tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4444068105266851760..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Why House Prices Will Climb Despite Climbing Interest RatesRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33771707583346916152015-07-28T13:43:48.378-04:002015-07-28T13:43:48.378-04:00The next generation will look back at the current ...The next generation will look back at the current period with utter astonishment. The archives will be riddled with debates and all manner of euphemisms for what led to the collapse of the world's first and last fiat reserve currency.<br /><a href="www.omj.ca" rel="nofollow">mortgage markham</a><br />Samsaunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04415491282150643713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-58325902033934798202015-07-28T13:03:01.474-04:002015-07-28T13:03:01.474-04:00As short-term political motivation sullies the san...As short-term political motivation sullies the sanctity of central banking, presumptuous open market meddling, unrestrained by the boundaries of logic, makes a ticking time bomb of Federal Funds. It's time we meditate on circumstance, accounting for the rational and the hardly so. Let's see: inflation without spending? A stagnant, yet expanded money supply? At what point did capitalism Samsaunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04415491282150643713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81522631881115054432015-06-30T12:34:19.839-04:002015-06-30T12:34:19.839-04:00Well, one of my childhood friends wants to sell of...Well, one of my childhood friends wants to sell off his property because he wants to get settled in an Asian country, where he could focus more on the spiritual aspects of life. He is an extraordinarily rich guy, so he won’t hand over the property to me at the market price, and I am sure that I can find the <a href="http://bestmortgagerates.com/key-factors-best-mortgage-rates/" rel="nofollow">Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05124987598276726367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29995546291273274412014-06-06T22:59:58.857-04:002014-06-06T22:59:58.857-04:00Very sad FEDs policy to save irresponsible risk ta...Very sad FEDs policy to save irresponsible risk taker banker in wall street and making these collateral damage to the society. High price homes + low easy financing. As of 6/2014, these measurement are yielding into a buffering os volatility in all the markets and this ackwardly will put also pressure in the banks and fund industry. All these fed policies are not healthy for society, but who can Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-38706535293365372872013-01-29T12:00:29.444-05:002013-01-29T12:00:29.444-05:00Well said blue skies. You cannot compare what will...Well said blue skies. You cannot compare what will happen when interest rates rise this time with what happened in the past. Completely different economy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-84723976070043591312013-01-02T05:17:53.151-05:002013-01-02T05:17:53.151-05:00http://www.investingthesis.com/analysis-insights/c...http://www.investingthesis.com/analysis-insights/correlation-of-mortgage-rates-with-real-housing-prices-how-increasing-inflation-could-affect-housing-prices/klueless kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08145236718990682682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7074634718851578482013-01-01T14:01:26.172-05:002013-01-01T14:01:26.172-05:00You've picked two of the most extraordinary pe...You've picked two of the most extraordinary periods in housing and its finance and are basing your conclusions on the idea that they are representative of the underlying model. Seems risky to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-62778099582779076322013-01-01T13:50:56.072-05:002013-01-01T13:50:56.072-05:00The fact that the vast majority of Americans deter...The fact that the vast majority of Americans determine how much they will spend on housing based on how much it will cost them per month <br /><br />Yes - how much - not if.<br />They're still buying.<br />The rates had Zero effect.<br /><br />Also, oversupply wasn't the cause of the housing crash. Otherwise; houses in areas with an under supply of housing would have maintained their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21840019524663596742013-01-01T08:32:16.189-05:002013-01-01T08:32:16.189-05:00Are you serious? This is an economics blog and ...Are you serious? This is an economics blog and you don’t understand the correlation of home prices to interest rates? <br /><br />1. The fact that you chose to use the real estate bubble to make your case is irresponsible and ridiculous. In the early 00s we had a unique situation where as homes were being purchased well beyond the traditional means of the purchaser as the real estate was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12072327537268665882012-12-31T19:15:23.859-05:002012-12-31T19:15:23.859-05:00You're right that no correlation appears durin...You're right that no correlation appears during the 9-10 year span you indicated. However, like Cesar said, I'm curious if a correlation exists over a larger time period (i.e., 1950-2010).Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621403462662732632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-32839796202042133272012-12-31T12:26:46.943-05:002012-12-31T12:26:46.943-05:00More dollars chasing fewer relative goods means hi...More dollars chasing fewer relative goods means higher prices. All the factors you list above may be true, but you can easily come up with other buyers - FED, international investors, speculators, etc. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11549538843222096412012-12-31T11:50:47.073-05:002012-12-31T11:50:47.073-05:00Bob, that is because there is/was still an oversup...Bob, that is because there is/was still an oversupply of homes. It was a bubble that needed to be popped. Making it easier to borrow money to buy silver contracts in 1981 wouldn't have made the price of silver go higher. Prices eventually find their true market value.<br /><br />Prices moved higher as rates moved SLIGHTLY higher in the 2000s because of other factors, mainly zero lending Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18479560354090301472012-12-31T10:47:06.145-05:002012-12-31T10:47:06.145-05:00Also, wouldn't combination of high unemploymen...Also, wouldn't combination of high unemployment and higher interest rates be a factor in housing prices? I'm assuming high interest rates would affect the employment picutre negatively and that would affect the housing prices negatively as well. Cesarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-60761537717516452782012-12-31T10:43:23.529-05:002012-12-31T10:43:23.529-05:00Bob, Can you do an anaylsis on housing prices duri...Bob, Can you do an anaylsis on housing prices during the 1970/1980s when interest rates started to skyrocket? I'm curious on what the housing prices looked during that time and how our current situation isn't different. Cesarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35842913226348281202012-12-31T10:08:54.811-05:002012-12-31T10:08:54.811-05:00You are over thinking the problem.
Point one: W...You are over thinking the problem. <br /><br />Point one: We have had 30 years of home price appreciation in less than 10 years. And that was when people had jobs.<br /><br />Point 2: The reason home prices are flat is because the masses have no money. Take away the fed and the banks holding onto homes when they should be selling them (market to market no longer exists) and you have a complete blue skieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962919650156276511noreply@blogger.com