irvinehomeowner said:
Such a sensationalist.
You had already admitted that Irvine declined slower and recovered faster... remember... you blamed it on the FCBs, are you going back on that now? And when it started and bottomed out is not the main measurement of stability/recovery, it's the percentage drop (which was already compared) and how long it gets back to last peak pricing (or within $560
).
Ah, so if you have a wrong position, you have to hold to it no matter what? Even if there is an avalanche of data to the contrary?
Even the Redfin link you posted shows Irvine bottomed in Feb 2012. The Redfin median is a 3-month median (which I've pointed out to you before), so all we can derive from it is that Irvine bottomed sometime in the three months between Dec 2011 and Feb 2012, which aligns with Larry's chart.
So now we should agree that FCB's helped Irvine's prices from falling quite as far, but Irvine did not start declining later than the rest of OC, nor did it bottom more quickly.
irvinehomeowner said:
Let's look at your OCHN (Larry again?) data. It's median prices which isn't the best indicator but it's the data you are referencing. You have to eyeball it but on Page 4 for both Irvine and OC, yes, they peak about the same time, 2006, and they both bottom out around the same time (close to 2013, not 2011). But, look at the percentage drop... again eyeballing it, Irvine dropped about $750k to $565k... around 25% (or should we say 30% as you like to claim) and OC dropped about $695k to $450k... around 35%. Whoah! If 1-5% is such a big difference to you guys, 10% must be huuuuuuuuggge!!
You have used median data extensively on this forum. The only time you criticize it is when it shows something you don't like (confirmation bias). I've never disputed that Irvine dropped less than OC during that cycle, so why argue it again? The more interesting question is why is Irvine dropping harder than the rest of OC
this time?
irvinehomeowner said:
And to note, this data source contradicts LL's claims of Irvine rents declining...
From page 3 of the Irvine report:
Historically, properties in this market sell at a 9.2% premium. Today's premium is 2.3%. This market is 6.9% undervalued.
Median home price is $849,600, and resale $/SF is $477/SF. Prices fell 1.3% year-over-year.
Monthly cost of ownership is $3,635, and rents average $3,554, making owning $080 per month more costly than renting.
Rents rose 2.7% year-over-year. The current capitalization rate (rent/price) is 4.0%.
Yes, I noticed that, but my claim was not unsubstantiated. It was based on Trulia's data. So at best we have conflicting data. I don't know how either source, OCHN or Trulia, compiles these stats. It could be MLS rental listings. It could be surveys of large complexes. So for now, we have to say rents may be increasing or decreasing, but we don't have a consensus.
irvinehomeowner said:
From page 3 of the Irvine report:
Historically, properties in this market sell at a 9.2% premium. Today's premium is 2.3%. This market is 6.9% undervalued.
Median home price is $849,600, and resale $/SF is $477/SF. Prices fell 1.3% year-over-year.
Monthly cost of ownership is $3,635, and rents average $3,554, making owning $080 per month more costly than renting.
Rents rose 2.7% year-over-year. The current capitalization rate (rent/price) is 4.0%.
And from the OC report:
Historically, properties in this market sell at a 1.9% premium. Today's discount is 4.2%. This market is 6.1% undervalued.
Median home price is $721,100, and resale $/SF is $423/SF. Prices fell 0.5% year-over-year.
Monthly cost of ownership is $3,085, and rents average $3,219, making owning $134 per month less costly than renting.
Rents rose 3.4% year-over-year. The current capitalization rate (rent/price) is 4.3%.
It actually costs more to own vs rent in OC compared to Irvine!!!
Irvine has an $80 ownership premium. OC has a $134 ownership discount. So what is your point here?
irvinehomeowner said:
Again, data is not fool proof. It can vary depending on the source and metrics. While LL likes to use data from sites so he can say Irvine prices are "bottoming" (so far a whopping 1.3% according to this data he posted), other sites have Irvine slightly up like Redfin (I found this link that lets you pick and choose many different options):
https://www.redfin.com/blog/data-center
For Irvine, Redfin says it's up 3% for August 2019
YOY although sales are down 10% (why is this again?).
I agree that data isn't fool proof, but it's less foolish than anecdotal evidence (your preferred way of spinning a narrative). I also didn't say Irvine was bottoming. This is just the first year of what will likely be a multi-year downturn (just my opinion based on historical RE cycles).
Redfin is the
only data source, among many, that shows a YoY increase for August. If you look at May, June, or July they show Irvine declined, but congrats on this one month of positive data. You have embraced Redfin, but openly criticized all other data sources that contradict your ingrained biases. What are you going to do when Redfin goes back to showing YoY declines again?
irvinehomeowner said:
Oh and by the way:
Liar Loan said:
The median peaked in December 2018 at $869,600 and now for September 2019 it sits at $849,600, a 2.3% decline over the hot summer selling season!!
So the top wasn't July 2018, it was December 2018? Which month is it? You keep changing your statement. Redfin says April 2019 at $882k was peak.
And being in the mortgage business, you should know that it's a spring to summer season and then end of year season. September is too late, people aren't buying any more. It's
seasonal.
Pinpointing the exact top depends on the data source used, yet they
ALL agree that Irvine has peaked. As explained before, with Redfin's 3-month median, the top could be anywhere between Feb-Apr 2019, not very far off from Larry's one month median showing Dec 2018. If you look at Redfin's $/Sq Ft, it shows prices peaked in
May 2018 and are currently down 2.2% since then.
My prior post showing that prices declined during the hottest selling season of the year shows why this
isn't seasonal. Prices are supposed to
increase from December to September, not decline by 2.3%.
Bottom line: Irvine is in for a world of pain. (Just look at Compressed Village sweating bullets.)