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A Buyer’s Dilemma – Waiting For Prices To Drop vs. Interest Rate Hikes

By Tyler Wood on November 22nd, 2009
Categories: Big Bear Buyers, Big Bear Market Conditions, Big Bear Real Estate News
Tags: big bear real estate, buying a home, interest rates, price depreciation

I saw this graph recently and thought I would share it. Nothing new here, people have been talking about this concept for years – waiting for prices to drop more vs. the risk of higher interest rates. Well, here it is again, based on a $100,000 loan. There are two keys questions buyers need to [...]

Explaining What The Federal Reserve Did In Plain English (January 28, 2009 Edition)

By Tyler Wood on January 29th, 2009
Categories: Big Bear Real Estate News
Tags: Big Bear Real Estate News, federal reserve, interest rates

Explaining What The Federal Reserve Did In Plain English (January 28, 2009 Edition)

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