Tag

homeowner

Illusory "Bright Lines"

Two Types of Housing Distress The key to understanding [the administration’s housing] plan will be remembering that there are two different groups of homeowners who are at risk of foreclosure. The first group is made up of people who cannot afford their mortgages and have fallen behind on their monthly payments . . . The...
Read More

Chasing a Falling Market

Seller’s Lament: Always One Price Cut (or More) Behind This chart shows graphically the perils of initially pricing too high, then trying to catch up to a falling market (note: the X-axis is the number of weeks on the market). In this case, the home (not my listing, thankfully) came on the market last July...
Read More
1 2

Archives