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Opinions on slow market trend?
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Whats the experts take on current condo market In Mississauga/ Toronto.
I have seen so many condos this year with price at $400-500k with 1+ 1 2 bath or 2/2 bed bath.
All with older buildings maintenance sitting at around 600-900 a month that covers all bills.
While these same options last year same time were well above 550k, so is it a good time for someone looking to start just husband and wife for around 450k?
Or do you think these prices will tank even more? Or in next 7-10 years prices will be going up?
As these same condos in 2016 were 280k
What experts think on this?
Top Comment: Condo prices will continue falling, and will take many years to play out.
Why is the resell market so slow right now?
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I’m not currently trying to sell any of my collection but I always keep an eye on the market because I am looking for good deals. I have noticed that the market is very slow right now. Less stuff being listed, rare items being listed for a long time before selling, and prices for rare items are about $40-$100 less than usual. (I just came across Kirsten’s on the trail outfit that has been up on eBay at $64 for several hours. A year ago that would have sold in less than 5 minutes. If you’re looking for that one I think it’s still available)
I started collecting again in late 2020 after a decade long break and I think this is the slowest I’ve ever seen the second hand market.
I swear a few years ago there would be tons of new stuff added constantly, not to mention how much stuff was being posted on my local Facebook marketplace. Now the same stuff sits for months and hardly anything new gets added.
Maybe it’s just me but I’ve also noticed an uptick in collectors who only want to buy new.
Have any of y’all noticed this? What do you think is causing it?
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The economy is bad, in spite of what the White House says...we're living it! Inflation is high and people are focusing more on buying necessities. I buy and resell things from various genres. Things I think should be a fast sell and that are priced to make them a fast sale, are just sitting and that's using eBay and Marketplace and Craigslist. I've been doing this for a couple decades, I know what to price items at and how to write great ads and take great pictures but still, very little is selling. So because of my slow sales, I'm not buying much now either, whether for myself or for resale. I'm not buying for myself because I don't have the money coming in since my stuff isn't selling and I'm not buying for resale because it's not selling. And there's the vicious circle...
Is there a market for a slow, turn-based web game similar to PBEMs of old?
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So I've been thinking back to the glory days of PBEM games, where you could play a strategy game with dozens of people. The games could be really complex, with turns processed every week or every few days.
Free games that still exist of that type are Olympia and also Atlantis. Of course, they're entirely PBEM and text based, though you can still use clients that examine your turn report and build visual representations of maps and such. Another game that has stood the test of time, and is still commercially available, is Phoenix: Beyond the Stellar Empire. That one is now hybrid, with a complicated albeit somewhat dated web interface to help you process turns.
Anyway, I was wondering how many people out there would be interested in a modernized, turn-based, 4x PBEM style game with a web or app interface. I would say no more than two or three turns per week, for strategy players who want to take their time and engage in diplomacy with other players. The whole point would be to create a game you didn't have to monitor 24/7 while fearing someone could attack you and ruin your stuff, i.e. not real time but turns from all players processed simultaneously.
I'm thinking of trying to create such a game, and I was wondering what features would be acceptable. It would be a "serious hobby," with unapologetically retro graphics. I'd rather spend time on making a good game than making it too pretty. But UI concerns would be taken seriously. The goal would be to have at least several dozen players per game world, and yes, I hope to charge a fee to cover costs.
So, what say you? Does any of this sound realistic? Do you have any dream games of this type you'd like to see come to fruition?
I'm still wondering whether I'm biting off more than I can chew with this, and any released game is probably years away. But I've been wanting to create such a game since back in the days of paper PBMs, and I don't even know if anyone really cares about them anymore.
Thanks in advance for any input!
EDIT: Thanks everyone for your responses. I didn't expect so many, and I'm not going to try to respond to them all. But it's nice to know there's some interest, and I appreciate the ideas.
Top Comment: Space Empires VI please
Is the Housing Market Starting to Slow Down?
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My wife follows listings and has noticed alot of houses are relisted after the offer dates.
We actually put an offer on one home the day after all offers were to be presented as there were no offers presented. We offered 100 over asking and the guy turned it down.
It's now relisted for 200 more than the original listing. Good luck buddy.
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SO is a realtor and she says yes. I think everyone is waiting to see what happens with rates and with Covid numbers down, the urban flight has returned to normal.
The housing market hasn’t been this slow in almost 30 years
Main Post: The housing market hasn’t been this slow in almost 30 years
Top Comment: This has everything to do with mortgage rate “lock-in”. Almost 60% of existing mortgages have rates under 4 percent while new mortgages are over 7 percent. The average rate delta is over 3 percentage points and estimates say that for each ppt, the probability of you selling your home drops by 18%. Most people are half as likely to sell their homes so inventory is tight. This results in a roughly 2 million fewer existing home sales over the past few years. Lock-in increased home prices by ~7% while dampened demand from higher rates reduced prices by ~5.6%, so the net impact was actually to raise home prices and reduce affordability. Rate lock-in is here to stay for a long time as mortgage holders had plenty of time to refinance with rates at historically low levels.
Steam Community Market Issues
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Over the past few days, the market has been extremely slow or non functional. Sometimes I am unable to view my inventory, view items on the market, or even cancel buy orders on items in the market.
Has this been happening to anyone else? Worried it may be an issue on my end, but no idea what could be causing it. I am browsing through Steam directly, not with a browser/extensons
Top Comment: That is pretty common, steam marketplace/inventory has been a shit show for years
Will the delayed cannabis license lottery slow the rollout of Minnesota’s marijuana market?
Main Post: Will the delayed cannabis license lottery slow the rollout of Minnesota’s marijuana market?
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Yes
Is there a definitive best modern slow cooker? Feels like all of them run too hot nowadays.
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Used to go with crock pot. Have tried several brands since then and all seem to run too hot,
And don’t really even get the food super tender.
Maybe they need to have way more liquid added nowadays or something. I have no clue
They didn’t seem to be this problematic before. Just needed the basic crockpot with the dial.
And now these fancy ones with tech can’t even compare. Disappointing.
Maybe need to buy a super expensive Wolf one.
Top Comment: THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS! I was trying to convince my guy that the last 2 slow cookers I owned there was no “low” setting. They both cooked everything so fast on low.