Joe Weisenthal of BusinessInsider.com looks at the NYT’s coverage of Hampton real estate and concludes that there’s trouble. Well, duh. But I do like this observation:
Actually, most telling, is an anecdote about a couple who purchased a home for $1.65 million in 2006, who tried selling it recently for $2.2 million. Nobody bit and they’ve been steadily dropping the price back down to where they’d merely be breakeven. We’re guessing they’ll have to cut further, since there’s no reason to think that inflated 2006 prices are market-rate anymore. But there’s something about the housing mentality that no matter the market conditions, people still think they should make a profit, or at least get their money back.
Once sellers finally give in though, watch out below.
