Friday, August 01, 2014

The investment performance of REITs

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This graph shows the investment performance of real estate investment trusts over the past decade. As you can see, they plunged during the h...
Monday, October 14, 2013

Robert Shiller wins Nobel Prize in Economics

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Yale Professor Robert Shiller has won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel: Three American professors...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Why the prolonged economic slump? One word: Housing.

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Economist Dean Baker writes about a recent research paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: The study goes on to note the extra...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

S&P/Case-Shiller national home price index falls again

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In the first quarter of 2012, the S&P/Case-Shiller national home price index fell 1.9% year-over-year: Data through March 2012, release...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Housing recovery a long way off

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In a CNBC editorial, Michael Yoshikami argues that a housing market recovery is still a long way away: Housing starts were surprisingly st...
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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Why did America's housing bubble decline more than in other countries?

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Much of the developed world (especially America and Europe) had a housing bubble. The Economist asks why America's fell so much faste...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Updated housing graphs

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I have updated my national housing bubble graphs to reflect the latest data available. It covers home prices from 1970-2011. It looks like ...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

S&P/Case-Shiller national HPI shows 4% fall in home prices

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U.S. home prices fell 4.0% during 2011: Data through December 2011, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Pri...
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Monday, February 27, 2012

Warren Buffett is a housing bull

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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett believes housing is a better investment than stocks right now: Warren Buffett says along with equities,...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day, renters!

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We get no respect, no respect at all: In a survey of 1,000 single people, more than a third of women and 18% of men said they would much ra...
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