Comments on: Bubble Mania

By: kevin@Hsbc online ba

kevin@Hsbc online ba — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:06:40 +0000

I think people would be happy getting the prices they did in 2006 compared to 2009. I would think most prices will go back down to 2002 or 2000 levels for awhile then come back in a few years.

By: azrob

azrob — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:14:17 +0000

I'd be pretty embarrassed to have written this in 2006!

By: TFH

TFH — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:02:06 +0000

If you go back just a little further than 5 years you will see that you would still be underwater if you bought those internet stocks. And if you bought those stocks 7 years ago (1999) you would just now be breaking even (2006). What the 5 years data proves is that it is smart to buy low and sell high. 5 years ago, those stocks hit their lows (good time to buy was 5 years ago – NOT 6 years ago).

By: Randall James

Randall James — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:01:32 +0000

The perception of the bubble also depends on what market you are in. Some markets where investors make up a huge proportion of property owners and wherespeculation has driven housing prices up will most likely see a significant retrenchment in pricing… irrational exhuberance at its best. In other less saturate markets, prices will stablilize for a few years and continue to rise.

-Randy
http://www.4mysales.com

By: The AZ Real Estate G

The AZ Real Estate G — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:56:52 +0000

Ted Ted Ted… The stock charts were just meant to illustrate the fact that the "dot com" bust wasn't the end of the universe. It *is* bouncing back. Just like real estate will bounce back **if** the "bubble bursts" as many like to proclaim.

I appreciate your reading and commenting!!

Jay

By: Ted R.

Ted R. — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:53:17 +0000

Oh come on AZ Real Estate Guy! You can't honestly be comparing the real estate investment market to the stock market, can you?

I thought you were smarter than that!

Ted {who is really wishing he'd bought some of those damn stocks in '02!!}