Bubbles, Booms, and Busts

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Discover hidden financial and lifestyle opportunities in any real estate market.

No one knows more about real estate than Realty Times Editor Blanche Evans. In Bubbles, Booms, and Busts, Evans explains how ever-changing cyclical and regional real estate conditions can translate into benefits that go beyond just knowing the best time to buy and sell. Readers will learn how local bubbles and busts can help them find employment opportunities, plan retirement, pinpoint relocation sites, formulate long term investment strategies, and more. Evans offers a readable, objective evaluation of how demographics, cultural diversity, immigration, as well as hidden risk factors, can present problems as well as lucrative opportunities for savvy investors.

Review Quote:

One of Robert Bruss'Top 10 Real Estate Books of 2006

"The timing for publication of this great book couldn't have been better. It answers typical questions about whether this is the right time to buy, sell, or hold residential real estate. On my scale of one to 10, this well-researched book rates an off-the-charts 12."

Biographical Note:

Blanche Evans and Realty Times have been the go-to Internet source for consumer and industry real estate news and advice since 1997.

Table of Contents

• Foreword.
• Acknowledgements.
• Introduction.
• Chapter 1: The Current Housing BUBBLE - Cause and Effect.
  • What is a Housing BUBBLE?
  • BUBBLES and BOOMS.
  • Specific Causes fo the Current Housing BOOM.
  • The McMansion: One Effect of the Housing BOOM.
• Chapter 2: Who's Buying and Who's Selling?
  • First-Time Home Buyers and How They Impact the Market.
  • Home-Buyer Demographics.
  • Immigration and Cultural Diversity.
  • Real Estate Investors and Second-Home Buyers.
• Chapter 3: Why and Where Do People Buy Homes.
  • Choosing a Home.
  • Where Do People Move?
  • Housing Characteristics.
  • New-Home Projections.
• Chapter 4: BUSTS - Where, Why and When.
  • Can a BUST Be Defined?
  • Current Risk Factors That Threaten the Housing Market.
  • National BUBBLES versus Metro BUBBLES.
• Chapter 5: The BUST to Come.
  • Is the Federal Government Trying to Slow Down Housing?
  • California Dreamin'.
  • Viva Las Vegas.
• Chpater 6: After the BOOM, BUBLLE, and BUST.
  • Waiting Out a Buyers' Market.
  • The Rental Outlook.
  • Why Housing Will Continue to Grow.
• Chapter 7: Make the Current Market Conditions Work for You.
  • Pay Attention to the News, but Don't Let the "Bubbleistas" Scare You.
  • 10 Ways to Prosper from Buying and Selling Real Estate.
• A Final Word.
• Appendix A: Real Estate Language.
• Appendix B: Locating and Understanding.
  • Economic Data.
• Index.