New Blog 2: San Diego House Prices

Monday, 12 November 2012

San Diego House Prices

I suppose that one could note my emphasis on data and assume I am some sort of impassive misanthrope whose only glimmer of pleasure comes from long nights spent manipulating my beloved database tables as my long-suffering wife looks resignedly on in aching loneliness. Our hypothetical reader believes that such a person—perhaps our reader now pauses to wonder whether such a joyless automaton can even be considered a person at all—could never understand the role that psychology and emotion play in buying a home.

Well, it's a nice idea, but the reality is that I understand the psychological forces at work perfectly well. It is the still large but ever-dwindling herd of real estate permabulls who does not.