Housing Market is Going Back Up Again?

Michael E. Parker
by Michael E. Parker
January 12th, 2010

Falling Home PricesDon’t be fooled by positive statistics and sayings such as, “there’s nowhere to go but up” just because the market has been so bad. It’s true that once the bottom is hit there’s nowhere else to go but up, but we need to remember how we got there to ensure we don’t land there again. It’s up to us to keep in mind that at the core of many of the market’s tragedies was us as individuals not managing our money responsibly and not living within our true means and, as a result, we must ensure that the same mistakes are not repeated.

Therefore, no matter how good statistics look, we have to get back to the basics of having more coming in than going out, making realistic plans and not being intrigued by creative loan programs, positive projections and the deception of our emotions.   We all would agree that any “positivity” right now is welcomed and should be celebrated, but turning our eye away from the real things we need to do at home could be catastrophic. We cannot allow the mere glimpse of hope and positive projections to lure us into making the same mistakes that got us in such a low state in the first place.

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  • http://intellokids.blogspot.com/ Barbra Stephens

    I often wonder if statistics like that are merely posted to boost consumer confidence and convince us to buy, buy, buy.
    With most of our accounts doing a ‘face plant’ it is difficult for me to believe someone I don’t even know….Then again, I don’t walk around simply looking for things to buy-that’s really not me.
    I really appreciate this post, Mr. Parker…keeping folks focused on reality. What we ‘have’ is really what we must be managing.
    Not a debt we are acquiring because of what we hope to ‘get’ later on.

  • http://www.bayarearealestateguide.blogspot.com Julie Parker

    Right, I really agree.

    Housing prices got out of control because we got greedy. We were all buying and investing and spending every penny we made. Now we are changing our focus, priorities and begining to learn how to live with in our means.

    Ego is being killed and we realize we cant keep acting rich when we are not. We can’t buy what ever we want.

    We are all affected or feeling the economic changes in some way.

    I am aware my house is not going to recover but there are things that can be done.

    Which road… is yet to be seen.

    I think learning to save, being aware of the cause of the housing market crash and actually dealing with our own contributions personally to the situation is needful.

    I am looking inward and expecting a change for the better.

    Thats my- Kaizen

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