Sentences with phrase «because real estate prices»

One of the few investment forms which still promises gains without unreasonable risks right now seems to be real estate, because real estate prices in German urban areas (not so in rural areas!)

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The decline is noteworthy because you'd think the stars were aligned for a boom in the construction of dream homes: the economy has been churning out jobs steadily for a year, real - estate prices are high, and interest rates are low.

«They're targeting Russians and Chinese who are looking for a prestige investment,» explains Charles de Boursac, a British real estate agent, «because the Odeon's prices are ridiculous even for us who are used to crazy prices.»

Imagine if you found out your real estate broker had priced your home for $ 50,000 below market value because she thought it would generate more interactions with buyers for her other properties?

My net worth is slighty below what you've listed but only because I have snatched up some real estate during this amazing opportunity (low rates and prices).

Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward - looking statements contained in this release because of a variety of factors, including conditions to, or changes in the timing of, proposed real estate and other transactions, prevailing interest rates and non-recurring charges, store closings, competitive pressures from specialty stores, general merchandise stores, off - price and discount stores, manufacturers» outlets, the Internet, mail - order catalogs and television shopping and general consumer spending levels, including the impact of the availability and level of consumer debt, the effect of weather and other factors identified in documents filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The issue is very simple: U.S. wealth is overstated because the prices of stocks, bonds (particularly corporate), even real estate, are excessive in relation to the replacement value of the underlying assets, and the income streams that are derived from them.

MH: well the deeper cause is the fact there was a real estate bubble to begin with and the reason people wanted to take out mortgages now was that they thought that we had better buy a home now before the price rises even further and they didn't realize that the reason prices were rising were because the banks were making easier and easier credit.

Recently in California, more people are choosing to live in manufactured homes because of the high price of real estate there.

One would think that land prices would play a central role in business cycle analysis, if only because a large share of stock market values consists of corporately owned real estate.

I can, though, see where Zillow is coming from: no one thinks the North American real estate market is the way it is because that is somehow optimal or good for consumers; the only folks that benefit from the status quo are real estate agents that continue to collect 6 % of the purchase price even as their responsibilities, particularly in the case of the buying agent, run in the opposite direction of their incentives.

-- whatever dip in Chinese buyer demand there isn't due to the raised foreign buyer taxes, but rather because of its real estate prices that are overpriced.

The Canadian Real Estate Association expects average house prices in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador to fall next year because of the downturn in the oil industry.The association is estimating Alberta's average housing price will fall in 2016 by 2.5 per cent.

Because of the lower real estate prices in Mississippi, every county in the state has a standard conforming loan limit of $ 417,000.

Concerns have been raised that foreign investment is a key factor behind skyrocketing home prices, but data to study such claims are lacking because foreign purchases of real estate have not been officially tracked.

The actual real estate market is much worse even than the present price statistics show, because many people are frozen in with negative equity.

The real estate portion keeps growing because of house prices in my coastal city.

The economist Jared Bernstein writes that the real estate collapse that came several years later was harder on the overall U.S. economy because home price appreciation had created a broadly - felt wealth effect and thus introduced broadly - felt pain.

So if you have one kind of growth — booming financial fortunes in the stock market, higher real - estate prices and more expensive means of living — then you are going to have slower growth in the real economy because money is diverted from peoples» pay - checks away from buying goods and services to just having to pay the banks.

«In real estate, the first week that your house in on the market is important because if it's priced correctly, professionally staged, and marketed well, it generates a lot of leads.

They are attracted to Niagara Falls because of its record high real estate prices.

Do you mean owning your primary residence should never be considered an investment or just not a good investment today because of high real estate prices?

Quite a number of people prefer to buy real estate from such auctions because the value of the property is considerably low as compared to its market price.

But even with such spectacular gains, Saint John real estate gets a value grade of A -, mainly because average house prices are still an affordable $ 172,000 and unemployment is at a low 5.9 %.

Because their prices can be so sensitive to interest rates, strategists at BlackRock generally prefer stocks outside what they call the «RUST» belt of real estate, utilities, staples and telecoms — where low - volatility funds tend to have bigger concentrations than S&P 500 index funds.

We were fortunate because we got into the real estate market when prices were still low, paying $ 120,000 for an asset that has shot up in value.

That's because transactional costs for real estate are very high — factor in land transfer taxes, realtor commissions, legal fees, insurance and moving costs, and quite quickly the price tag for ownership adds up.

Super-low-rate variable mortgages became the preferred salve for new homebuyers and helped drive the boom in real estate prices because buyers could afford more house and carry more debt.

That's because condo developers aren't speculating on real estate prices 36 months from now — they only care about the real estate forecast in the next three to 12 months.

Detractors say preferreds are dumb because prices don't grow much in bull markets for real estate and yet, like bonds, preferreds will still lose value when interest rates rise or the issuer's credit standing deteriorates.

Statistics that say housing prices have continued to rise modestly or have fallen only slightly are deceiving, say some real estate analysts, because the stats don't reflect houses that sit on the market for months because their owners refuse lowball offers.

A REIT's share price may decline because of adverse developments affecting the real estate industry.

That's because the vacancy rate in Winnipeg is a slim 1.2 %, while average rents for a two - bedroom apartment are priced at $ 900 a month, making the return on such rental properties very appealing for real estate investors.

This is because according to the latest statistics it shows that the housing prices have been growing on a double digit in the past few years, since last year the real estate market has been rising by 11.5 % and thus making the price aggregate of houses in the area increase from $ 650,432 to 476,134.

In the face of this, residential real estate prices continue to rise, particularly in the hot coastal markets, which tells me that the price momentum can continue a little while longer until it fails because there is no incremental liquidity available to expand the bubbles.

However, because of the ongoing demand for real estate, Hawaii's property prices started recovering much sooner than most other states in the U.S..

The decline is noteworthy because you'd think the stars were aligned for a boom in the construction of dream homes: the economy has been churning out jobs steadily for a year, real - estate prices are high, and interest rates are low.

This price index, unlike those provided by local real estate boards and other data sources, provides the best gauge of price trends because it corrects for changes in the mix of sales activity (between types and sizes of housing) from one month to the next.

Investors are fearful of buying real estate because they have seen housing prices drop 30 to 40 % in many markets around the world.

Also, to say that Canada currently has the most overpriced real estate is an oversight to say the least considering China currently has entire cities that are empty because prices are too high.

TORONTO — A tax intended to calm soaring real estate prices in Vancouver may be difficult to enforce because the foreign homebuyers it's aimed at may be able to get around it, experts say.

«Now, because of the high price of real estate, the whole concept of laneway housing has changed,» Mirkovic said.

there is a glut of housing (many empty) because of overbuilding... because everyone saw the «rapidly rising prices» of residential or rental real estate and wanted a piece of this HIGH RETURN, LOW RISK investment... add to this the banks relaxing credit standards and issuing mortgages... because, hey, real estate just keeps going up, up, up... and with that leverage, etc..

But as with everything, this false appreciation had to correct because household income could not keep up with the prices of real estate.

Real Estate prices had at one point tripled in this area because of its proximity to Playa Hermosa, to the point of ridiculousness.

At a time when many small and midsize galleries are being priced out of the business because of the costs of prime real estate and proliferating art fairs, Mr. Zwirner's expansion is bound to elicit grousing about mega-dealers» taking over the world.

Today, of course, there are more opportunities for young artists in terms of shows and publicity, but because of real estate prices and inflation, it's harder than ever to make a life as an artist.

Nancy Chu, a real estate professional with Keller Williams, said agents often come with added costs because they scour the insurance market for the best coverage at an affordable price.

Recently in California, more people are choosing to live in manufactured homes because of the high price of real estate there.

To get a good deal of property, you require the assistance of real estate agents because they have strong knowledge of marketing strategies and can assist you to sell your real estate property on best price.