tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22535876.post115549972985103584..comments2023-10-20T07:59:45.124-07:00Comments on Sonoma Housing Bubble : Housing Market Kaput?Athenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15944962059749126687noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22535876.post-1155668093107256152006-08-15T11:54:00.000-07:002006-08-15T11:54:00.000-07:00"Americans are carrying a lot of excess weight and...<I>"Americans are carrying a lot of excess weight and desperately want to slim down. No, not their waistlines -- in the size of their homes."</I><BR/><BR/>Is public sentiment changing towards those once-lauded "McMansions", as they eat away any remaining discretionary income? That 4000+sqft home might have felt chic when you bought it, but heating/cooling and long-term upkeep could be a shocker. Overbuilt and undermaintained, these homes will be the future creepy dumps for children to spin ghost stories around.marine_explorerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092782038855356359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22535876.post-1155578296585327772006-08-14T10:58:00.000-07:002006-08-14T10:58:00.000-07:00I know some bigger fools in sonoma county selling ...I know some bigger fools in sonoma county selling their houses and using the equity to "trade up" to a "Fixer with good bones". their equity will slowly dwindle over the next five years and they will be left with bones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22535876.post-1155562949334716182006-08-14T06:42:00.000-07:002006-08-14T06:42:00.000-07:00Don’t you love how writers are actually using the ...Don’t you love how writers are actually using the term hard landing now? What happened to gradual cooling, soft landing, and controlled deceleration?<BR/><BR/>Maybe you can keep a running list of headlines (or buzzwords), so that after the bubble has completely burst, you can document it from the overly-optimistic headlines of a few years ago, to the wishful soft landing stories of a few months ago, to the upcoming crash related titles of a few months from now..Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567664039298394218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22535876.post-1155526226954734882006-08-13T20:30:00.000-07:002006-08-13T20:30:00.000-07:00passed a HUGE billboard by the oakland coliseum to...passed a HUGE billboard by the oakland coliseum today "profit from the coming real estate shakeout" and for the last few days i have started to hear ads on the radio "home prices are falling,refi now to pay off credit cards or get out of bk while rates are still low and before your equity disappears"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com