Tulsa is included in Forbes 25 Strongest Housing Markets for 2009 (houses, buyers)

[OneDayAttaTime]

In Depth: America's 25 Strongest Housing Markets - Forbes.com

Tulsa is predicted to bottom in late 2009 and only expected to change about 1.1%.

[kbarjae]

this means housing cost more or less .Is this good for the seller or the buyer,

[PinkElephant]

I would guess that these conditions are better for those who are in a position to buy, not so much for sellers, and unless you get a steal on a fixer upper and do it yourself, house flipping won't be as profitable either.

So, if you're looking to buy a house and keep it, best wishes!

[Synopsis]

I never looked at a house as an investment, I looked at a house as a home and a place to live. Too many have looked at a house not as a home, but as an investment tool for financial gain. That is what has caused a lot of these problems with the housing bubble burst.

[kbarjae]

o k cause in fla its a buyers market,a house that cost 600,000 last year can be had for 400,000 or less this year they are calling this a weak market

[Jammie]

Originally Posted by kbarjae

o k cause in fla its a buyers market,a house that cost 600,000 last year can be had for 400,000 or less this year they are calling this a weak market

You're right. The thing is that they originally became WAY too overpriced when this all started. I remember that in 2004, a house could be worth 75,000. Within a few weeks time, that house was suddenly worth 300,000. Now someone ended up being stuck in the end after the original homeowner and flipper and a bunch of others made a fortune from it. That same house is maybe worth 150,000 now and so many people are upset about the drop in prices. The wages there are no better then here or in OK so I don't know how houses could've kept increasing~so few people could afford to buy one when they reached the top. I hope it's a good lesson for all of us that fast and extreme growth and an upswing in housing prices isn't necessarily a good thing.