tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32333514.post115504842159810398..comments2023-11-20T02:20:45.065-05:00Comments on Florida - Paradise Lost: Wall Street Journal: Housing Market May Have Hard FallUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32333514.post-1157927571679186462006-09-10T18:32:00.000-04:002006-09-10T18:32:00.000-04:00"may" is an understatement."may" is an understatement.Short Storieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02829655525333282534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32333514.post-1155584257485302682006-08-14T15:37:00.000-04:002006-08-14T15:37:00.000-04:00Synthetik,Hilarious! It always amazes me, that a ...Synthetik,<BR/>Hilarious! It always amazes me, that a mere 15 minute drive from my little "land 'o suburbia", it quickly becomes Florida-Cracker-Land. <BR/><BR/>What's sad is that all that beautiful green space (and thick stands of oaks and pines) will eventually be knocked down for others to live there. Progress is progress, but only a robot could watch those front-end loaders tear up a forest and not feel a bit misty-eyed.FL - Paradise Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00794724889230394295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32333514.post-1155198340106762492006-08-10T04:25:00.000-04:002006-08-10T04:25:00.000-04:00I purchased a house in New Suburb Beautiful in 199...I purchased a house in New Suburb Beautiful in 1997 for $230K. 4bd 2200 sq feet, fairly small for the neighborhood.<BR/><BR/>I sold it in 2000 for $350K and thought I was raping the guy from up north who purchased it...<BR/><BR/>Now I see on Zillow that it's "worth" $688,000. WTF!!!!?<BR/><BR/>I'm happy I don't live in Florida anymore but it's difficult to believe that much appreciate happened in -tampa-.<BR/><BR/>I miss the monster truck pulls though...synthetikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09193481692348853769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32333514.post-1155055638643665092006-08-08T12:47:00.000-04:002006-08-08T12:47:00.000-04:00And the gov't (i.e.; us, the taxpayers) will end u...And the gov't (i.e.; us, the taxpayers) will end up having to clean up the mess. Again. <BR/><BR/>Shades of 1991 are coming to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32333514.post-1155055241789364762006-08-08T12:40:00.000-04:002006-08-08T12:40:00.000-04:00Absolutely - if the lenders clam up and initiate t...Absolutely - if the lenders clam up and initiate tough standards, the housing market will not be the only segment to take a hit. The economy in general will most likely stall. <BR/><BR/>For <B><I> how long </I></B>, that is the question.FL - Paradise Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00794724889230394295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32333514.post-1155053080523110302006-08-08T12:04:00.000-04:002006-08-08T12:04:00.000-04:00Especially the lenders - if they get burnt from th...<I>Especially the lenders - if they get burnt from the current crop of exotic loans they're holding, things are going to get a LOT tougher for all future borrowers...</I><BR/><BR/>They will get burned, but really we will get burned. The lenders have sold all the garbage and the garbage buyers have guarantees from the lenders and uncle sugar. So it will be a giant mess and everyone will pay. I've been harping on this for years, the Cassandra curse, alas.Legacy Userhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002545561313370007noreply@blogger.com