http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/housing Blog Articles Tagged with 'housing' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-real-time-economics/1148206?rsstype=tag&tag=housing The U.S. economy faces a prolonged recession beyond the first quarter of next year and further increases in the unemployment rate, according to a survey of economists released Monday by the National Association for Business Economics. The Feder... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:41:45 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-real-time-economics/1148206?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1148211?rsstype=tag&tag=housing Everyone keeps asking why the stock market selling persists, yet they are the same reasons that were there in the weeks and months before the election. The...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:53:07 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1148211?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1148145?rsstype=tag&tag=housing Bill Werner is an Engineer in Missouri City, Texas. The following is his attempt at creating a timeline of the current crisis 2001-2004: Low interest rates and deregulation entices too much debt for individuals, companies and nations2003-2007: Bad ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:11:01 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1148145?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1148107?rsstype=tag&tag=housing If there is a prominent reality-based Republican officeholder, his name is Arnold Schwarenegger. Paul Krugman has evidence that there is no prominent reality-based Republican officeholder: Fannie Freddie Phony: So I was listening to Arnold Schwarzen... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:58:09 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1148107?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/bubble-meter/1148109?rsstype=tag&tag=housing *** That's [dead] [Realtor blog], not [dead Realtor] [blog]. Get those malevolent thoughts out of your head! ***Back in 2006, Bubble Meter pointed out that the National Association of Realtors had started their own housing blog. Well, after two years... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:39:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/bubble-meter/1148109?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1148112?rsstype=tag&tag=housing Press Release: We expect continued, broad-based external pressures on our industry, as rising unemployment, falling home prices, tight credit and volatile equity markets continue to erode consumer confidence and impact sales, [Robert A. Niblock, Lo... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:39:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1148112?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1148147?rsstype=tag&tag=housing Some people look at subprime lending and see evil. I look at subprime lending and I see the American dream in action. My mother lived it as a result of a finance company making a mortgage loan that a bank would not make. -former United States se... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:04:39 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1148147?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1148006?rsstype=tag&tag=housing Scientific American says quants need to learn more economics and history before deploying their mathematical tools:After the Crash, SciAm: If Hollywood makes a movie about the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, a basement room in a go... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:32:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1148006?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1147988?rsstype=tag&tag=housing The Economy Gets a Margin CallNovember 15, 2008By John MauldinThe Economy Gets a Margin CallWhere Have All the Consumers Gone?Why Is the Dollar Rising?Can We Actually Muddle Through?The Potential for a Large Stock Market RallyIs GM too Big to Let Fai... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:00:25 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1147988?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1147950?rsstype=tag&tag=housing To most traders and investors, Barry Ritholtz is the voice of The Big Picture, one of the more popular financial blogs on the Internet. Now hosted at ritholtz.com, The Big Picture was one of the more prominent financial must-reads for traders and ac... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:30:07 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1147950?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1147909?rsstype=tag&tag=housing Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (November 3 9, 2008)Welcome to Wall Street, Barack Obama. His victory signaled a change in US political direction, but the biggest election day rally ever a surge of 4.1% in the S&P 500 I... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:25:41 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1147909?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1147795?rsstype=tag&tag=housing It is still not too late to impeach him and his administration. In fact, it would be a very good idea: I don't think anyone who worked for Bush should hold any office of trust or profit under the United States constitution ever again. Felix: Bush's P... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:08:36 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1147795?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1148244?rsstype=tag&tag=housing It is still not too late to impeach him and his administration. In fact, it would be a very good idea: I don't think anyone who worked for Bush should hold any office of trust or profit under the United States constitution ever again.Felix: Bush's P... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:08:36 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1148244?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1147766?rsstype=tag&tag=housing One big concern I've had about the financial crisis is that it would result in some middle and lower income buyers being excluded from the home ownership market even though those individuals are relatively low risk. So I'm glad to see this type of ac... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:16:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1147766?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1147732?rsstype=tag&tag=housing James Quinn is a senior director of strategic planning at The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania. James has held the positions of treasurer, controller, and head of strategic planning at with retailers, homebuilders and the university in ... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:27:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1147732?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-real-time-economics/1147493?rsstype=tag&tag=housing Economists and others weigh in on the decline in October retail sales.The consumer is under severe pressure tied to (in order of importance): a weakening labor market, a powerfully negative wealth effect, very tight credit conditions, and fiscal sti... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:43:02 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-real-time-economics/1147493?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1147528?rsstype=tag&tag=housing From the FDIC: FDIC Loss Sharing Proposal to Promote Affordable Loan Modifications Although foreclosures are costly to lenders, borrowers and communities, the pace of loan modifications continues to be extremely slow (around 4 percent of seriously de... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:41:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1147528?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/hot-property/1147596?rsstype=tag&tag=housing A shameless plug here that I participated in a 30-minute segment on the state of the housing market on NPR's Talk of the Nation show yesterday, along with noted Yale economist Robert Shiller. Here's a link to the audiocast, on the off-chance you we... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:29:37 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/hot-property/1147596?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/bubble-meter/1147526?rsstype=tag&tag=housing Tim Duy writes:From the wires:15:30 *PAULSON SAYS MARKET TURMOIL WON'T ABATE UNTIL HOUSING REBOUNDSSuch comments always leave me with a sick feeling in my stomach if policymakers are waiting for the housing market to rebound, they had better be p... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:09:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/bubble-meter/1147526?rsstype=tag&tag=housing http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1147530?rsstype=tag&tag=housing From Reuters: Record loss forces Freddie Mac to tap $100 bln fund Freddie Mac reported a $25.3 billion quarterly loss on Friday as the housing slump worsened, forcing the second-largest provider of U.S. home loan funding to draw on a $100 billion Tre... 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