Future Sight

A Macro view on the economy, markets and business. This is the copyrighted property of Jonathan Rose Company, LLC 2004-2011 it is not in any way associated with Jonathan F.P. Rose or the Jonathan Rose Companies whose website can be found at rose-network.com

What constitutes good value in a real estate purchase.

jonsyrose | June 10, 2009

Its funny how many times in the last few months that I have heard brokers tell me a property is a steal or I would be crazy to miss out on this opportunity. I was recently looking at a house that was originally listed at $805,000 in 2007. ( A seller can ask what they [...]

Why the Bail Out won't work

jonsyrose | September 25, 2008

The Roman legions understood failure and the issues that the country currently faces. They understood overstaffing, undermotivation, and they had this fantastic system called decimation where one in ever 10 person in the legion (made up of 100 soilders) is decapitated. Whilst I do not propose death, certainly heads need to role and not just [...]