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From: La Crescenta, CA
Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,Apr 1 2008, 11:09 AM
Bay Area:
+ Cost of housing is plateuing, time to buy!
+ Cost of housing is plateuing, time to buy!
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From: SJC
Originally Posted by The Raptor,Apr 1 2008, 10:20 AM
That's plateauing, 8D, if there is such a word. Actually, tanking would be a better description.
The counties that got hit hard are out in the boonies. I, on the other hand, have quietly gained $70K in value.
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From: San Diego, CA
Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Apr 1 2008, 10:05 AM
Would you be in SF? SJ? There are some reasonable places in the bay area. Obviously it'll be more than SD but doable?
So there were layoffs today. The division I was considering moving to, I believe, was the harder hit of the two (by a pretty big margin, like 80% of the layoffs were there, maybe?).
This is forcing me to seriously re-consider.
Then again, I may just move out there, give laid off within a week or two, and land myself in some tech firm worth working for.
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Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,Apr 1 2008, 12:46 PM
Raptor, you're right about the spelling, but DEAD wrong about the real estate market.
The counties that got hit hard are out in the boonies. I, on the other hand, have quietly gained $70K in value.
The counties that got hit hard are out in the boonies. I, on the other hand, have quietly gained $70K in value.
Oooh... SF has dropped 15% in the last 9 months... Hmm...
s there (yes, this is how I make my life decisions)
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From: SJC
Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Apr 2 2008, 06:49 AM
You sound like all the Seattle people who still think housing is appreciating 10% a year...
Oooh... SF has dropped 15% in the last 9 months... Hmm...
Oooh... SF has dropped 15% in the last 9 months... Hmm...
Point is, there were a lot of asshats speculating BIG in San Diego. Interior Bay Area, notsomuch.
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Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,Apr 3 2008, 08:45 AM
Last 9 months yes. . . but over the last 5 years. . .
Point is, there were a lot of asshats speculating BIG in San Diego. Interior Bay Area, notsomuch.
Point is, there were a lot of asshats speculating BIG in San Diego. Interior Bay Area, notsomuch.
ing when housing drops 20-30% more and crashes our economy even harder? Yeah, celebrate some more.There was plenty of speculating in the BA, too... Same as Seattle, Chicago, Miami, Vegas, Phoenix, DC... For what it's worth, SF's prices are declining faster than SD's.
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Apr 3 2008, 07:52 AM
Will you still be ing when housing drops 20-30% more and crashes our economy even harder? Yeah, celebrate some more.
ing when housing drops 20-30% more and crashes our economy even harder? Yeah, celebrate some more.
Now, San Francisco proper is getting a tad overbuilt, and some new construction isn't moving, but there are pockets over in my neck of the woods that are moving again.
