House Prices

why would be because thats the price people are willing to pay.

did you think you would get fire sale prices just because of a hurricane

I'm sure that asking prices depend on the owners and what they think they can get for their property, or the realtor's advice based on comps.

Maybe the home you want to purchase suffered no damage, and now they think they can get more for it?

If the deal fell through it would be helpful to know why. There might have been a problem with the property or just could be the buyer's financing fell through.

So many variables not easy to know why.

No, not fire sale prices, but at least the same, not higher.

The national economy is getting better, so prices are going up nationwide.

Rumors are circulating on St. Croix that theres a good possibility of the old Hovensa plant restarting the refining of crude once again. The same rumor includes a very large increase in the number of new employees (3000-4000 people). Before Hess shuttered the plant, a little over 2000 were employed there. This would be a massive boost to St. Croix's economy and real estate prices will climb upward.
The increase in prices may have already begun due to just the rumors.

The national economy is getting better, so prices are going up nationwide.

Rumors are circulating on St. Croix that theres a good possibility of the old Hovensa plant restarting the refining of crude once again. The same rumor includes a very large increase in the number of new employees (3000-4000 people). Before Hess shuttered the plant, a little over 2000 were employed there. This would be a massive boost to St. Croix's economy and real estate prices will climb upward.
The increase in prices may have already begun due to just the rumors.

I deal with a lot of real estate agents...this is what I have been told also.

I, for one, am delighted at the increasing home prices.

There is also grumbling on a few Facebook pages by "locals" concerned with gentrification which I see as a very good thing too.

Singlefin, that is a very reasonable explanation, thanks for your response.

Supply and demand. A few less houses on the market after the hurricanes due to needed repairs. There is also the seasonal effect. More houses seem to go on the market just before or during high season when there are more potential customers on island. They start out with higher asking prices. If they don't get offers and don't want to wait they start lowering the price after a while. Many are in no hurry to sell.

If I had the extra cash, I'd consider buying more real estate myself right now. I think we're on the verge of something very positive here.
The good Lord knows this island has been waiting patiently for a very long time... like since the 1980's

Trump's fault.

The refinery restarting would be nice but I don’t see refining operations being an wise investment without access nat gas

Goverment and the current financial issues are the biggest hinderance.

This was part of an article by "The Source" one year after the Hovensa closure. Imagine regaining this tax revenue, and if the local government was able to manage it responsibly?

Tax revenues, which are hurting due to the overall economic situation, are depressed considerably by the Hovensa closure.

In a report issued in June, to accompany the administration’s budget projections and recommendations, Berger estimated the closure would cause overall tax revenues to decline by roughly $140 million.

The Bureau of Economic Research projected the V.I. economy as a whole would see a $580 million shortfall in economic output attributed to the refinery’s closure.

This was part of an article by "The Source" one year after the Hovensa closure. Imagine regaining this tax revenue, and if the local government was able to manage it responsibly?

Yeah at the same time the government shouldn't rely so heavily on as single source of income for precisely the reason of the mess that resulted from the closure.

Scubadoo as far as I know the government hasn't come up with any new sources of revenue in the last 5 plus years so chances are pretty good that they won't.

Don’t forget the sin tax.

Scubadoo as far as I know the government hasn't come up with any new sources of revenue in the last 5 plus years so chances are pretty good that they won't.

They need to keep working on making the budget match the current revenues and if they do get more revenue from Hovensa to make sure the government can survive without all of it. I know I know, that'll never happen.

Something tells me the big wigs in the Government already know whats going on with the refinery, but their holding back on the news until were closer to the election.

Trump's fault.

Well said !and true!

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It's always his fault. Lol

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Trump's fault.

Capt wally. You might not be looking for fire sale prices but after disasters that is usually what people look for. They hope to go in and scoop up property for far lower than market value . Hoping to do a little paint and resell for much higher prices.