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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:25:39 GMT--><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="/universal/styles/feed.css"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>News &amp; Views - Comments</title><link>http://www.guelphblog.ca/guelph-real-estate-news-views/</link><description></description><copyright></copyright><language>en-CA</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>loans tips comments on Mortgage Strategies</title><author>loans tips</author><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:56:44 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.guelphblog.ca/guelph-real-estate-news-views/2009/10/8/mortgage-strategies.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">106873:951336:comment/7535162</guid><description><![CDATA[thanks for sharing mortgage strategis, i will try your tips.<br/><br/><br/>warmest regard,<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.loansinsurancetips.com">http://www.loansinsurancetips.com</a>]]></description></item><item><title>[Dean Manton] comments on Market Update</title><author>[Dean Manton]</author><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:12:40 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.guelphblog.ca/guelph-real-estate-news-views/2010/1/4/market-update.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">106873:951336:comment/7007625</guid><description><![CDATA[Yikes!!!]]></description></item><item><title>Civil Disobedience comments on Market Update</title><author>Civil Disobedience</author><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:55:54 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.guelphblog.ca/guelph-real-estate-news-views/2010/1/4/market-update.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">106873:951336:comment/6904388</guid><description><![CDATA[What if they avoid homeownership for their entire lives?  Would they come out ahead if they can't afford it to begin with?  <br/><br/>Homeownership has never been more expensive than it is right now at this very moment.  It is absolutely crushing this generation financially.  All of my cohort is dead broke and in debt.  It takes two incomes just to remain semi-solvent.  All their money and time goes toward their houses and they don't live their lives.  Read the two income trap....<br/><br/>I can not buy any property and rent it at positive cashflow.  Now even investors are priced out of the market, so what shall I do, jam more people into a student home?  It takes 6 students to get $200-300 positive on a rental.  Sorry, but that's not worth it for me.<br/><br/>Real estate agents are killing their own industry just like they have in the US.  I know you'll be around to pick up the pieces and sell below current markets and I'll be there to buy, but I'm not pretending to help buyers out by pushing them into high mortgages that will last a lifetime.  These loans are fully recourse.  <br/><br/>And by the way, you assume that prices will continue to rise.  What if they don't?<br/><br/>Don't celebrate high consumables it's irrational.  What do you do, work for the banks?  Let me guess, you sell real estate.  Was I right?]]></description></item><item><title>[Dean Manton] comments on Market Update</title><author>[Dean Manton]</author><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:09:49 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.guelphblog.ca/guelph-real-estate-news-views/2010/1/4/market-update.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">106873:951336:comment/6889992</guid><description><![CDATA[Civil D, the only problem with your point is that you picture the &quot;buyer&quot; as a perpetual first-time buyer. In that case the longer they avoid home ownership, the more they fall behind. Conversely, once you buy property you begin to accumulate equity and then higher prices are good news. DM]]></description></item><item><title>[Dean Manton] comments on Market Update</title><author>[Dean Manton]</author><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:05:20 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.guelphblog.ca/guelph-real-estate-news-views/2010/1/4/market-update.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">106873:951336:comment/6889957</guid><description><![CDATA[Thanks for the heads-up on the stats Frugalboy. They have been corrected.]]></description></item><item><title>Civil Disobedience comments on Market Update</title><author>Civil Disobedience</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:22:24 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.guelphblog.ca/guelph-real-estate-news-views/2010/1/4/market-update.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">106873:951336:comment/6793393</guid><description><![CDATA[This book is an excellent read about how putting two family members to work has destroyed the middle class.  One of the biggest culprits is high house prices [the others are higher taxes and high health care costs (US)].<br/><br/>The Two Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke<br/><br/>link: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.ca/Two-Income-Trap-Middle-Class-Mothers/dp/0465090826">http://www.amazon.ca/Two-Income-Trap-Middle-Class-Mothers/dp/0465090826</a>]]></description></item><item><title>Civil Disobedience comments on Market Update</title><author>Civil Disobedience</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:18:53 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.guelphblog.ca/guelph-real-estate-news-views/2010/1/4/market-update.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">106873:951336:comment/6793376</guid><description><![CDATA[There's really only two problems with where this is headed.  1) If prices continue to increase, then buyers will be officially priced out so prices will contract back to what the average buyer can afford and 2) If prices continue to increase the government has pledged to bring prices back down by increasing downpayments and reducing amortizations.  This means prices are certain to decline and not rise.  Best those with real estate already can hope for is price stability but as we go up, this becomes less and less probable.  <br/><br/>Prices rising only serves those who have houses and don't need to live anywhere.  High prices hurt everyone.  I don't understand why ever increasing prices is universally good news?  Do we celebrate high gas prices and high food prices?  What about other commodities/consumables?]]></description></item><item><title>frugalboy comments on Market Update</title><author>frugalboy</author><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:57:31 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.guelphblog.ca/guelph-real-estate-news-views/2010/1/4/market-update.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">106873:951336:comment/6784655</guid><description><![CDATA[I think you have some of your figures in the wrong spots.  For both 2008 and 09 you have homes selling for more than 100% of the avg. list price.<br/><br/>It's nice to see that everything balanced out in the end.]]></description></item><item><title>Dorothy comments on The General Idling Calculator - Results for Guelph</title><author>Dorothy</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:31:24 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.guelphblog.ca/guelph-real-estate-news-views/2009/11/13/the-general-idling-calculator-results-for-guelph.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">106873:951336:comment/6466665</guid><description><![CDATA[Dear Site Owner, <br/><br/>I would like to say that your blog is well-written and it contains lots of useful and up-to-date information. We really got interested in your web resource and we would like to cooperate with you. 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