Hot Property Blacks and Hispanics twice as likely to get high-cost mortgages - BusinessWeek
dmerkow on Jul 31st 2008
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Ford. Love, Adolf. « The Edge of the American West
dmerkow on Jul 31st 2008
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Home Values Are Down, and Not Just at the Bank
dmerkow on Jul 29th 2008
Home Values Are Down, and Not Just at the Bank
Some serious historical context from one of the leaders in the field . . .
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This Time, It’s Different
dmerkow on Jul 29th 2008
A little peak oil in the Washpost
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S&P: Home prices drop by record 15.8 pct. in May - Yahoo News
dmerkow on Jul 29th 2008
S&P: Home prices drop by record 15.8 pct. in May - Yahoo News
Things aren’t getting better despite the silly NPR show last night . . .
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Calculated Risk: Q2: Homeownership and Vacancy Rates
dmerkow on Jul 28th 2008
Calculated Risk: Q2: Homeownership and Vacancy Rates
Interesting data. . .
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CARPE DIEM: Detroit: Cheaper To Buy A House Than A New Car
dmerkow on Jul 28th 2008
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Calculated Risk: Graphs: Existing Home Sales
dmerkow on Jul 26th 2008
Calculated Risk: Graphs: Existing Home Sales
This suggests to me that sales will fall further later this year and in 2009.
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My Way News - FDIC takes over 2 more banks, closing 28 branches
dmerkow on Jul 26th 2008
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Existing-home sales fall dramatically from 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/25/2008
dmerkow on Jul 25th 2008
Existing-home sales fall dramatically from 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/25/2008
The word on Philly . . . not very pretty . . .
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Real Time Economics : Credit Storm Could Cause Headwinds for Card Issuers
dmerkow on Jul 25th 2008
Real Time Economics : Credit Storm Could Cause Headwinds for Card Issuers
Your turn . . . bend over . . . now this is going to hurt . . .
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Northern Virginia Housing Bubble Fallout
dmerkow on Jul 25th 2008
Northern Virginia Housing Bubble Fallout
Just added to the blogroll . . . a little local attention and not the good kind.
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Sales of Foreclosed Homes Are Up Nationwide
dmerkow on Jul 25th 2008
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Housing struggles for turnaround | Cincinnati Enquirer | Cincinnati.Com
dmerkow on Jul 25th 2008
Housing struggles for turnaround | Cincinnati Enquirer | Cincinnati.Com
A little Cincy news with the normal anti-urban bias of the paper
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2008 Word of the Year: CRECESSION?
dmerkow on Jul 23rd 2008
2008 Word of the Year: CRECESSION?
I like it!
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Mortgage Crisis Reverses Tide of Urban Renewal
dmerkow on Jul 23rd 2008
Mortgage Crisis Reverses Tide of Urban Renewal
Depressing . . .
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Today’s exciting news or not
dmerkow on Jul 23rd 2008
Stelzer in the Weekly Standard - he is probably the #2 economist out there in making sense of what’s going on behind Samuelson
Gigot in WSJ - MUST read this . . . helps understand how things got so screwed up
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Real Time Economics : Summer Beige Book: Staycations and Higher Prices
dmerkow on Jul 23rd 2008
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Desperate American banks are selling everything that isn’t nailed down—except the private jets. - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine
dmerkow on Jul 23rd 2008
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A Depression? Hardly
dmerkow on Jul 23rd 2008
Samuelson making good sense . . .
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Planners See Sleek Future For Tysons
dmerkow on Jul 23rd 2008
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Real Estate Crisis Threatens Spanish Economy
dmerkow on Jul 23rd 2008
Real Estate Crisis Threatens Spanish Economy
It isn’t just here (Ireland too).
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Calculated Risk: Wachovia’s Contribution to the Credit Crunch
dmerkow on Jul 22nd 2008
Calculated Risk: Wachovia’s Contribution to the Credit Crunch
Wachovia is now projecting house prices will bottom in mid-2010.
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The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 | August 1936
dmerkow on Jul 21st 2008
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The Unraveling of the Suburban Fringe
dmerkow on Jul 20th 2008
The Unraveling of the Suburban Fringe
A little ‘love’ for Prince William County, VA
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