Buy Real Estate Now

Is it now a right time to buy?


On Halloween, Radar Logic published a new compendium of housing for the year ending in August.

The results were frightening: House prices have held up in just a precious few cities (Milwaukee, up 3%; Columbus, flat; Charlotte, down 3%). All the big California cities tanked, falling 23% to 28%. Prices in Phoenix and Vegas dropped 29% and 30%. Even prices in resilient New York City are off 7%.

These kinds of price declines in housing are unprecedented. Our friends at Zillow.com reported on Oct. 29 that half of American homeowners believe their residences are worth just as much or even more than they were worth a year ago.

Forbes has assembled a panel of real estate experts to discuss the current markets. A lively e-mail exchange was the result, with picks in both residential real estate and stocks. Joining us were Spencer Rascoff of Zillow.com, Michael Feder of Radar Logic, Donald Trump Jr. of the Trump Organization and Peter Slatin of Real Capital Analytics. The moderator, Stephane Fitch, covers real estate for Forbes magazine.

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