While I am still trying to get used to my new apartment (moved there 2 days ago, you will have the full story of my search for apartments to rent in the next days), I receive calls that really worry me… Big businessmen worried or desperate, normal people in trouble, while some lovely ones still say that everything is fine… Out of tens of questions you sent me lately, here are some answers to them (more to come soon, don’t complain… I have to work, to make a living too!): Vasile M. says: Why do you keep talking about a crisis? I was in Predeal for the holidays and on New Year’s even there [...]
Real prices will go up / Artificial ones will go down, aggressively
I am tested, these are my answers (part 3) This is the last part of my answer to the reader who challenged me. If you want to see the first part of the answer, together his comment and questions, press here: http://http://www.iliaspapageorgiadis.ro/english/?p=152.If you want to see the second part of the answer, press here: http://http://www.iliaspapageorgiadis.ro/english/?p=153 Don’t get confused: The are two categories of properties I hope you got my point for the economy of the country and my proposal for the future. Let us go now to the Real Estate domain. Last year it seems that I [...]
Romania still doesn’t have any Competitor in South Eastern Europe
I am tested, these are my answers (part 2) Today I continue my reply to the reader who challenged me. If you want to see the first part of the answer, together his comment and questions, press here: http://http://www.iliaspapageorgiadis.ro/english/?p=152 The fundamentals of Romanian economy are healthy Let us talk about the trade deficit. Please find for me a country which does not have this problem, except China, Germany and few more. USA and almost all European countries are in the same direction since we know this world. Especially Romania requires a deficit, so as to invest and catch [...]
Leu should drop to 1 euro / 4.5 leu
I am tested, these are my answers… (part 1) Leu should drop to 1 euro / 4.5 leu My friends, I think you have overestimated me a little bit (or a lot). I am a high school graduate, without any university degree at all and I have received an email by a technical analyst, who really challenged me. I will do my best to reply to him (and together with him to all of you), but I will ask you to be gentle with me, because I will try to tell you truths that Romanians don’t like listening to (exactly as Greeks never like to hear their truths too). So, the comment I received was: “Well, it looks [...]
Replying to you – 4th part (and last…)
Except the books of Petros Markaris (famous Greek author for crime books), Sebastian Falkes and John Grisham that I read last week (and some super new jokes that I learned), I also found some time to reply to some of your last posts. Hopefully next week I will be able to share with you a story that is tickling me for over a month, regarding a shepherd who was the first multi millionaire who I met in my life, back in the innocent age of 18 – 19 years… (I find it useless to reply to the messages which just have some nice words about me. I thank all the senders for their kind words and I promise [...]
Listening to you…replies to your comments part 3
Vacation – Books and “I became Romanian”… “You became Romanian” my mother commented after me complaining for the situation in several aspects of Greece. All the family is together, today I leave for the first part of my vacation, but I still see around me and I get very upset. Many times I complain for the problems and the stupidities I see in Romania, but I always find this country as an example of progress, as a place where things move fast and they improve much more than even the native residents can realize. Back in Greece, dealing with the same problems, with no news for years, [...]
Keep answering your comments …
and The Financial Times for Romania Hello to all my friends out there. I am out of Bucharest, just for one day in Rome for business and then to Greece for V A C A T I O N. I would like to thank you all because the record that this post created, regarding Greece of 1999 and Romania of today, is really impressive for me, as this blog will start to be promoted from September. I have received so many comments; I will do a big effort to reply to as much as I can. Before I start with my replies, I have for you 3 links that one of you has sent to me. They are from Financial Times and they are really [...]
Listening to you / Replying to your questions part 1
Today I will only reply to some of the comments I have received. I was really surprised to find out that in just 2 days, without any advertisement or special promotion, we had some thousands of readers. I am very happy to find out that people are really interested in what is going on around them and they have a strong opinion, either we or agree or not (this is the pleasure of Democracy). Also I would like to thank mrs Cerasela Marin, journalist in the site www.hotnews.ro, as she did an excellent job translating almost all my article to Romanian language, adding also her own approach. So, for [...]
Q: How did 2012 start for the residential market in Iasi?
Dan Mihoci: The real estate market is headed towards normalcy, without “sentimental” pretentions of the seller or unfounded requests from buyers with an evident need for consultancy, for both buyers and sellers. Despite the bad weather and the economic and political instability, the real estate market is an interesting chapter for everyone.
Q: In 2011, the year started with a high level of interest but few transactions. How did the market evolve ... 
