Just how bad is the Fannie/Freddie situation? Back in July, according to a CNN.com article, Ben Bernanke assured us that these two GSEs were just fine: U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernank...
According to an article in the WSJ, ‘Foreclosure Effect on Home Prices May Be Small’, three economists from the National Bureau of Economic Research (it may be my ignorance, but who are these guys ...
Actually, this just proves my suspicion, that there are buyers out there, ready, willing and able to do the deal (how many will close escrow may have to wait for another blog entry). Since the stu...
LA Times came out with a pretty even-handed article on the latest bit of good news on the economy: U.S. gross domestic product increased at a brisk 3.3% annual pace in the April-June quarter, acc...
A couple of days ago, Pigginton's San Diego Housing Blog (one of the best and funniest, btw), compared Spain's housing market to Temecula. I think that does a disservice to Temecula. Granted, Tem...
As Patrick wends his way through Europe, I thought it would be fun to take a look over the next couple of days at a few of the markets he is either visiting or flying over...What is striking is how...
I'll be taking a long-planned vacation from August 28th through September 14th, so in my absence I've asked a friend and colleague, Heidi Gothard, to take over primary blogging duties. Heidi's a b...
Not surprisingly, the latest S&P/Case-Shiller index shows home prices continuing to decline in the 20 cities it includes for its monthly survey. However, during the last month those price decl...
Still playing that 'woulda, shoulda, coulda' game about not selling off any real estate assets during the boom? Fear not, as the book "Housenomics" takes an entirely different approach on how to v...
Tired of having to input your entire life to get competitive bids on mortgages? Some new websites are finally opening this service up to anyone without having to submit personal data. From a Wash...