Comments on: Perception & the media versus reality http://www.sfhomeblog.com/2006/05/perception-media-versus-reality.html A San Francisco real estate blog written by insiders Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Matt Lanning http://www.sfhomeblog.com/2006/05/perception-media-versus-reality.html/comment-page-1#comment-2089 Matt Lanning Fri, 19 May 2006 23:24:00 +0000 http://importformatt.wordpress.com/2006/05/19/perception-the-media-versus-reality#comment-2089 You can call it a vested interest, but doesn't Kelly also have a vested interest in keeping her job? And the Chronicle in selling papers?<br/><br/>I have a vested interest, but honestly, homes will sell no matter what the economics (there are ALWAYS buyers and sellers, just for different reasons), so I couldn't really care less if it's up or down. I'm not a new agent and I will do just fine no matter the market.<br/><br/>What I'm here to do is help people understand what I see from my point of view, from someone that actually works in the business every day, not from behind a desk in an office where I get press releases to alert me to possible trends from people who make their living by trying to bring down the California housing market (such as Leamer from UCLA).<br/><br/>Right now I see a market that for most everyone is good and balanced. There's no reason to panic, no reason to run away, and we have 100 years of economic data to support that. Cycles happen, and this one does not appear to be something that's going to break the bank (no matter how much you wish it would).<br/><br/>And thanks, as always for reading. No matter how much you think I 'complain'... You can call it a vested interest, but doesn’t Kelly also have a vested interest in keeping her job? And the Chronicle in selling papers?

I have a vested interest, but honestly, homes will sell no matter what the economics (there are ALWAYS buyers and sellers, just for different reasons), so I couldn’t really care less if it’s up or down. I’m not a new agent and I will do just fine no matter the market.

What I’m here to do is help people understand what I see from my point of view, from someone that actually works in the business every day, not from behind a desk in an office where I get press releases to alert me to possible trends from people who make their living by trying to bring down the California housing market (such as Leamer from UCLA).

Right now I see a market that for most everyone is good and balanced. There’s no reason to panic, no reason to run away, and we have 100 years of economic data to support that. Cycles happen, and this one does not appear to be something that’s going to break the bank (no matter how much you wish it would).

And thanks, as always for reading. No matter how much you think I ‘complain’…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sfhomeblog.com/2006/05/perception-media-versus-reality.html/comment-page-1#comment-2088 Anonymous Fri, 19 May 2006 23:03:00 +0000 http://importformatt.wordpress.com/2006/05/19/perception-the-media-versus-reality#comment-2088 As usual Kelly gets it about right, and just like clockwork Matt doth complain too much. <br/><br/>p.s. slowly rising prices on significantly reduced sales and increasing inventory is absolutely typical of what happens at this point in the real estate cycle.<br/><br/>p.p.s. yeh, sure, let's just get our input on the state of the market from people who have a vested interest in painting as rosy a picture as possible.... As usual Kelly gets it about right, and just like clockwork Matt doth complain too much.

p.s. slowly rising prices on significantly reduced sales and increasing inventory is absolutely typical of what happens at this point in the real estate cycle.

p.p.s. yeh, sure, let’s just get our input on the state of the market from people who have a vested interest in painting as rosy a picture as possible….

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