Sentences with phrase «thoughts on house prices»

In early 2011 Robert Shiller, the Yale economist best known for his research into asset prices, shared his thoughts on house prices in Canada.

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In preparation for testimony before the House of Commons finance committee in Ottawa on March 10, I pulled together some thoughts on three aspects of the impact of the oil - price crash on oil sands projects and policies, and I thought I'd share them with you here over this and the next couple of posts.

It sounds high but I thought it was a good price because the house was huge and on a good lot, and it would probably sell around list.

I thought I would have a quick look on - line and that is where I came across your system - its looked very practical for a busy family and could be used by all the family (also the price seemed very good - same as two months supply of wet wipes in this house)- and ordered a pack straight away.

«Frankly, I think that if Tory HQ has got this much spare time on their hands, they should be trying to come up with some better policies than upping the price of salad in the House of Commons and giving tax cuts to millionaires.»

The Bank of England governor says vigilance is needed on house prices and outlines what he thinks can be done if they rise too fast.

In her engaging and tightly reasoned book Bright - Sided (Metropolitan Books, 2009), she shows how the positive - psychology movement was born in the halcyon days of the 1990s when the economy was soaring, housing prices were skyrocketing, and positive - thinking gurus were cashing in on the motivation business.

I have had my eye on this top for several months, but I thought the regular price tag was a bit high for something I would just be wearing casually around the house or to run quick errands.

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On a trip through Wales more than a decade ago, the border town of Hay - on - Wye — where some 30 used bookstores live cheek by jowl — beckoned irresistibly, while on another U.K. trip, a book - loving friend and I tracked down an old manor house cum used bookstore in the middle of nowhere in, I think, Buckinghamshire, stuffed to its Victorian rafters with well - priced reading treasures (I have forgotten its name and exact location, and a Google search has come to naught, suggesting that this magical place is long gone — or perhaps only appears one day every hundred years like BrigadoonOn a trip through Wales more than a decade ago, the border town of Hay - on - Wye — where some 30 used bookstores live cheek by jowl — beckoned irresistibly, while on another U.K. trip, a book - loving friend and I tracked down an old manor house cum used bookstore in the middle of nowhere in, I think, Buckinghamshire, stuffed to its Victorian rafters with well - priced reading treasures (I have forgotten its name and exact location, and a Google search has come to naught, suggesting that this magical place is long gone — or perhaps only appears one day every hundred years like Brigadoonon - Wye — where some 30 used bookstores live cheek by jowl — beckoned irresistibly, while on another U.K. trip, a book - loving friend and I tracked down an old manor house cum used bookstore in the middle of nowhere in, I think, Buckinghamshire, stuffed to its Victorian rafters with well - priced reading treasures (I have forgotten its name and exact location, and a Google search has come to naught, suggesting that this magical place is long gone — or perhaps only appears one day every hundred years like Brigadoonon another U.K. trip, a book - loving friend and I tracked down an old manor house cum used bookstore in the middle of nowhere in, I think, Buckinghamshire, stuffed to its Victorian rafters with well - priced reading treasures (I have forgotten its name and exact location, and a Google search has come to naught, suggesting that this magical place is long gone — or perhaps only appears one day every hundred years like Brigadoon).

The more I think about it the more I believe that this is a smoke screen used by a government agency to rally public discord away from their own bureaucracies which via their HST, land transfer taxes and mortgage insurance rules — all percentages calculated on the sale price of the home by the way — do more to inflate house prices without providing any evidentiary benefit to the homeowner.

â $ œIn Calgary, thereâ $ ™ s tons of land that they can build on, so one would think that the price of building new housing would be a ceiling on how high prices can go.

I do think Portfolio.com is on the right track by looking at the amount of the housing price rise that has happened.

I'm not some eternal optimist that believes housing prices will forever appreciate and rates will continue to stay low, but I do think our insatiable appetite for news and views on real estate can blow some events out of proportion.

Think of it as an extreme version of what's happened in Canada, where house prices in Toronto and Vancouver have spiralled higher and families owe a record $ 1.65 on average for every dollar of disposable income they earn.

@DavidSchawel Then they are having materially better performance than the FHA; I still think housing prices have further to fall on hi end Mar 04, 2012

Continue reading «REAL facts on Housing Prices... they're not dropping like you may think!»

-- feel like you have to make a decision within 30 minutes of seeing the house — the listing price is actually good enough for the seller — think attaching conditions to your offer like home inspection and financing basically means your offer is pointless — have to wait to submit an offer b / c they won't even look at them until «offer night» — have to participate on offer night and having to ask yourself at what price would I be ok losing this house

Now that the real estate market continues to stabilize and housing prices are on the rise, this is a good time to think about putting your home's equity to beneficial use.

Now, I have an obvious issue with this misuse of the term «investment» (especially as it pertains to the way portfolio managers and retail «investors» use it), but it also got me thinking about housing price returns on a larger scale.

I would keep an eye on housing prices and if you think they are turning around, you could jump then.

Taking on debt to buy a house was a wonderful strategy until overall debt levels to finance housing got to high, but at that time, the momentum effect of rising house prices was sucking people into buying houses, because they thought it was easy money.

«[Alford] was very emphatic as to who was paying the price on these, and I think sometimes that the previous administration forgot that there are already people out there who are paying all they can pay just to try to eat and keep their house warm.»

If the brightest minds on Wall Street got suckered by group - think into believing house prices would never fall, what other policies founded on consensus wisdom could be waiting to come unraveled?

Home owners who have abandoned plans to sell their homes due to concerns about falling house prices are being urged to think wisely before embarking on extension or refurbishment plans.

First - time home shoppers may think they know what they can afford based on the selling price of a house alone.

The price of a renters insurance plan to cover you in your house or loft is probably the number one most important factor you have to think about in deciding on a policy and a carrier.

If visitors only see flaws in a house and aren't thinking about the potential, that's going to mean less offers, possible price reductions and more days on the market.

This particular wholesaler (not naming names) showed purchase price of $ 156k, rehab of $ 15k, ARV erring on the low side at $ 210k (I legitimately think we can move this house quick at $ 215k).

Finally, after an hour of «I did this» and «I did that», she finished by telling them what she thought their house was worth without bothering to explain clearly how she had landed on that price.

On another note, I was thinking to myself this morning about the price of housing.

If you approach someone who has lived in a house for thirty years who heard of the RE crash and thinks their property is not worth much and you play on that to get a lower price then you might be on the border of theft, morally if not legally.

Jose thought that we had our home priced exactly where it should be when we had the house on the market months ago.

Of course, there are a slew of other factors, which have an impact on home prices, but we think that the following four factors need to be considered as driving forces of the housing market in 2018:

Buyers will think of the same house with the same price entirely differently if the house has been on the market 4 months versus 4 days.

On the plus side of that long process, I think we ended up in the perfect house for us, and got it at a price that makes us very comfortable with where we are and what we're doing.

I struggle with this sometimes - there are definitely houses I pass that make me cringe a little when I think of the sales price I passed on.