Comments on: Market woes continue, consolation possible http://360digest.com/2008/09/22/market-woes-continue-consolation-possible/ Seattle Real Estate Blog for those interested in Seattle real estate, popular culture, tech, news and opinion. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:16:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: jphenin http://360digest.com/2008/09/22/market-woes-continue-consolation-possible/comment-page-1/#comment-35486 jphenin Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:21:07 +0000 http://360digest.com/?p=703#comment-35486 This is at once the worst and best time to invest in US real estate. True, it is hard to get any financing and nobody has any idea where the market is heading next. In the long run, whatever happens short term, current prices will surely prove to be a nice bargain. With so many investors sitting with their cash on the sideline and a major recession looming, I bet it will not take long before they realize that real assets are more attractive than anything else including stocks, corporate bonds, ridiculously low yield treasuries, mortgage-backed securities, credit derivatives etc... And if you are lucky enough to be able to buy for cash, now is the time... except in manhattan, where it is still a little early because the super rich are still confident they can wither the storm and are only starting to make a pause. Just wait... Visit <a href="http://www.jphenin.com" rel="nofollow">www.jphenin.com</a> This is at once the worst and best time to invest in US real estate. True, it is hard to get any financing and nobody has any idea where the market is heading next. In the long run, whatever happens short term, current prices will surely prove to be a nice bargain. With so many investors sitting with their cash on the sideline and a major recession looming, I bet it will not take long before they realize that real assets are more attractive than anything else including stocks, corporate bonds, ridiculously low yield treasuries, mortgage-backed securities, credit derivatives etc… And if you are lucky enough to be able to buy for cash, now is the time… except in manhattan, where it is still a little early because the super rich are still confident they can wither the storm and are only starting to make a pause. Just wait…

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