tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31427364.post849390656394102112..comments2024-03-26T03:52:23.395-07:00Comments on Housing Analysis: . . . . and More Construction - Surreymohicanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06094213357140749289noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31427364.post-47881601335673020822008-05-27T00:32:00.000-07:002008-05-27T00:32:00.000-07:00Whalley condo projects represent more than half th...<I>Whalley condo projects represent more than half the total construction spending in Surrey</I><BR/><BR/>Wow, high rise suburban slums just like Paris! Who says we're not world class!<BR/><BR/>Congrats on the CR appearance Mohican.patriotzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11154064267408955762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31427364.post-38730389051082399082008-05-26T19:54:00.000-07:002008-05-26T19:54:00.000-07:00Tulip to be fair you don't need direct exporting f...Tulip to be fair you don't need direct exporting from BC or Canada for that matter when it comes to resources. Since, metal prices and oil is set by international prices for the most part.<BR/><BR/>So, the idea would be if they're insatiable demand keeps going, the value of those commodities will rise, even if we don't ship it to there.<BR/><BR/>With that said, Construction and Olympic projects make up much more of the bulk of spending in Vancouver. If real estate falls tax revenue too...Gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02110168476086184327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31427364.post-1939037400079467232008-05-26T18:02:00.000-07:002008-05-26T18:02:00.000-07:00Great work Mohican! Interesting that all 6 data po...Great work Mohican! Interesting that all 6 data points on CR's graph above 7 months were correlated with price drops. But it looks like the magic MOI number for Vancouver could be a bit lower?Crabmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948103744190384285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31427364.post-89509641145465222902008-05-26T16:57:00.000-07:002008-05-26T16:57:00.000-07:00Citation on Calculated Risk for mohican. Way to go...<A HREF="http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2008/05/scatter-graphs-months-of-supply-vs.html" REL="nofollow">Citation on Calculated Risk</A> for mohican. Way to go!jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155122147972263497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31427364.post-86181792073599622632008-05-26T15:54:00.000-07:002008-05-26T15:54:00.000-07:00Mohican asks"What happens when the projects finish...Mohican asks<BR/><BR/>"What happens when the projects finish, all the money is spent and the workers go home?"<BR/><BR/>The brainwashed will say that with India and China creating insatiable demand for our natural resources, our economy will do just fine.<BR/><BR/>But as far as I can see exports to both of those countries don't amount to a hill of beans.<BR/><BR/>From what I can tell exports to China in 07 were less than 10 billion and to India less than 3 billion.<BR/><BR/>We have a trade deficit with both.<BR/><BR/>TICK TOCK, TICK TOCKtulip-Mania2https://www.blogger.com/profile/01482331067557664647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31427364.post-3387987674383242062008-05-26T15:46:00.000-07:002008-05-26T15:46:00.000-07:00From a budgeting perspective, when do these big ex...From a budgeting perspective, when do these big expenditures hit the government financial statements? Are they accounted for as soon as they are announced (funds set aside), or as they complete?<BR/><BR/>Obviously the province can't keep spending like drunken sailors, but if the economy slows in the next few years, will we be bleeding red paying for this stuff?Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586650821846362670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31427364.post-32804139302361586172008-05-26T15:33:00.000-07:002008-05-26T15:33:00.000-07:00Congrats on the big time CR hit!!!!! You deserve i...Congrats on the big time CR hit!!!!! You deserve it!Van Housing Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08547691078400829048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31427364.post-36268469108397137672008-05-26T15:29:00.000-07:002008-05-26T15:29:00.000-07:00Wow - an appearance on Calculated Risk - that is H...Wow - an appearance on Calculated Risk - that is Huge!<BR/><BR/>You're only one step removed from the WSJ now.<BR/><BR/>Good Work!van_coffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738166821362446247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31427364.post-6276511599376290972008-05-26T15:08:00.000-07:002008-05-26T15:08:00.000-07:00mohican -- you're famous:http://tinyurl.com/64yp7d...mohican -- you're famous:<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/64yp7d<BR/><BR/>keep up the good workeconprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830883869018178965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31427364.post-55233728757210278582008-05-26T14:12:00.000-07:002008-05-26T14:12:00.000-07:00Whalley condo projects represent more than half th...Whalley condo projects represent more than half the total construction spending in Surrey at the moment with 3 projects over $500 Million.mohicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094213357140749289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31427364.post-23009790926756356232008-05-26T14:06:00.000-07:002008-05-26T14:06:00.000-07:00Condos and more condos are the story in Surrey and...Condos and more condos are the story in Surrey and most of them will be finished in the next 12 months. Crazy! <BR/><BR/>Government and quasi government projects represent $800 Million in expenditures.mohicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094213357140749289noreply@blogger.com