Media Appearance 11-01-2007

From Channel 29, the local NBC afffiliate. I would be doing a disservice to my client if I didn’t note that this is the house discussed in the story.

“She needs to buy a house. In order to buy that house, she needs to sell a house. And it is becoming much more common. You’re seeing a lot more offers contingent on the sale of a property.”

A good, reasonable local story about the state of the housing market. Unfortunately, the video doesn’t work with a mac.

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4 Responses to “Media Appearance 11-01-2007”

  1. Daniel Rothamel on November 2nd, 2007 12:43 pm

    Jim,

    Nice work!

  2. Mark on November 2nd, 2007 1:22 pm

    The thing all these overbuilding/subprime stories overlook is the fact that homes are not affordable. Even when you say “rates are at a historical low,” you miss the point that home prices are at a historical HIGH. A 6.5% rate on a $300k home is no better than a 13% rate on a $200k home (not striving for mathematical accuracy here, just making a point). Rates have to be low because people can barely afford housing. Housing was never before 50% of someone’s income, and now it is, at least in C-ville for anyone who has bought since 2005…

  3. TrvlnMn on November 2nd, 2007 1:28 pm

    Did you mean to link to the NBC29 story twice?

  4. Jim Duncan on November 2nd, 2007 2:28 pm

    D’oh. Fixed. Thank you.