http://www.floridamortgageblogger.com/2009/11/12/florida-mortgage-difficult/ Florida Mortgage News, Information, and Insights for Today's Educated Borrowers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:27:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.floridamortgageblogger.com/2009/11/12/florida-mortgage-difficult/comment-page-1/#comment-4734 Cathy Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:51:03 +0000 http://www.floridamortgageblogger.com/?p=2746#comment-4734 As a Florida mortgage broker I speak to people all day long about real estate. Recently I've noticed that many of the long time optimists have given up. You know the old saying about it being darkest before the dawn? I say that the sun is on the way. My intuition may be a bit questionable, but there is some common sense at work here as well. The markets are driven by psychology. Prices are always highest at the peak of demand - and high demand always sustains an inflated sense of value. Prices are lowest when demand is the least - and when demand is down sellers lose their belief in value. By the time that everyone is perceiving value in Florida real estate again the prices will be far less accommodating. Time will tell... As a Florida mortgage broker I speak to people all day long about real estate. Recently I’ve noticed that many of the long time optimists have given up. You know the old saying about it being darkest before the dawn? I say that the sun is on the way. My intuition may be a bit questionable, but there is some common sense at work here as well. The markets are driven by psychology. Prices are always highest at the peak of demand – and high demand always sustains an inflated sense of value. Prices are lowest when demand is the least – and when demand is down sellers lose their belief in value. By the time that everyone is perceiving value in Florida real estate again the prices will be far less accommodating. Time will tell…

]]> http://www.floridamortgageblogger.com/2009/11/12/florida-mortgage-difficult/comment-page-1/#comment-3036 alan@ Utah Homes for Sale Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:40:23 +0000 http://www.floridamortgageblogger.com/?p=2746#comment-3036 Good advice.. It looks like the trend is really going towards getting the good buyers to buy now, and stay in their homes. The powers that be really are doing what they can to see that the housing crisis isn't repeated. The unfortunate thing is that some of the things they're doing are making it very difficult for some very qualified buyers to have the means to actually buy... Good advice.. It looks like the trend is really going towards getting the good buyers to buy now, and stay in their homes. The powers that be really are doing what they can to see that the housing crisis isn’t repeated. The unfortunate thing is that some of the things they’re doing are making it very difficult for some very qualified buyers to have the means to actually buy…

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