Comments on: The Lost (And Found) Decade http://www.thesaundersblog.com/the-lost-and-found-decade/ Thoughts and Opinions about the Greater Sarasota, FL Real Estate Market Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Gentile http://www.thesaundersblog.com/the-lost-and-found-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-21414 Matt Gentile Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:48:37 +0000 http://www.thesaundersblog.com/?p=65#comment-21414 It's nice to see that even my good friends at MS get pounded by the PB Posts' main RE reporter. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/realestate/entries/2008/04/10/broker_hooray_were_still_in_bu.html It’s nice to see that even my good friends at MS get pounded by the PB Posts’ main RE reporter.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/realestate/entries/2008/04/10/broker_hooray_were_still_in_bu.html

]]> By: ToddinFL http://www.thesaundersblog.com/the-lost-and-found-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-21110 ToddinFL Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:58:47 +0000 http://www.thesaundersblog.com/?p=65#comment-21110 Bob Yohn said: "The past ten years have been the worst for stocks since the 1970’s and before that the 1930’s and the past 10 years have been the best decade for housing ever." C'mon Bob ! This is a RE blog and we have to move inventory and generate sales. Why do you have to come along and give a reasonabl, historical perspective of investments when what we're focusing on is selling RE in an ever declining market ? :) Bob Yohn said:

“The past ten years have been the worst for stocks since the 1970’s and before that the 1930’s and the past 10 years have been the best decade for housing ever.”

C’mon Bob ! This is a RE blog and we have to move inventory and generate sales. Why do you have to come along and give a reasonabl, historical perspective of investments when what we’re focusing on is selling RE in an ever declining market ? :)

]]> By: Bob Yohn http://www.thesaundersblog.com/the-lost-and-found-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-21055 Bob Yohn Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:38:41 +0000 http://www.thesaundersblog.com/?p=65#comment-21055 As an investor for over 40 years and a mortgage broker and commercial lender for over 15 years, I would like to offer a perspective on your article. Stocks obviously have not been a great investment over the last 9 years, yielding only 1.3% after adjusting for inflation and dividends. However, in comparing the price appreciation of homes, you used an extra year(10 years instead of 9) and did not adjust for inflation. An increase from $112,500 to $254,200 is a 126% increase not a 226%increase. Also, adjusting for inflation, your house price in 1998 becomes $146,000, not $112,500. This gives an appreciation of 74% over 10 years, or about 6% a year. Good, but not quite as good as stocks have averaged over the past century. The past ten years have been the worst for stocks since the 1970's and before that the 1930's and the past 10 years have been the best decade for housing ever. As an investor for over 40 years and a mortgage broker and commercial lender for over 15 years, I would like to offer a perspective on your article. Stocks obviously have not been a great investment over the last 9 years, yielding only 1.3% after adjusting for inflation and dividends. However, in comparing the price appreciation of homes, you used an extra year(10 years instead of 9) and did not adjust for inflation. An increase from $112,500 to $254,200 is a 126% increase not a 226%increase. Also, adjusting for inflation, your house price in 1998 becomes $146,000, not $112,500. This gives an appreciation of 74% over 10 years, or about 6% a year. Good, but not quite as good as stocks have averaged over the past century. The past ten years have been the worst for stocks since the 1970′s and before that the 1930′s and the past 10 years have been the best decade for housing ever.

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