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October 20, 2006 at 8:45 PM #7753October 21, 2006 at 3:18 AM #38119cabinboyParticipant
Nice post.
San Diego residential real estate is crashing. New home median price down 17% y-o-y for September. That is a stunning crash in an assett class that is supposed to be sticky on the way down. To me that statistic already indicates that 20% of the top for resale homes already is in the cards…and this is before any real panic. I’ve been concerned that housing prices would not return to historic levels. This drastic drop in one year is the most encourahing data I’ve seen yet.
So, I think the California residential RE doom and gloomers will be right, and the drop will be significant enough to be called a crash when we analyze the data 10 years from now.
As for the equity bears who are completely out of the stock market, I just don’t understand the rationale. Sure NASDAQ hasn’t gotten back to what it was, but we all know that those pre-crash P/E’s were off the charts. The Dow, S&P500, and Russell2000 didn’t have nearly the peak and retrospectively obvious overvaluation, and they did not take a precipitous fall. Since ’03, the slopes of these indices have been more or less like they were back in the pre-exuberance days of 1990-1995 (coincidentally, the last Cali RE bust). I simply do not see a need for a large correction in any of these indices at this time.
October 21, 2006 at 3:27 AM #38120cabinboyParticipantAlso, for the Roubini fans on this site:
Given your knowledge of his predictions, what will it take for you to consider him wrong? What if the S&P500 surges another 30% by the end of March 2007? What if the Russell2000 is up 20% by the end of May 2007? Will you consider him wrong? Just curious where people would place the “he was right” and “he was wrong” thresholds given his present predictions. If we can draw these lines in the sand now, we can realistically evaluate them when the future is upon us.
October 21, 2006 at 7:05 AM #38121no_such_realityParticipanteconomy has been stale and stagnant
The economy isn’t stale and stagnant. The labor employment market is strong but extremely finicky. Also, like falling gas prices with strong supply, prices have fallen because the corporations have discovered a 2.2 billion person reserve that is fighting like made to have the skills needed to serve in the companies.
With globalization, the era again has shifted for the American worker, first from agrarian to industrial, then industrial to white collar service, now from service to talent.
The hardest part to realize is that even though you’re a highly skilled, highly educated, accomplished professional, if you’re just a doer, you’re a commodity. Two billion people can do, much fewer can create.
October 21, 2006 at 9:00 AM #3812834f3f3fParticipantA 17% fall in median prices might seem like a lot, but when you consider the massive increases over the last few years, the word “crash” doesn’t spring to mind, unless that trend continues and we go back to pre-boom prices. I’m not sure a crash is what anyone wants, but maybe there is an argument that investors will be drawn back to stocks if real estate looks less attractive.
October 21, 2006 at 7:20 PM #38180tangouniformParticipantHave a look at this analysis of the recent Dow highs. I’ve been following the Dow for awhile and I’m still amazed at how many people use that brand as a barometer of the overall market. When I was at CBOE I always looked to R2k and S&P deriviatives for overall health indications…
October 21, 2006 at 7:54 PM #38182Nancy_s soothsayerParticipantGuys, it is ONLY 2006.
Please wait till 2007 for Foreclosure Heaven
Even better in 2008 Blood on the Street
In 2009, Finally make up your mind to definitely buy…
In 2010 San Diego (AND STOCKS) are Cheap Again.October 21, 2006 at 8:50 PM #38187santeemanParticipantOf course it’s pure speculation, but I think 2010 will certainly be a buyers market. That will give rents a lot of time to escalate, check this out…….
.http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061021/MONEY/610210303October 21, 2006 at 9:12 PM #38189NonbelieverParticipantIt takes a long time for a tanker to turn, as will the real estate market. I too am encouraged by the haste we have seen in the downturn, but I think it is just the tip of the iceberg. As for the dow, let’s not forget that inflation adjusted, the dow is FAR from its all time high, and that the dow 30 stocks have been changed twice since 2000. Here is a good article by Eric Jansen from iTulip on the recent dow action.
October 22, 2006 at 1:10 PM #38218Steve BeeboParticipantcabinboy – The 17% decrease is for new homes only, which include condo conversions. Up to this month, y-o-y resales have been steady, for both condos and SFRs. When November figures come out, you will probably see the first drops over 2% for condo and SFR resales.
Here's an interesting article with comments from a UCLA economics professor:
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/money/housing/article_1324023.php
"Whether prices go down or stay the way they are, you can pretty much guarantee that whatever the value of your house now, that's going to be the value of your house in 2011."
October 22, 2006 at 8:44 PM #38219santeemanParticipantDid you see the latest on msn, they are predicting an 8% drop for 2007. I don’t like predictions because someone always turns out to be a liar,(the ones I listen to unfortunately)but there is no denying sales yoy are down.
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