The Moment We’ve All Been Waiting For
Continue Reading Add comment December 19th, 2008
An article from the January edition of Reason Magazine caught my eye the other day. It shows just how far out of whack home prices had gotten. Editor Tim Cavanaugh writes that “Comparing data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Association of Realtors, a house today costs four times your annual salary. Ten years ago it cost only three times as much. In 1988 it cost twice as much; in 1978, less than twice as much.”
The day before I read that I had got an email from Rob Jenson, a Realtor in Las Vegas whom I’ve found is very honest about the crummy state of the market. His email was titled “The moment we’ve all been waiting for,” and it went on to say “You can finally buy investment properties and get a Positive Return on Invesment!”
He didn’t elaborate on the math but I’m sure he’s right. Prices in Vegas have finally fallen to the point we’re buying actually makes financial sense.