Talking Real Estate
1934 and the Federal Housing Administration
May 16, 2012 by Larry D. McGee · Leave a Comment
That was the year that the FHA came into being. The National Association of REALTORS had considerable input into its creation, along with previous efforts to bring stable home financing tools to a large group of Americans that had suffered through the housing crises of the early 1930′s. With the creation of the FHA, the [...]
The Really Boring Stuff
April 17, 2012 by Larry D. McGee · Leave a Comment
Over the past few years, REALTORS have become avid watchers of data. Industry professionals, and, to a lesser degree, the American public in general, have been looking daily for positive news about the real estate “market”. The wait is over. The statistics are favorable for the first time since the slide began in 2008. The [...]
Flipped
March 18, 2012 by Larry D. McGee · Leave a Comment
You can flip a house, wear flip-flops, flip a switch, or be a flip-flopper. You have to flip pancakes, omelets, and burgers. You may want to flip a video, watch Flipper, and sometimes you can get flipped-off. Or, sometimes a market flips, just like the real estate market in Denver, or at least half of [...]
Empty Shelves
February 18, 2012 by Larry D. McGee · Leave a Comment
On a bicycle trip through the Mexican Baja 12 years ago, this observer was repeatedly struck by the half empty shelves in the grocery stores. There was food and dry goods to buy, but nothing like you might find in your local Safeway today. Just a few items of this or that was all to [...]
Datalanche!
January 17, 2012 by Larry D. McGee · Leave a Comment
New word! A datalanche is the condition of too much information falling on the interested observer, creating intellectual numbness. Since the “housing crises” began, the amount of statistical data put forth to explain the crises has expanded exponentially. From Case-Shiller to Core-Logic®, from Harvard to Texas A & M, from the National Association of REALTORS® [...]
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