The boom is continuing - just not at the torrid pace of the first half of 2005, ... This is a return to more normal behavior for a healthy real estate market. |
The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead |
The idea of trying to seed them was very, very difficult. |
The industry is in the middle of a truly massive change. |
The Olympics are perfect for this. Anything potentially that good is probably inevitable. |
There was a negative swirl in the market; every pronouncement using the bubble term made buyers pause. We are not seeing prices fall; we are just seeing fewer sales. |
There's a disconnect between buyers and sellers. Sellers tend to be about at least six months behind the curve. |
This is the second consecutive quarter where we've seen moderating appreciation. The market has appeared to make a transition from a double-digit frenzied growth to a more modest growth. |
This made some buyers hesitate; there were people on the sidelines waiting to see what would happen, |
This year, we are certainly creating some pressure on the bottom line by this move in the US to broadband. That's a conscious decision. It is a classic short-term versus long-term trade-off. |
Video consumption is exploding on-line and on-demand is going to be the dominant way to consume content. |
Wall Street accounts for only about 6 percent of the jobs in New York but 25 percent of the economic activity. Every time there's an up-tick in bonuses, there's an up-tick in the real estate market. |
We don't comment on rumor or speculation. |
We want a national footprint right away, which is the reasons for BYOA, ... We also want to work closely with cable and DSL providers. Co-marketing is effective. |
We're not seeing prices fall, |