In Bubble Meter - Posted 4 hours ago

Alan Greenspan's slightly updated denial of the ability to prevent the housing bubble:The former Fed chairman also acknowledged that the central bank ...

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In Big Picture - Posted 15 hours ago

Here s a laugher: In a detailed review of the causes of the financial crisis, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan acknowledged a ran...

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In Calculated Risk - Posted 18 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 prob...

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In Big Picture - Posted 19 hours ago

Diana Olick found some interesting stats on the it offered: * 1.76 million taxpayers have filed for this credit in 2008 and 2009 * $12.45 billio...

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In Calculated Risk - Posted 23 hours ago

The Fed's favorite house price indicator from First American CoreLogic s LoanPerformance ...From LoanPerformance: January Home Price Index Shows Nar...

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In Big Picture - Posted 23 hours ago

Our earlier post noted the regulatory capture of the SEC by Wall Street. Later in the WSJ piece we referenced, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro hinted that ...

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In Wall Street Journal: Real Time Economics - Posted 1 day ago

Economists and other weigh in on the flat reading for U.S. consumer prices in February.Core consumer prices are now only 1.3% above their year ago lev...

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In Seeking Alpha - Posted 1 day ago

We need new heads for US Treasury, Federal Reserve and the FDIC, not Regulatory Reform. Below I review the important regulations that were created, an...

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In Seeking Alpha - Posted 1 day ago

Mortgage fraud was rampant during the housing boom. Regulators were asleep at the wheel during all of this. But now we are getting some indictments as...

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In The Mess That Greenspan Made - Posted 1 day ago

Zillow reports that eight-time world champion boxer Thomas Hitman Hearns is now facing foreclosure for his Detroit home that, according to Zillow, r...

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