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New Update of 120-Year Residential Property Series Suggests 22 Percent Nationwide Fall Ahead
The best long-run data series on property values estimates a fall of 22 percent from current values.
5Apr2010 | MichaelWhite | 2 comments | Continued
The Fed Is Too Powerful To Be Unaccountable
The popularity of US Rep. Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Fed taps into a great pent-up frustration about the unaccountability of the very powerful institution. Independent socialist Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the senate sponsor. While Dr. Paul wants to go as far as getting rid of the Fed, he wisely offered an opportunity for us to learn more and make a more informed decision.
12Jan2010 | BradleyJansen | 3 comments | Continued
Default As A Patriotic Duty
The President of the Financial Crisis Stimulates Systemic Long-Term Unemployment. Consumer Advocates Attack Creation Of Affordable Housing. *** I read a mysterious statement the other day. “My data show that between 1890 and 1990 real home prices actually didn’t increase,” said Robert Shiller, in Newsweek (Dec 30, 2009), Why We’ll Always Have More Money Than […]
11Jan2010 | MichaelWhite | 11 comments | Continued
The Numbers Still Say 30% Down 30% To Go
It’s very nice that values achieved a gain of .013% in October, but we still have a 30% fall ahead of us and, as you know, we have a 30% fall behind us. Better send in your mortgage payment.
30Dec2009 | MichaelWhite | 1 comment | Continued
Four More Years To Fall
The exhaustive Freddie Mac price index predicts prices will continue to fall for the next four years as the index fell 2% nationwide in the 3rd quarter.
9Dec2009 | MichaelWhite | 2 comments | Continued
Weak In Review
Now that I’ve recovered from turkey overload, it’s time to digest last week’s economic data turkeys. Case Shiller was out with more late data last week. I say late because the data includes sales only through September. Call it the curve behind the curve. Not only is it late, the index is an average of […]
30Nov2009 | Lee Adler- The Wall Street Examiner | 0 comments | Continued
Single-Family Inventories Remain Oversupplied by 900,000 Units
Inventory of single-family homes fell 60,000 units in October. They remain oversupplied by 908,000 units when compared to the long-run average.
23Nov2009 | MichaelWhite | 3 comments | Continued
Implode-O-Meter News- An error has occurred, which probably means the feed is down. Try again later.
- Mortgage Lender Implosions and Updates
- An error has occurred, which probably means the feed is down. Try again later.
- Bank Implosions and Updates
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- Hedge Fund Implosions and Updates
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- Builder Implosions and Updates
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Further to my comment of 9 August 2016, unlike the old Bank Rate system with its high interest rates, Quantitative…