In BusinessWeek Online -- Hot Property - Posted 2 days ago

Perception vs. Reality was an ad campaign Rolling Stone magazine used to convince advertisers its readers weren t unemployed hippies living in old V...

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In Big Picture - Posted 5 days ago

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (July 28 August 3, 2008)As oil prices seesawed through the past week, fresh uncertainty abo...

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In BusinessWeek Online -- Hot Property - Posted 1 week ago

It s easy to call a bottom to the housing slump. The tough part is getting the timing right. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has made many such pre...

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In Bubble Meter - Posted 1 week ago

Price continue to fall in the the bubble markets across the United States. The growing number of foreclosures, tighter lending standards, large inven...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

Paul Krugman says financial regulation needs to be extended to cover a much wider range of institutions if we are to avoid even bigger future disas...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 weeks ago

For the urban and regional economics experts - is this argument correct? Does urban development policy as administered through HUD need major restruct...

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In Bubble Meter - Posted 2 weeks ago

The number of short sales and foreclosures available for purchase is increasing in the Washington, DC area. Here is one short sale from the Kemp Mill ...

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In Bubble Meter - Posted 2 weeks ago

MarketWatch reports that homeowners aren't the only people affected by foreclosures. If the foreclosed property is a rental, the renter can often be f...

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In Bubble Meter - Posted 2 weeks ago

From a paper written in May by Dean Baker of the Center for Economic Policy Research:The housing bubble in the United States grew up alongside the sto...

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In Big Picture - Posted 2 weeks ago

A quick comment prior to running to a meeting:Last week's deeply oversold condition allowed Treasury and SEC to orchestrate what BIll King called the ...

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