Analysis Topic: Housing Market Price trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, April 16, 2010
U.S. Housing Market Debt, The Government’s Loan Mod Bizarro World / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Tim_Iacono
Just when you think that the statistics can’t get any worse for the graduating class of the Obama Administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program, they do. Otherwise known as HAMP, this program is apparently designed to convince people who really can’t afford their current debt load that they really can.
Monday, April 12, 2010
No Housing Market Bubble in China / Housing-Market / China Economy
By: John_Derrick
China’s housing market is hot, but it’s not a bubble on the verge of bursting, as many contend.
Before we can discuss why it’s not a bubble, a little background on the Chinese housing market is needed.
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Critical Juncture for U.S. Housing Market, Gold / Housing-Market / Housing Stocks
By: Clif_Droke
Let's turn our attention to real estate for a minute. The thorn in the economic recovery's side, after all, has been the mortgage market. Investors are worried that with so many mortgage holders under water, the hoped for economic reversal has no chance to stick. Debt relief has been a paramount concern since the credit crisis began, and rightfully so. Yet it has been elusive. Lenders have stubbornly held off in offering anything in the way of substantial relief to the legions of debtors who could use a break.
Friday, April 02, 2010
U.S. Commercial Property Market BubbleOmics / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Andrew_Butter
Some folks made a fortune after the S&L buying up commercial property for a song, tidying it up, holding it for a few years and then cashing out.
Will history repeat itself?
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Friday, April 02, 2010
The U.S. Housing Real Estate Bubble the “Experts” Missed / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mike_Stathis
When many people mention the collapse these days, the most common response I've heard is "everyone knew it was coming." Perhaps you've heard the same.
This just goes to show you that the mind can play tricks on people when time has passed.
Thursday, April 01, 2010
More Financial Bubbles Ahead in the US Housing Market / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Bob_Chapman
Bubbles have a hard time coming to an end, especially in residential real estate. Underlying forces such as government intervention to prolong the agony and the abject stupidity of builders extends the bubbles.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Feeble New U.S. Housing Market Rescue Plan Not Enough / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Sy_Harding
Historically, the two main driving forces for the economy have been the housing and auto industries. Whether the problems were rising interest rates that affected their sales, or bursting bubbles that scared consumers, economic slowdowns usually began with problems in the housing and auto industries, and the first signs of recovery were usually seen in the same two industries. The historical pattern has continued this time around.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Three Reasons U.S. Housing Market Will Head Lower / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Q1_Publishing
It’s one of the most pressing questions facing investors today.
Is the housing market about to recover?
With the housing market at the center of the credit crunch, any recovery in the housing market could quickly turn the Wall Street recovery into a Main Street recovery.
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Friday, March 19, 2010
More Ugly U.S. Housing Market Data, Forget the Bottom and Recovery Hype / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Adam_Brochert
Every month, tout TV and mainstream financial sites like Yahoo! Finance and Marketwatch re-print propaganda pieces from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and other vested interests related to real estate. The headlines are ALWAYS spun to look positive, as comfort is more important than truth. The NAR has been calling the bottom in housing every month since before the top was in! Statistics are twisted and tricks like comparing the current month to the prior month instead of the same month in the prior year are used routinely to baffle, confuse, satiate and/or soothe those who still turn to mainstream media sources for truthful data.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The Dubai Hainan Connection: The Millionaire Speculators of Wenzhou, China / Housing-Market / China Economy
By: Mario_Cavolo
What does Dubai have in common with Hainan Island, China?
Answer: China's infamous millionaire real estate speculators of Wenzhou. I was recently pointed to a juicy background story at India Times of global property speculation leading from Wenzhou across the globe to Dubai and then back to Hainan Island where just one month earlier, the Wenzhou gang descended upon this tropical island paradise in a well-timed frenzy of property speculation, even by fast-rising Chinese property market standards.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Jump in UK Mortgage Products Availability / Housing-Market / Mortgages
By: MoneyFacts
When the financial crisis hit, the mortgage market haemorrhaged products hitting a low of 1,209 on 1 April 2009.
Since then, lenders have become accustomed to the post financial crisis world and the number of products available has steadily risen, hitting 2,053 today (a 70% increase).
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
U.S. Real Estate Confusion or Lies? / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mike_Stathis
Do you ever become confused over daily economic data?
If not, then you probably aren’t paying close attention.
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Friday, March 05, 2010
Australian Housing Market BubbleOmics / Housing-Market / Austrailia
By: Andrew_Butter
I have a mate with some rental property in Sydney so when I saw Mike Shedlock’s piece on Australian property I sent her the link.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Want to Fix the U.S. Housing Market? Listen to the Gipper / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mike_Whitney
There is a remedy for the housing crisis. And it doesn't involve an agonizing decade of uncertainty while supply adjusts to demand. All Obama needs to do is to stop artificially propping up the market and let the chips fall where they may. That means the Fed should stop buying mortgage-backed securities to keep long-term interest rates low. That means the congress should not renew the $8,000 first-time homebuyers subsidy. That means the FHA should modify its lending standards so that mortgage applicants have to meet normal criteria for securing a mortgage.
Friday, February 26, 2010
U.S. Housing Market Recovery Forecast / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mike_Larson
I’ve been talking about interest rates an awful lot lately … and for good reason. The next BIG story in the bond market is clearly the sovereign debt crisis.
But I don’t want to ignore the housing market, either.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
UK House Prices Fall 1% in February, Hit by Snow / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: Nationwide
•House prices fell by 1.0% month-on-month in February
•Price decline may be explained by snowy weather and expiry of stamp duty holiday
•Too early to say whether February’s drop is start of a new trend
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
BubbleOmics, Reflecting On My 2008 U.S. House Price Prediction / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Andrew_Butter
What worries me about what is increasingly looking like a bottom and bounce in US prices is mainly that it’s too soon.
Bubbles are about mal-investment; normally created by credit under one guise or another. That’s how the South Sea Bubble got going, same thing for 1929, Dot.com and housing; people start paying a price because they can get credit (and they think prices are going up), rather than weighing their needs against their means. Fear plays a part too, fear of missing the boat and “never being able to own a house”, you can’t blame people for that.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Washington Trying Hide Commercial Real Estate Crisis to Prevent Double Dip Recession / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: Sooner or later, mounting losses on commercial real estate could crash through the market's 2009 optimism and send the economy and stocks into a double-dip downturn.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Commercial Real Estate Apocalypse 2011-2012 / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mike_Shedlock
Inquiring minds are digging deep into a 190 page PDF by the Congressional Oversight Panel regarding Commercial Real Estate Losses and the Risk to Financial Stability.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Chanos Could Lose Big On China Real Estate Bubble Bets / Housing-Market / China
By: Dian_L_Chu
Amid growing fears of a real estate bubble, Chinese officials moved to restrain bank lending and rein in inflation by raising its bank reserve requirements twice in one month. Global financial markets reacted with risk aversion driving up both the U.S. dollar and Treasuries because of concerns that the leading recovery growth engine of the world could be slowing.