Posted 13 hours ago

From James Hagerty at the WSJ writes about a Barclays Capital report: Supply of Foreclosed Homes on the Rise Again Hagerty notes that the analysts at Barclays Capital estimate that various lenders hel

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Posted 16 hours ago

In a recent email to agents on March 16th, the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) points out that making undisclosed 2nd lien payments in a short sale transaction could be a crime and punisha

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Posted 18 hours ago

Almost finished ...For a discussion on how trades settle, and the coming associated expansion of the Fed's balance sheet over the next few months, please see my post last week.From the Atlanta Fed wee

Posted 20 hours ago

Note: since the mix is changing, the median price is not useful. The repeat sales indexes - like FirstAmerican CoreLogic and Case-Shiller - have problems too, but they probably are better for actual

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Posted 23 hours ago

From HotelNewsNow.com: STR: New Orleans tops weekly numbersOverall the industry s occupancy ended the week with a 4.6-percent increase to 57.7 percent, ADR dropped 1.9 percent to US$97.80, and RevPA

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Posted 1 day ago

The Fed's favorite house price indicator from First American CoreLogic s LoanPerformance ...From LoanPerformance: January Home Price Index Shows Narrowing Annual Decline National home prices, inclu

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Posted 1 day ago

From Binyamin Appelbaum and David Cho at the WaPo: Small banks lag in repaying Treasury for bailout funds [H]undreds of community banks have yet to return their bailouts. More than 10 percent of the 7

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Posted 1 day ago

The DOL reports on weekly unemployment insurance claims: In the week ending March 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 457,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week'

Posted 1 day ago

We've seen all the statistics from the aughts - declining employment, declining stock prices, and weak income.Andrew Flowers, economic research analyst at the Atlanta Fed, points out that decades are

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Posted 1 day ago

Click on graph for larger image in new window.A frequently asked question is how do new home sales compare to single family housing starts (both series from the Census Bureau). This graph shows the t

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