There won't be any sort of "massive market correction" this time around. Manhattan is 2/3 owned by the rich, churches, and schools anyway - three groups pretty insensitive to market forces. Proximity to Manhattan, barring a new Great Depression and a loss of jobs by 20% of the people who work there, is still desirable and therefore worth money.
Maybe houses in Putnam and semi-rural tri-state Jersey will get cheaper. But not in the boroughs or just across the river.
"Prices may start to drop in the New York City metropolitan area beginning in the fourth quarter of this year and continue falling 1 percent to 7 percent per quarter through 2008, according to estimates from Zandi."
even the affluent need to be approved for mortgages.
"In Montclair, New Jersey, the median price of a home sold in August fell 7.3 percent from a year earlier to $677,340, according to Prudential Zinn Associates Realtors."
The good news: Montclair is just a few miles west!
The bad news: $677,340 is still a lot of fuckin' money.
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I need to buy a house now!
a massive market correction of biblical proportions for the new york city metro area real estate market is due. like right now.
*taps foot impatiently*
There won't be any sort of "massive market correction" this time around. Manhattan is 2/3 owned by the rich, churches, and schools anyway - three groups pretty insensitive to market forces. Proximity to Manhattan, barring a new Great Depression and a loss of jobs by 20% of the people who work there, is still desirable and therefore worth money.
Maybe houses in Putnam and semi-rural tri-state Jersey will get cheaper. But not in the boroughs or just across the river.
according to bloomberg:
"Prices may start to drop in the New York City metropolitan area beginning in the fourth quarter of this year and continue falling 1 percent to 7 percent per quarter through 2008, according to estimates from Zandi."
even the affluent need to be approved for mortgages.
"In Montclair, New Jersey, the median price of a home sold in August fell 7.3 percent from a year earlier to $677,340, according to Prudential Zinn Associates Realtors."
The good news: Montclair is just a few miles west!
The bad news: $677,340 is still a lot of fuckin' money.
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