Archive for July, 2008

Hot Property Blacks and Hispanics twice as likely to get high-cost mortgages - BusinessWeek

dmerkow on Jul 31st 2008

Hot Property Blacks and Hispanics twice as likely to get high-cost mortgages - BusinessWeek

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Ford. Love, Adolf. « The Edge of the American West

dmerkow on Jul 31st 2008

Happy Birthday, Mr. Ford. Love, Adolf. « The Edge of the American West

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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

This Time, It’s Different

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

CARPE DIEM: Detroit: Cheaper To Buy A House Than A New Car

Ouch!

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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

My Way News - FDIC takes over 2 more banks, closing 28 branches

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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

Sales of Foreclosed Homes Are Up Nationwide

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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

Real Time Economics : Summer Beige Book: Staycations and Higher Prices

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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

Desperate American banks are selling everything that isn’t nailed down—except the private jets. - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine

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A Depression? Hardly

dmerkow on Jul 23rd 2008

A Depression? Hardly

Samuelson making good sense . . .

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Planners See Sleek Future For Tysons

dmerkow on Jul 23rd 2008

Planners See Sleek Future For Tysons

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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

The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 | August 1936

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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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