Archive for the ‘REAL ESTATE’ Category

The Next Investment Bubble - Alternative Energy ?

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Eric Janszen's article "The Next Bubble" published in Harper's earlier this year does a great job of explaining how bad the US housing bust really is. Graphing the deviation from long term means of the NASDAQ bubble and now the housing bubble shows the stark reality of financial loss. The ...

Vancouver Condo Market Not A Bubble - Yet

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

A Vancouver Condo Market Report from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation clearly shows fundamental reasons for extraordinary price appreciation in the Vancouver Market. Job Growth + Migration + Resource Constraints = Supply Shortage & Increasing Prices This makes Vancouver a very predictable real estate market. For now. a2a_linkname="Vancouver Condo Market Not A ...

Vancouver Commercial Mortgage Market - Shortage Of Funds

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Vancouver Commercial Mortgage Broker: "There's 25%-30% less funds available in the market than 6 mos - 1 year ago. Loans which were previously A class loans are being pushed downward to B and C class treatment." My comment: Canadian Banks have stopped lending to each other as a direct result ...