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Marty: Like stocks, you need to pick and choose your real estate targets carefully. If you choose some cheaper areas, such as Phoenix or Houston, you will come out ahead much sooner than the 10-15 years you calculated for the Bay Area. In fact, for most locations in US, the buyer would...

I guess you don't really read what's being posted. This is what Hydroblunt has said: "I do not think people understand that renting is way cheaper than buying and it really does not matter if you get to own your home in 20-30 years when you pay up the a$$ for it with fees, taxes & insurance."

What are you talking about? I watch CNBC everyday and I find them to be very neutral on real estate. I don't see them hyping anything. They have guests who come on from both sides. Some of them may try to hype it up, while others may call it a bubble. Real estate is a rising...

Your suggestion on whether real estate be a good proxy for the *true inflation rate and perhaps even justifiably exceeding it, is a bunch of mumble jumble. You said "over the long run, real estate land values should do two things: grow at at least inflation, and grow at a rate in order to...

Your question is almost meaningless. You didn't mention location, nor timing. Your answer depends completely on whether you purchased in US or in Japan, in California or in Kansas, in LA or in Barstow, in year 1995 or year 2005. Each property / neighborhood / city / county / state /...

Greenspan to grads: I need a job, too http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/15/news/economy/fed_greenspan.reut/index.htm Fed Chairman tells Penn business school that technology diminishing corporate leaders' power. May 15, 2005: 2:11 PM EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Board...

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/04/21/business/news/12_32_334_20_05.txt Study indicates rents virtually stagnant in San Diego County By: BRADLEY J. FIKES - Staff Writer Average rents in larger apartment complexes in San Diego County scarcely budged during the last year, according...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20050513-9999-1b13housing.html San Diego County housing market decelerates Median prices rose at slowest rate in 5 years last month By Roger M. Showley UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER May 13, 2005 San Diego County's housing market continued...

Read the fine print, that was from 2002! Year 2002 was the time to buy! :p

Double in 9 years? More like 2 yrs in San Diego. Maybe never in some other place. Location, location, location + timing, timing, timing. :)

Space embrace Buyers' affection for huge homes being fueled by Inland developers http://www.pe.com/business/realestate/stories/PE_Biz_D_bighouses08.a183d.html By LESLIE BERKMAN / The Press-Enterprise Super-sizing no longer is confined to fast food, TVs or SUVs. Throughout the...

The California effect Flush with equity, Californians are driving up home prices in markets outside the Golden State. http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/08/real_estate/thursday_california/ SALEM, Ore. (CNN/Money) – As the great real estate bubble debate drags on, markets in California are...

US Real estate purchases hit record high http://realestate.yahoo.com/realestate/story.html?s=n/inman/realestate/20050511/20050511601

Then you better get a pre-nup like Donald. :)

Expanding I-93 would be a good thing for areas north of Salem. However, they were talking about it when I was there, and there hasn't been any action. So I won't get too excited about it. Manchester is a nice place, but it's too cold for me. :)

I don't live in NH anymore. I sold my 3000sf colonial there in Salem 2 years ago and moved to So Cal. Let's just say, there is no comparison between the appreciation in NH, MA, and So Cal. It's like comparing peanuts to a watermellon.

In general, the further north you go, the cheaper homes are. However, you have to balance it out with your commute. Salem, Pelham, and Windham are good places to start. Each town is different. Pelham being the cheapest, and Windham being the most expensive.

Head north to New Hampshire. Homes there are a lot cheaper and you'll have no income and sales taxes.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4564448 Shanghai Real Estate Values Soar China's government is hoping to take some air out of a ballooning property market. Real estate prices in China, and especially in the financial center Shanghai, have recently climbed even faster...

If you sold your net stocks when the rates went up in early 2000, you would have made a ton of money like me. With the low rates of today, you got nothing to fear except for fear itself. :D You can't be the next Donald Trump by being a chicken little. :D