Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Updated housing chart

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I have updated my national housing graph to reflect the new S&P/Case-Shiller numbers.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

S&P/Case-Shiller national index down 5.9% YoY; up 3.6% QoQ

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In the second quarter (Q2) of 2011, the S&P/Case-Shiller National Home Price Index was down 5.9% since Q2 2010, but up 3.6% since Q1 20...
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Pending home sales up 14.4% YoY

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From the National Association of Realtors: Pending home sales declined in July but remain well above year-ago levels, according to the Nati...
Monday, August 29, 2011

Thank the government, in part, for the high unemployment rate

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Sometimes when politicians try to help people, they hurt people: The painfully slow rate of job growth can be blamed at least in part on ho...
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

The week in summary

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On Monday, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported that mortgage delinquencies are rising again : In another hit to the beleaguered housi...
Friday, August 26, 2011

Was it worth it?

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Via Paul Krugman , here is the Congressional Budget Office's forecast of the output gap—the difference between potential real GDP and ac...
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I'm back from vacation

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Funny thing: I just checked the web stats and Bubble Meter's readership hasn't declined at all in the past two weeks. As compensat...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

Bits bucket

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I'm on summer vacation for the next two weeks. Consider the comments section of this post an open discussion forum.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Prospects for a housing recovery are declining

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According to CNN/Money , the prospects for a housing recovery have slipped "out of sight": Any glimmer of hope that the housing m...
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Mortgage giants downgraded

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This was briefly mentioned in yesterday's post, but I'm giving it its own post for emphasis. The credit ratings of Fannie Mae, Fredd...
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