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What Does Warren Buffet Think About Buying A Home?

January 30, 2012
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Warren Buffet is seen by many as the greatest investor of our time. When he speaks, people listen. Like anyone else in his position of influence, he is criticized by some for using his bullhorn to promote his own business agendas at times. That makes it very interesting when we occasionally learn of how he [...]

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Where Are People Moving To and From?

January 27, 2012
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Another Bear Turns Bullish on Real Estate

January 25, 2012
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Two weeks ago, we posted When the Prophet Says Buy – BUY! In that post, we explained that a major bear on housing, John R. Talbott, is now bullish on the real estate market. Last week, another bear turned bull. Chris Thornberg, a former UCLA economist and a founding principal of Beacon Economics, was very [...]

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Real Estate 2012: Many Positive Outlooks

January 24, 2012
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There is a growing belief among many experts that 2012 will be the year housing turns the corner and starts heading in a more positive direction. Whenever we write a post like this, we unleash the hordes of critics who say we are again wearing rose colored glasses or are puppets being controlled by the [...]

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Belief That “Now Is the Time to Buy” by Age Group

January 20, 2012
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Where Are House Prices Headed in 2012?

January 18, 2012
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There is no shortage of opinions as to where home prices are headed in 2012. From Clear Capital’s expectation that prices will show a ‘slight uptick’ this year to Fitch’s projection that prices ‘will fall another 13 percent’, there seems to be no consensus as to where real estate values are headed. How can there [...]

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