General Real Estate

The Chinese Housing Market One Year Later – It’s Much Worse*

What happens when the world’s #2 economy collapses? It’s been like a slow-motion train wreck. So, let’s look at it now. As mentioned in last year’s blog, the collapse of the Chinese housing development market is colossal. Last year on Feb 4, 2024, I posted that creditors were given the green light to start selling

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Possible Recovery in the Front Range Housing Markets but the DOW just dropped 1000 points!!

Current Status of Front Range Cities Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo This page is a snapshot of the state of the real estate market from Colorado Springs, Denver area, and Pueblo. Shown below are three graphs of the status of each of these markets (Figure 1.) As I’m most interested in the Front Range of

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Evergrande: Finally, Liquidators Given the Green Light

Last week a Hong Kong court ordered liquidators to sell the assets of the defunct property developer, China Evergrande Group.  Since 2021, Evergrande was reportedly trying to restructure it’s $300 Billion debt.  The judge in the case, Linda Chan, said Evergrande was not negotiating in good faith and the charade should end. Ever since the

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Let’s find out why you want to be a Real Estate Investor – Part I

Why do you want to be a real estate investor?  The biggest question you have to ask yourself is: Why do you want to get into real estate?  A good place to answer that question is to use Michael Pantalon’s technique outlined in his book Instant Influence.  It’s called the 5 Whys.  This is useful

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Decline Continues in the Front Range Housing Market, Part II !!

Current Status of Front Range Cities Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo This page is a snapshot of the state of the real estate market from Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo. Shown below are three graphs of the status of each of these markets (Figure 1.) As I’m most interested in the Front Range of Colorado

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Why taking over a cheap mortgage may be too expensive

This is just another instance of playing cat and mouse with “well-meaning” government bureaucrats. Actually, it’s more like Goedel’s Theorem, but that’s for another day. The problem began with the infamous “due on sale” clause instigated by lenders in the 1970s when interest rates went sky-high. Remember interest rates of 14%?? People were assuming low-interest loans and

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