home.
If you live in SoCal, or if you’re interested in buying a [...]

All indicators show that Now is a bad time to buy a new house

Date June 28, 2007

 I own a condo, but have been thinking about upgrading it for a while. I’d like to give my kids a yard so they can run, have a place where my family can visit us (without spending half an hour looking for a parking spot) and also a place where I don’t have to alert [...]