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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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

S&P/Case-Shiller HPI down in November

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The November numbers for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index are out. The 20-city index is down 3.7% year-over-year and down 1.3% mont...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

December housing starts down 4.1% month-over-month; up 8% year-over-year

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Housing starts fell in December compared with November. (FYI, housing starts numbers are usually seasonally adjusted.) However, they are up...
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Monday, January 16, 2012

The clueless Fed

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The release of Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting transcripts from 2006 show how little America's top economic minds understan...
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