
“If we don’t do it, you know this whole city is going to go down. I’m hopeful people will understand that,” Bing said. “If we can incentivize some of those folks that are in those desolate areas, they can get a better situation.”
Detroit Mayor Bing emphasizes need to shrink city
Mayor says it’s not ‘an [...]
February 26, 2010 | Posted in
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More than 11.3 million homeowners — nearly one-fourth of all Americans with a mortgage — owe more on their loan than their home is now worth, according to a report released Tuesday by FirstAmerican CoreLogic.
As long as
real wages for the working class decline
good paying middle class jobs are outsourced for cheap labor
government refuses to reign [...]
February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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“Having been conned by lower than market interest rates heavily set by the Central Bank of Canada, people were misled into purchasing “investments” they will not be able to afford in the future once interest rates rise.”
Canada is quickly becoming much worse off than the US was (in terms of house prices to income levels) [...]
February 18, 2010 | Posted in
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“Reading the newspapers these days, you have to wonder whether Canada was on another planet when the global credit crisis hit.” — Murray Dobbin
All the news reports from Canadian real estate associations touting that the housing “recession has ended” is just about as worthless as the hot air coming out of politicians mouths. Very [...]
January 21, 2010 | Posted in
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“The choice we appear to be making is trying to modify our way out of this, which has the effect of lengthening the crisis,” Kevin Katari of Watershed Asset Management, told The New York Times.
This new year will be a clean slate for many but not for the USA. There they have way too much [...]
January 9, 2010 | Posted in
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“In commercial real estate and leveraged buyouts, the bloodletting is yet to come,” Soros said in a speech in Europe.
These so-called economists — who are no better at predicting economics than weatherman can predict snow falls — call the recession over, but the recession won’t be truly over until people get back to work and [...]
November 30, 2009 | Posted in
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“The balance of power in negotiating a lease or renegotiating a lease in some areas is now with the tenant,” said Janet Portman.
Our sad economic times force us to rent properties that are not getting an acceptable sale price. This is not good for sellers, but desirable for tenants. Just keep in mind that tenants [...]
November 7, 2009 | Posted in
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“Why am I competing against a bank?” — Wallace, Detroit Resident.
Detroit’s problems are easy to identify. It was the first “white flight” that had to do with the integration of school districts. This has led those who could afford to leave it outside the city limits or in private schools. Communities have continued to spread [...]
October 25, 2009 | Posted in
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