house values

How High Is Up? A Look at Real Numbers Defined by the Real Estate Collapse

by Tom Koziol | January 30, 2009

How High Is Up? The answer can be as simple as one flight of stairs. It also can be as grotesque as 300%. Since I’m talking about real estate, I’ll skip the flight of stairs type of answer and concentrate on the 300% side. Unless you’ve been living in a cave in Zimbabwe, you know [...]

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Economy

Gas Prices Alter Housing Values

by Anwell Tsai | December 18, 2008

Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the Obama administration is implementing a new energy program. As gas prices rocketed skyward 6 months ago, calls for energy reform were rampant. As the economy slides further into a recession, focus has shifted towards the financial markets, manufacturing, and stabilizing housing prices. Economist have long argued that even with [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Adjust for Financing when Pricing Properties

by Anwell Tsai | December 4, 2008

Trying to determine the market value of a piece of property in a stable market is pretty simple. Just find a few comparable homes in your area to find a probable range of values. In today’s volatile Real Estate market, adjusting for factors such as property rights, conditions of sale, and market conditions, as well [...]

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Real Estate

Which Housing Stats to Trust?

by Anwell Tsai | November 6, 2008

Commentators speak of numerous broad housing indicators and indexes tracking property values across the nation. However, Real Estate, unlike Stocks and Bonds, are not fungible. Properties are non-homogenous and are affected by both broad economic macro and local micro factors. Due to market inefficiencies, the usefulness of data derived from these broad indicators is limited. [...]

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Commentary

Do Valuations Continue to Slide for Years? What’s The Answer?

by Tom Koziol | May 30, 2008

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Credit

Turning the Real Estate Ship Around: Why It Hasn’t And How It Can

by Charles Feldman | May 21, 2008

Okay…so what’s wrong with this picture? In communities all across America the value of homes has dropped faster than the New Year’s Eve ball in Times Square. Lower prices should mean bargin prices. Bargin prices should mean people jumping back into the housing market. People jumping back into the housing market should help inflate the [...]

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Commentary

Three Factors that Limit Real Estate Appreciation

by Jim Watkins | April 13, 2008

Last week, someone posted a question about whether or not geography was a factor to Texas not appreciating like the rest of the country in recent years. It got me to thinking and I recalled a local presentation (Dallas) I had done in 2006 where I addressed that very question. In Texas, there are three [...]

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