Florida - Paradise Lost

Will Florida ever become an affordable place to live again? Only time will tell, and you'll be able to read about the journey (to sanity, or maybe not) right here.

Monday, October 30, 2006

The Florida Room - Week of Oct 30-Nov 5, 2006

A recent poll conducted by the St. Pete Times shows that nearly 1 in 3 residents of the Sunshine State have seriously considered moving out ...

Friday, October 27, 2006

Florida Inventory - Plenty to Choose From

With the latest reports from the various realtor organizations around the state, we now have record inventory . Here now the numbers for the...

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Florida Bubble "Greed Poster Child" of the Week - #4 - Orlando Edition!

In a world full of greed, let us now travel to the land of the Magic Kingdom , where you too can live in an overpriced shack with a price th...

Monday, October 23, 2006

The Florida Room - Week of October 23-29, 2006

Got an excellent suggestion from lizziebeth from Orlando to create an open-air forum to post anything Florida-related here. Great idea, and...

Friday, October 20, 2006

Nationwide Smacked in Tallahassee

Maybe I'm going a little old-school with this reference, but it appears that the man from Nationwide is indeed, NOT on your side. Like ...

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Overpriced Florida Bubble Property of the Week

This week, we head down to the land of cigarette boats and pastel colors - the original Florida boomtown - Miami . It took no time to find y...

Monday, October 16, 2006

Considering a Move to Florida?

For those of you who are "on the fence" on your decision as to making the big move to the Sunshine State, I've compiled a list...

Friday, October 13, 2006

Insurance Gone Wild!

Yesterday, an all-day meeting of the "Property and Casualty Insurance Reform Committee" was held in Largo. Lots and lots and lots ...

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Florida - #1 in Foreclosures (and Increasing Our Lead!)

Again, I don't know why this hasn't been reported in the main-stream media. This is pretty important stuff. "The report said th...

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Florida Bubble P.O.S. of the Week - Palm Beach

Wow, a real overpriced beauty in lovely Palm Beach, FLORIDA! All inclusive: 1241 of living space! A fabulous one-car garage! Sub-standard s...

Monday, October 09, 2006

Florida Bubble News - October 2006

Latest and greatest news from around the state and around the country. Real Estate Agents - Too Many, Too Late '"You've got a l...

Friday, September 29, 2006

A Sign of Where We're Heading

Original ad showed $40K markdown on new homes in Palm Coast. Here is the new ad, with no mention of markdown, just prices as low as $70/sq f...

Thursday, September 28, 2006

New Series: "Florida Bubble P.O.S. of The Week"!

The easiest way to determine whether or not your town/state/region is in a housing bubble is to look at the prices of the P.O.S. (piece of s...

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Snake Oil Saleswoman

Man, I thought the NAR/FAR had all but won the contest for " Best Ability to Promulgate Lies About the Housing Situation With a Straigh...

Friday, September 22, 2006

Nothing for Certain in Florida Except Death & High Home Prices, Taxes, and Insurance

Between the irrational runup in home prices, the 2004-2005 hurricanes, and the "Save Our Geezers" regressive property tax system, ...

Thursday, September 21, 2006

NAR - 2005 vs. 2006

It is truly amazing sometimes, how the NAR can make bold forecasts about how great the housing market is, and how it always appears to be ...

Friday, September 15, 2006

Affordable Places to Live

If you have the ability to move, you might want to think about one of these places to live. Thoughts that come to mind from going through th...

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Florida - Now #1 in Foreclosures

Of course, it depends on where you get your data - from a local rag that occasionally chooses to ignore key statistics* or a national news o...

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

A Cautionary Tale from Japan

For those who don't know, Japan had a housing boom of its own - peaking around 1989-90. The mania resulted from the same BS that was bei...

Monday, September 11, 2006

A Good "Use" of Your Tax Dollars

From the Tampa Tribune. Seems that we don't have enough construction workers down here. 'With bustling construction of new condomini...

Friday, September 08, 2006

More Food for Thought

More Bubble-Related news, commentary, and research to ponder.... 1. How to Survive the Coming Bubble - Or, should I say, "Coming Burs...

Thursday, September 07, 2006

NAR's Forecast - Going Down, Down, Down in a Burning Ring of Fire

Our good friends at the NAR (National Association of Realtors) have just released their latest forecast for 2006. Although they keep talkin...

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

House Values - A History Lesson

In case you haven't seen it.... Here's a chart that says it all - right now we are in the most UNCHARTED territory in the history of...

The Incredibly Expanding Mortgage

The latest numbers from 2005 indicate that 36% (yes, over a THIRD) of all mortgages written last year were "non-traditional" - ARM...

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Finally, A Change in Florida

Our "good friends" at the FAR (Florida Association of Realtors) are loath to admit it, but they have released their official numbe...

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Top Resources for Keeping Track of the Florida Housing Bubble

In this extremely over-valued market, you can never have too many sources of information to keep an eye on things. As such, I have assembled...

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Something Smells in the Bay Area (and its not Red Tide)

As you know, the NAR (National Association of Realtors) and the FAR (Florida Association of Realtors ) just released their 2nd quarter numb...

Monday, August 14, 2006

A Tale of 2 Taxpayers

The "Save Our Homes" tax system is creating a 2-tiered hierarchy where one homeowner can be paying 3-4 times the property taxes th...

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Yet Another Faulty Forecast

Similar to the Hillsborough County Schools blunder (see post below) on expected student population for 2006-07, the NOAA is now predicting f...

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Wall Street Journal: Housing Market May Have Hard Fall

From today's WSJ. Some say its cool, some say it's c-c-c-COLD! "Bubble or not, the biggest housing boom in recent U.S. history ...

Monday, August 07, 2006

Tampa, we Have a Problem

Here in Tampa, the Hillsborough County School District (one of the largest in the country by population) has experienced phenomenal growth o...

Defaults on the Rise (like the ancient Phoenix!)

As you may know from my profile, I lived in Phoenix for 8 1/2 years. It, like Tampa, has experienced an unrealistic surge in home prices ov...

Sample Resignation Letter

Funny, Mary is resigning from her job today, and I agreed to help her with her resignation letter. Did a search on yahoo and found this link...

Greetings

Sorry to be blunt about this - are blogs not overrated? It seems everyone has one, so who the hell is reading all of these? Personally, I en...

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