Comments on: Free Fallin’ http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/04/01/free-fallin/ Politics, Sports and Pop Culture Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:58:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Recovering Lobbyist http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/04/01/free-fallin/#comment-50848 Recovering Lobbyist Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:47:07 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=17734#comment-50848 Will, it is real easy to look at national numbers and paint a picture that the entire country is in the tank. It is not. There is no such thing as a national real estate market and if you dig into the article you read you would find out that South Carolina is in fair shape. None of the three major markets in our state are down more than a fraction of a point from their highs. Greenville is projected to already be on the rise, and Columbia and Charleston are projected to start recovering by the third quarter of this year. Take a look at these links: http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/20/real_estate/home_price_forecast.moneymag/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_realestate/2009/states.html#S One other thing: at least Money looks at 100 markets. Some of the reports that I have seen measure only the top 20 markets. Most of these markets are in California and Florida. I know you are "unfair and imbalanced," but don't be a part of the sky is falling crowd. It may be falling in Florida and California, but it is not falling in South Carolina. Will, it is real easy to look at national numbers and paint a picture that the entire country is in the tank. It is not. There is no such thing as a national real estate market and if you dig into the article you read you would find out that South Carolina is in fair shape. None of the three major markets in our state are down more than a fraction of a point from their highs. Greenville is projected to already be on the rise, and Columbia and Charleston are projected to start recovering by the third quarter of this year. Take a look at these links:

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/20/real_estate/home_price_forecast.moneymag/index.htm

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_realestate/2009/states.html#S

One other thing: at least Money looks at 100 markets. Some of the reports that I have seen measure only the top 20 markets. Most of these markets are in California and Florida. I know you are “unfair and imbalanced,” but don’t be a part of the sky is falling crowd. It may be falling in Florida and California, but it is not falling in South Carolina.

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