tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post5781483774669645325..comments2023-09-10T03:39:48.166-07:00Comments on Alberta Bubble: Weekend Open ThreadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger272125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-40842431383329338912009-01-14T09:28:00.000-08:002009-01-14T09:28:00.000-08:00New post up.New post up.Gloria Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517583849097532124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-71835975818599337522009-01-14T09:19:00.000-08:002009-01-14T09:19:00.000-08:00I think any strategy will fail. It would appear t...I think any strategy will fail. It would appear that "potential clients" are few and far between.<BR/><BR/>When buying a home you're either ready or not. To market "potentials" simply means there are no "committed" right now.<BR/><BR/>->Jim_shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994819826572974422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-43023344380980713842009-01-14T09:18:00.000-08:002009-01-14T09:18:00.000-08:00Stormy, how many houses are you going to sell toda...Stormy, how many houses are you going to sell today?<BR/><BR/>And what flavor of ramen did you have last night? Hopefully you treated yourself a little for all your hard work and had shrimp flavor.*POP*https://www.blogger.com/profile/09013756374394356937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-71489175621974025152009-01-14T09:10:00.000-08:002009-01-14T09:10:00.000-08:00Latest statergy by the realtors to potential clien...Latest statergy by the realtors to potential clients...<BR/><BR/>No new construction coming up for a long time.... So only the existing homes will be available for sale... Inventory will keep going down and finally price will rise again... So buy before you lose good homes.<BR/><BR/>LOLBox in the Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11067726906586308579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-45522742371241171452009-01-14T09:04:00.000-08:002009-01-14T09:04:00.000-08:00Squidly and your lap dogsWhy don’t you all stop hi...Squidly and your lap dogs<BR/><BR/>Why don’t you all stop hiding behind mothers dress, come up from the basement, and take responsibility of the vilification you all have written.<BR/> You are nothing but a pack of cyber bullies.<BR/><BR/>What cowards, bleating banbanban.<BR/><BR/>Be a mensh.<BR/><BR/>Good work Blast .Stormy Petrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062050673244964353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-24359813886995061662009-01-14T08:50:00.000-08:002009-01-14T08:50:00.000-08:00The state of New Jersey is insolvent. Bankrupt mig...<I>The state of New Jersey is insolvent. Bankrupt might be a better word. New Jersey is $60 billion in the hole on pension funding and the Governor is planning on skipping payments in a "pension payment holiday" until 2012 so as to not increase property taxes. To top it off, the ongoing plan assumptions are 8.25%. Sorry NJ, that simply is not going to happen.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/pension_funds_lost_9b_in_octob.html" REL="nofollow">The Star Ledger</A> is reporting New Jersey pension funds lost $23B so far this year.<BR/><BR/>New Jersey's pension fund has lost more than $23 billion this year, dropping to its lowest level since 2003 as a collapsing financial market battered its investments, a new state report shows.<BR/><BR/>The latest losses -- nearly $9 billion in October, and another $3 billion so far this month -- mean the fund is now worth $57.8 billion, or less than half the $118 billion in benefits it is due to pay out over time.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Pension funds, retirement plans, and all asset classes (either fixed or capital) are being deflated bigtime.<BR/><BR/>This is much bigger than falling house prices, although the deflationary forces at work are going to pound house prices down much further. The timing of the speculators rushing to buy investment properties, thereby increasing inventory for sale beyond reasonable levels, with the economic downturn will bankrupt many people.<BR/><BR/>As we are seeing, pensions are nothing to rely on now either due to the deflationary forces at work.<BR/><BR/>->Jim_shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994819826572974422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-3754644577656725692009-01-14T08:15:00.000-08:002009-01-14T08:15:00.000-08:00-It seems that contrary to what some are saying th...-<BR/>It seems that contrary to what some are saying there will be no housing recovery this year.<BR/><BR/><I>A deep economic downturn will boost the unemployment rate and cause house prices to decline by a further 10 per cent in 2009, according to the Conference Board of Canada's 2009 winter outlook. <BR/><BR/>Federal fiscal stimulus, including tax rebates and infrastructure spending, won't be enough to avoid a recession, the report said.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090114.wconfboard0114/BNStory/Business/home" REL="nofollow">Canada won't avoid recession, Conference Board says</A><BR/>-BADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08896288573355012563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-46911078253230115992009-01-14T08:13:00.000-08:002009-01-14T08:13:00.000-08:00Blast from the past said... Mike, I'll start a lis...Blast from the past said... Mike, I'll start a list for you."<BR/><BR/>Awesome! Can you add to it:<BR/><BR/>Blast from the past's mother is a hamster and his father smells of elderberries? :)<BR/><BR/>MikeSnakes and Laddershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876011566991048971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-73005182836754684072009-01-14T08:11:00.000-08:002009-01-14T08:11:00.000-08:00As CC found the Condo of the day, here is the SFH ...As CC found the Condo of the day, here is the SFH of the day...<BR/><BR/>Small (467ft2), sold as-is, old 1914 (95 yrs) and as the Realtor says "great Price!". 7 ST 18 AVE NW<BR/><BR/>List price: $359,000<BR/><BR/>http://www.andrewkyle.com/mlsca/home_page.php?page=current_listings&cmd=detailed&popup=1&k=1&mls_id=85152<BR/><BR/><BR/>Where do I sign up? :)<BR/><BR/>MikeSnakes and Laddershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876011566991048971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-8907758774373035862009-01-14T08:07:00.000-08:002009-01-14T08:07:00.000-08:00Mike, I'll start a list for you.Mike, I'll start a list for you.Blast from the pasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737248833863006295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-7905001238658391812009-01-14T08:01:00.000-08:002009-01-14T08:01:00.000-08:00Blast from the past said... "Please don't feed me,...Blast from the past said... <BR/><BR/>"Please don't feed me, just ignore me and everything I write, I'm a troll"<BR/><BR/>MikeSnakes and Laddershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876011566991048971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-69621060270283563932009-01-14T08:00:00.000-08:002009-01-14T08:00:00.000-08:00Update on the 205sq/ft closet. I found 49 photos o...Update on the 205sq/ft closet. I found 49 photos of this listing and guess what, not ONE photo of the place in 49 photos! Love photo #11, is this the Realtor(r) flipping rocks?<BR/><BR/>http://www.rabbitview.com/properties/1070/photos/11.jpg<BR/><BR/>All 49:<BR/>http://www.rabbitview.com/m.php?p=tour_p&prop=1070&s=1&photo=1<BR/><BR/>MikeSnakes and Laddershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876011566991048971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-31208488557410547202009-01-14T07:56:00.000-08:002009-01-14T07:56:00.000-08:00Squidly77 said...“nothing that is said on a blog s...Squidly77 said...<BR/><BR/>“nothing that is said on a blog should be taken with too much seriousness and if people get offended they should remove themselves from the public forum”<BR/><BR/>“calgarians are the stupiddest idiots in canada”<BR/><BR/>“just keep the emotions out of it”<BR/><BR/>“goddam hamburger flippers at it again”<BR/><BR/>“when ever someone bashs me i know that i gotten under there skin and that is good”<BR/><BR/>“he is wayyyyyyy to touchy<BR/>he overreacted in a big way<BR/>which leads one to think<BR/>me thinks he protests too much”<BR/><BR/>“you are responsible for the mess your in don’t blame me don’t blame the realtor blame yourself”<BR/><BR/>“when you know someones got your goat..and you cant find the words to fight back<BR/>1..discredit and call him a liar<BR/>if that dosnt work<BR/>2..throw insults at him/her<BR/>and if that didnt work<BR/>3..throw false allegations at him/her”<BR/><BR/>“faggots all should be lined up and shot. they don’t deserve a house to live.”<BR/><BR/>Oct 2007: “as interest rates will reset to 8-9% in the coming 12 months”<BR/><BR/>“All blacks and foregnners should go back to where they came”<BR/><BR/>“bums and hoeless people should get a job”<BR/><BR/>“neil you’re a total idiot”<BR/><BR/>“do you know how fucked you are?”<BR/>bwabwabwabwabwa !!!<BR/><BR/>“what a loser! sucker. idiot.”<BR/><BR/>“whos the nut”<BR/><BR/>“i never swear online”<BR/><BR/>“most of them are short fat middle aged wannabes”<BR/><BR/>“burn baby burn. I cannot wait for it to be like 1982 again.”<BR/><BR/>“bob censoring his comments again. what a piece of shit.”<BR/><BR/>“your a worthless human being”<BR/><BR/>“ha ha. you don't own anything. the bank owns you bitch lol.”<BR/><BR/>“i think sheldon has been fair with his blog” <BR/><BR/>“shit-even the title denotes r/e is overpriced. man, you're dumb.”<BR/><BR/>“dont screw around<BR/>your a ramen or a screwed <BR/>spec-buyer”<BR/><BR/>“they have sent over supposedly skilled tradesman from india the philipines and a host of other countries<BR/>they are not near the level of Canadians”<BR/><BR/>realtors as a rule are un-educated<BR/>and have no marketable skills<BR/>we are supposed to be better<BR/>if your a stupid buyer..whos to blame..not the realtor<BR/>you are<BR/>mothers of future realtors abort your babies<BR/><BR/>single moms are under-achievers<BR/><BR/>"i still claim that it is impossible for the median price to remain exactly the same for 8 days"<BR/><BR/>“the creb has difficulties calculating the math”<BR/><BR/>“first off..i have always said DONT blame your realtor if you over paid for your house”<BR/><BR/>“your mother should have aborted”<BR/><BR/>“all realtots are whores”<BR/><BR/>“the ramen marketing machine is so full of shit, they believe their own crap.”<BR/><BR/>“neither you or i can influence the choices of others..so relax its a blog”<BR/><BR/>“the future is good..not for you<BR/>but for me and my family”<BR/><BR/>“hehe.. your gonna lose it all”<BR/><BR/>“just reading sheldons board<BR/>he sure seems like a stand up guy<BR/>he just says it like it is”<BR/><BR/>“basement dwelling losers”<BR/><BR/>“ramen eating freak realtor”<BR/><BR/>“real estate boards are manipulating the data now”<BR/><BR/>“old criteria stats are no longer available”<BR/><BR/>“suck it up little boy”<BR/><BR/>“radley is an idiot”<BR/><BR/>“i have always respected bob truman<BR/>he knocked me..i knocked him<BR/>but he offered much good information..and won<BR/>many friends”<BR/><BR/>“these people typically are at the low end of the gene pool”<BR/><BR/>“now..if findcalgary.com would just disappear..panic and confusion would set in and prices would free fall”<BR/><BR/>“you realy are stupid”<BR/><BR/>“i mean realy..why are they so stupid ?”<BR/><BR/>“bob Truman is a fascist” <BR/><BR/>“leave us alone and we will leave you alone<BR/>dont taunt !!”<BR/><BR/>“That’s laughable frenchie”<BR/><BR/>“He's a realtwhore!”<BR/><BR/>“Realtwhores all lie”<BR/><BR/>“Don't skip taking your meds, dude.”<BR/><BR/>“Show us all how the mentally retarded act.”<BR/><BR/>“I wouldn't pay much credence to what Sara says. She's not all there.”<BR/><BR/>“anyone that would pay over $600,000 to live in regal terrace probably needs to be medicated"<BR/><BR/>“the fact that people were greedy is not your fault<BR/>you never forced anyone to buy”<BR/><BR/>"Gloria White is such a whore!"Blast from the pasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737248833863006295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-65204192449108272132009-01-14T07:55:00.000-08:002009-01-14T07:55:00.000-08:00Carioca Canuck said...Here's your "Calgary listing...Carioca Canuck said...Here's your "Calgary listing" joke for the day.......205 square feet for $139,000...."<BR/><BR/>Good find CC...<BR/><BR/>205 sq/ft? That's like 20x10! I lived in a 20x20 rental and you can hardly fit a 2 seater table in that! 205sq/ft, that's a closet! If they got $140,000 in loonies would it even fit in there? haha.<BR/><BR/>It souldn't be worth even $600/mo they are getting for rent.<BR/><BR/>...and the Faketor(r) posted 20 photos, none of unit for sale? Gimmer a break. Maybe he couldn't fit the camera in there...<BR/><BR/>MikeSnakes and Laddershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876011566991048971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-47813935608395206662009-01-14T07:41:00.000-08:002009-01-14T07:41:00.000-08:00Nortel must not employ enough "voters" to have rec...Nortel must not employ enough "voters" to have recevied any bailout money........<BR/><BR/>On the local RE front I am noticing a trend. Unsold listings changing realtors.....but not changing prices or anything else....seems like the blame for failure to sell is now being put on the shoulders of those who were tantamount in causing this mess in the first place.<BR/><BR/>Here's your "Calgary listing" joke for the day.......<A HREF="http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=7858822" REL="nofollow">205 square feet for $139,000....it is probably so pathetic that there are no interior pictures of the unit itself......just the hallway....ROTFLMAO !!! At $678 as square foot I'll pass.......</A>Carioca Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560054096545858201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-17241286600117889872009-01-14T05:56:00.000-08:002009-01-14T05:56:00.000-08:00Nortel BankruptTrading at .07 cents pre market in ...Nortel Bankrupt<BR/><BR/>Trading at .07 cents pre market in N.Y.<BR/><BR/>Bury the POS already.Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692519299223098252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-32044865756406113602009-01-14T04:15:00.000-08:002009-01-14T04:15:00.000-08:00Looking at Andrew Kyle's report (market as of Jan1...Looking at Andrew Kyle's report (market as of Jan10), we are now starting "Spring Rush". Last week inventory stopped going down and is heading UP and everything is WORSE.<BR/><BR/>- New lowest Median price record in 12 months for both SFH and Condo's<BR/>- +140 inventory in last 7 days.<BR/>- Lowest sales in a year<BR/>- 461 less sales in last 30 days.<BR/><BR/>And this tells is all:<BR/><BR/>Absorption Rate Trend:<BR/>SFH: 10.48 (7 days ago it was: 10.24)<BR/>Condo: 11.41 (7 days ago it was: 8.98)<BR/><BR/>Not a good time to buy and a worse time to sell if you don't price your property LOW.<BR/><BR/>Full Report: <BR/>http://www.andrewkyle.com/mlsca/home_page.php?page=weekly_stats<BR/><BR/>MikeSnakes and Laddershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876011566991048971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-57780304431485594292009-01-14T03:14:00.000-08:002009-01-14T03:14:00.000-08:00Obviously someone is hurting real bad with the Alb...Obviously someone is hurting real bad with the Alberta real estate bubble going pop and in his little pea brain mind this blog is to blame.<BR/>To funny!Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692519299223098252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-41624760022561136072009-01-13T23:24:00.000-08:002009-01-13T23:24:00.000-08:00Gloria, Can you please either ban Blast from the p...Gloria,<BR/><BR/> Can you please either ban Blast from the past or report him to Blogger for IP Ban/Blocking? He is just a troll attempting to ruin your blog.<BR/><BR/>MikeSnakes and Laddershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876011566991048971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-66344671113241495982009-01-13T23:11:00.000-08:002009-01-13T23:11:00.000-08:00For now you can also click "collapse comments" at ...For now you can also click "collapse comments" at the top of the comments page and then click the little orange box beside each name to see the comment. Makes this pretty readable.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the Canmore PDFs (you know who you are)--I don't check that email often, just received them, very nice to go back and check that info. Yep, Canmore is down and going fast, an actual house for sale for $488,000, first real house below 500K in a long time. Canmore is the bubble centre of Alberta for sure.Been Therehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02577160308674139884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-82925533810200649012009-01-13T22:35:00.000-08:002009-01-13T22:35:00.000-08:00i am not able to remove the jim_s blog post from b...i am not able to remove the jim_s blog post from bob trumansquidly77https://www.blogger.com/profile/05932628180799650933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-69261962688919237412009-01-13T21:59:00.000-08:002009-01-13T21:59:00.000-08:00What a post against a Calgarian that is.So go ahea...What a post against a Calgarian that is.<BR/><BR/><I>So go ahead Jim_S, let's see your evidence. Or wear the name coward and bully. You have a history of making outrageous statements that have no basis in fact. <BR/><BR/>If Jim_S is willing to go this far, it makes me wonder what he is capable of. How close to the edge is he? Judging from his comments, what do you think? Should I be worried about him, or is he just a harmless crackpot? When I see him posting things like this "But Bob the realtor will be long gone by then" repeatedly, it makes me wonder what he's thinking.<BR/><BR/>He's waged a campaign of libelous hate-mongering for about a year now. He seems to be spinning around in a blind rage against realtors, and me in particular. The information I provide on my website seems to upset his plans for the housing market. I can see why the female realtors in our industry are afraid, with crazies like this on the loose. </I>kremlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770284268046088551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-4308485415296772202009-01-13T21:49:00.000-08:002009-01-13T21:49:00.000-08:00bob truman..is this guy dangerous or just a coward...<A HREF="http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:dpJs9Ao3u-0J:www.bobtruman.com/blogs/bob_truman/archive/2008/05/28/is-this-guy-dangerous-or-just-a-cowardly-bully.aspx+bobtruman.com+jim_s&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=ca" REL="nofollow">bob truman..is this guy dangerous or just a coward</A>squidly77https://www.blogger.com/profile/05932628180799650933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-76496501766252446582009-01-13T21:30:00.000-08:002009-01-13T21:30:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.squidly77https://www.blogger.com/profile/05932628180799650933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588496932754350322.post-3617243446006761812009-01-13T21:24:00.000-08:002009-01-13T21:24:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.squidly77https://www.blogger.com/profile/05932628180799650933noreply@blogger.com