The Internet may not have had the impact we all thought it would on housing

[equalizer]

[quote=sdrealtor]Thanks for the input but I’d really like to keep the focus on my eureka moment of sorts. It just seems to me that in the last few years demand has become more concentrated than it was. The pace at which information is disseminated has picked up and will only accelerate. While there are other forces out there, it seems like the Internet its instant availability of information on what is for sale has been inflationary not deflationary as I would have expected.[/quote]
Yes, you are stating the Ebay effect where desirable items now can get widespread attention and auction effect. Of course, this process should be creating wider gap between “great” properties and sub-par properties. Is this what you are seeing?

PS
We can ignore the pink elephant, but women do make most if not all real estate decisions, no? That must too PC for this site because we know how it NEVER broaches divisive politics or any taboo subjects, etc.

[briansd1]

I think that sdrealtor may be on to something….

Inexperienced people with data think that they can invest and find great deals. So we now have a whole class of would-be real estate investors. That phenomenon is causing some upward price pressure.

The same phenomenon occurred during the dot.com years when people could open brokerage accounts and become day traders. They got their asses handed to them.

Of course people don’t have money to invest in real estate as they did in stocks so they are investing in their own residences.

Buyers will learn their lessons when they have move and become accidental landlords. In the mean time, they are paying an ownership premium just for the bragging rights of home ownership.

Whenever a new technology comes into being, there’s some euphoria and speculation. It takes some time for that to wear off.

[briansd1]

I think that sdrealtor may be on to something….

Inexperienced people with data think that they can invest and find great deals. So we now have a whole class of would-be real estate investors. That phenomenon is causing some upward price pressure.

The same phenomenon occurred during the dot.com years when people could open brokerage accounts and become day traders. They got their asses handed to them.

Of course people don’t have money to invest in real estate as they did in stocks so they are investing in their own residences.

Buyers will learn their lessons when they have move and become accidental landlords. In the mean time, they are paying an ownership premium just for the bragging rights of home ownership.

Whenever a new technology comes into being, there’s some euphoria and speculation. It takes some time for that to wear off.

[briansd1]

I think that sdrealtor may be on to something….

Inexperienced people with data think that they can invest and find great deals. So we now have a whole class of would-be real estate investors. That phenomenon is causing some upward price pressure.

The same phenomenon occurred during the dot.com years when people could open brokerage accounts and become day traders. They got their asses handed to them.

Of course people don’t have money to invest in real estate as they did in stocks so they are investing in their own residences.

Buyers will learn their lessons when they have move and become accidental landlords. In the mean time, they are paying an ownership premium just for the bragging rights of home ownership.

Whenever a new technology comes into being, there’s some euphoria and speculation. It takes some time for that to wear off.

[briansd1]

I think that sdrealtor may be on to something….

Inexperienced people with data think that they can invest and find great deals. So we now have a whole class of would-be real estate investors. That phenomenon is causing some upward price pressure.

The same phenomenon occurred during the dot.com years when people could open brokerage accounts and become day traders. They got their asses handed to them.

Of course people don’t have money to invest in real estate as they did in stocks so they are investing in their own residences.

Buyers will learn their lessons when they have move and become accidental landlords. In the mean time, they are paying an ownership premium just for the bragging rights of home ownership.

Whenever a new technology comes into being, there’s some euphoria and speculation. It takes some time for that to wear off.

[briansd1]

I think that sdrealtor may be on to something….

Inexperienced people with data think that they can invest and find great deals. So we now have a whole class of would-be real estate investors. That phenomenon is causing some upward price pressure.

The same phenomenon occurred during the dot.com years when people could open brokerage accounts and become day traders. They got their asses handed to them.

Of course people don’t have money to invest in real estate as they did in stocks so they are investing in their own residences.

Buyers will learn their lessons when they have move and become accidental landlords. In the mean time, they are paying an ownership premium just for the bragging rights of home ownership.

Whenever a new technology comes into being, there’s some euphoria and speculation. It takes some time for that to wear off.

[briansd1]

[quote=equalizer]
PS
We can ignore the pink elephant, but women do make most if not all real estate decisions, no? That must too PC for this site because we know how it NEVER broaches divisive politics or any taboo subjects, etc.[/quote]

I believe that anything that has emotional or luxury marketing costs more money.

Women have been delaying marriage (or can’t find mates suitable to their standards) and single women now make up an increasingly large portion of buyers creating more housing demand.

That’s a demographic to consider.

I believe that women are more likely to use full service Realtors because they like to talk and discuss their options.

Women want to call someone and talk over every little concern.

An Internet model where everything is impersonal and done via computer is not really suitable to most female shoppers, in my opinion.

[briansd1]

[quote=equalizer]
PS
We can ignore the pink elephant, but women do make most if not all real estate decisions, no? That must too PC for this site because we know how it NEVER broaches divisive politics or any taboo subjects, etc.[/quote]

I believe that anything that has emotional or luxury marketing costs more money.

Women have been delaying marriage (or can’t find mates suitable to their standards) and single women now make up an increasingly large portion of buyers creating more housing demand.

That’s a demographic to consider.

I believe that women are more likely to use full service Realtors because they like to talk and discuss their options.

Women want to call someone and talk over every little concern.

An Internet model where everything is impersonal and done via computer is not really suitable to most female shoppers, in my opinion.

[briansd1]

[quote=equalizer]
PS
We can ignore the pink elephant, but women do make most if not all real estate decisions, no? That must too PC for this site because we know how it NEVER broaches divisive politics or any taboo subjects, etc.[/quote]

I believe that anything that has emotional or luxury marketing costs more money.

Women have been delaying marriage (or can’t find mates suitable to their standards) and single women now make up an increasingly large portion of buyers creating more housing demand.

That’s a demographic to consider.

I believe that women are more likely to use full service Realtors because they like to talk and discuss their options.

Women want to call someone and talk over every little concern.

An Internet model where everything is impersonal and done via computer is not really suitable to most female shoppers, in my opinion.

[briansd1]

[quote=equalizer]
PS
We can ignore the pink elephant, but women do make most if not all real estate decisions, no? That must too PC for this site because we know how it NEVER broaches divisive politics or any taboo subjects, etc.[/quote]

I believe that anything that has emotional or luxury marketing costs more money.

Women have been delaying marriage (or can’t find mates suitable to their standards) and single women now make up an increasingly large portion of buyers creating more housing demand.

That’s a demographic to consider.

I believe that women are more likely to use full service Realtors because they like to talk and discuss their options.

Women want to call someone and talk over every little concern.

An Internet model where everything is impersonal and done via computer is not really suitable to most female shoppers, in my opinion.

[briansd1]

[quote=equalizer]
PS
We can ignore the pink elephant, but women do make most if not all real estate decisions, no? That must too PC for this site because we know how it NEVER broaches divisive politics or any taboo subjects, etc.[/quote]

I believe that anything that has emotional or luxury marketing costs more money.

Women have been delaying marriage (or can’t find mates suitable to their standards) and single women now make up an increasingly large portion of buyers creating more housing demand.

That’s a demographic to consider.

I believe that women are more likely to use full service Realtors because they like to talk and discuss their options.

Women want to call someone and talk over every little concern.

An Internet model where everything is impersonal and done via computer is not really suitable to most female shoppers, in my opinion.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

[quote=briansd1]

I believe that anything that has emotional or luxury marketing costs more money.

Women have been delaying marriage (or can’t find mates suitable to their standards) and single women now make up an increasingly large portion of buyers creating more housing demand.

That’s a demographic to consider.

I believe that women are more likely to use full service Realtors because they like to talk and discuss their options.

Women want to call someone and talk over every little concern.

An Internet model where everything is impersonal and done via computer is not really suitable to most female shoppers, in my opinion.[/quote]

Well today’s service economy is more suited to Women I believe so the stats are showing, (women more and more being the bread winners), so I can see where there is not much advantage for women to marry as there used to be.

This should provide for interesting (entraining) situation comedy in the future I would think.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

[quote=briansd1]

I believe that anything that has emotional or luxury marketing costs more money.

Women have been delaying marriage (or can’t find mates suitable to their standards) and single women now make up an increasingly large portion of buyers creating more housing demand.

That’s a demographic to consider.

I believe that women are more likely to use full service Realtors because they like to talk and discuss their options.

Women want to call someone and talk over every little concern.

An Internet model where everything is impersonal and done via computer is not really suitable to most female shoppers, in my opinion.[/quote]

Well today’s service economy is more suited to Women I believe so the stats are showing, (women more and more being the bread winners), so I can see where there is not much advantage for women to marry as there used to be.

This should provide for interesting (entraining) situation comedy in the future I would think.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

[quote=briansd1]

I believe that anything that has emotional or luxury marketing costs more money.

Women have been delaying marriage (or can’t find mates suitable to their standards) and single women now make up an increasingly large portion of buyers creating more housing demand.

That’s a demographic to consider.

I believe that women are more likely to use full service Realtors because they like to talk and discuss their options.

Women want to call someone and talk over every little concern.

An Internet model where everything is impersonal and done via computer is not really suitable to most female shoppers, in my opinion.[/quote]

Well today’s service economy is more suited to Women I believe so the stats are showing, (women more and more being the bread winners), so I can see where there is not much advantage for women to marry as there used to be.

This should provide for interesting (entraining) situation comedy in the future I would think.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

[quote=briansd1]

I believe that anything that has emotional or luxury marketing costs more money.

Women have been delaying marriage (or can’t find mates suitable to their standards) and single women now make up an increasingly large portion of buyers creating more housing demand.

That’s a demographic to consider.

I believe that women are more likely to use full service Realtors because they like to talk and discuss their options.

Women want to call someone and talk over every little concern.

An Internet model where everything is impersonal and done via computer is not really suitable to most female shoppers, in my opinion.[/quote]

Well today’s service economy is more suited to Women I believe so the stats are showing, (women more and more being the bread winners), so I can see where there is not much advantage for women to marry as there used to be.

This should provide for interesting (entraining) situation comedy in the future I would think.

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