By Bob Stokes
4/13/2012 5:15:00 PM
As bubbles balloon in individual sectors of the economy, the psychology of the pre-financial crisis days have returned. That's why it's important to remember that hardly anyone was concerned about the real estate market in 2006. Then the whole house of cards fell in. Now consider the entire global debt market: the biggest bubble of all time...
Filed Under: commercial real estate, credit crisis, debt crisis, deflation, history, home sales, housing prices, Robert Prechter
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
3/13/2012 5:45:00 PM
People who might have started a business pre-2007-2009 now shun the risk. Commercial property "owners" themselves are neck-high in debt. And some are drowning in it. Here's a recent reminder...
Filed Under: commercial real estate, deflation, Elliott wave
Category: Real Estate
By Bob Stokes
1/10/2012 5:15:00 PM
It's time to learn specific steps on how to financially protect yourself before the economy sinks even deeper into a deflationary depression. Indeed, you can even position yourself to prosper in the months ahead. How?...
Filed Under: Club EWI, commercial real estate, conquer the crash, deflation, foreclosures, mania
Category: Real Estate
By Susan C. Walker
9/16/2011 2:30:00 PM
It’s all about the yield, which, according to Morningstar Inc., has averaged about 5.75% over the past 20 years for equity REITs. So, what’s not to like about REITs?
Filed Under: Bear market, commercial real estate, mutual funds, Robert Prechter
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
7/21/2011 5:30:00 PM
An overpriced listing will deter buyers even in a good housing market. Yet today's market includes an added risk...
Filed Under: commercial real estate, deflation, foreclosures, housing prices, Robert Prechter
Category: Real Estate
By Bob Stokes
4/29/2011 3:30:00 PM
Commercial real estate's downward trend goes beyond suburban malls. Much office space in business districts is empty. Read this excerpt...
Filed Under: commercial real estate, conquer the crash, credit crisis, deflation, foreclosures, housing prices, Robert Prechter, subprime lending
Category: Real Estate
By Bob Stokes
4/7/2010 1:15:00 PM
Nature's way of progression in this world appears to be 3 steps forward followed by 2 steps back -- repeatedly. The stock market is a reflection of man's progress, so we believe the same 3-2 concept is reflected in charts of stocks and other markets -- like real estate. It's taken a big hit, but it's wise to realize that regress -- the "2 steps back" -- is part of progress.
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, commercial real estate
Category: Real Estate
By Nico Isaac
2/18/2010 12:15:00 PM
On February 10, 2010 the Congressional Oversight Panel published a 189-page report on the condition of the U.S. commercial real estate sector. To summarize the document, "Hurricane Kat-REIT-a" has arrived. To wit: The "levies" that were supposedly in place to keep the flood of mortgage defaults and price declines OUT OF the commercial real estate (CRE) sector have shattered. And the toll of the damage is nothing short of devastating.
Filed Under: commercial real estate, housing prices
Category: Real Estate
By Susan C. Walker
12/22/2009 12:30:00 PM
Home owners walk away from underwater mortgages, and now investment banks are walking away from commercial real estate they own. Now we're seeing some real deflationary moves in action.
Filed Under: deflation, commercial real estate
Category: Classic Prechter
By Susan C. Walker
10/9/2009 4:00:00 PM
The continued selling in commercial real estate today can be considered a technical “non-confirmation” of the recent buying in the residential market. When only one sector rallies, it’s a bad sign for the market as a whole.
Filed Under: commercial real estate
Category: Classic Prechter