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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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Developments : The Dying Suburbs? A Look at the Growing Debate

dmerkow on Jul 20th 2008

Developments : The Dying Suburbs? A Look at the Growing Debate

A little more discussion of the article we read in class . . .

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Developments : Home Prices Are Low, But Getting a Mortgage Is Tough

dmerkow on Jul 20th 2008

Developments : Home Prices Are Low, But Getting a Mortgage Is Tough

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New to the blogroll

dmerkow on Jul 20th 2008

WSJ.com

Fantastic maps at the WSJ on the impact of the real estate crisis. Have fun!

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Developments : Index Shows Falling Home Prices, Rising Sales of Religious Statuettes

dmerkow on Jul 20th 2008

Developments : Index Shows Falling Home Prices, Rising Sales of Religious Statuettes

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Bay Area home prices plunge 27% in last year

dmerkow on Jul 20th 2008

Bay Area home prices plunge 27% in last year

Even rich folk in San Fran . . .

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Uncomfortable Answers to Questions on the Economy

dmerkow on Jul 19th 2008

Goodman in the NYT

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Calculated Risk: Financial Times: US builders forced to sell off holdings

dmerkow on Jul 19th 2008

Calculated Risk: Financial Times: US builders forced to sell off holdings

Corn instead of houses . . . good for America.  .  .

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Rich Lowry on Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac on National Review Online

dmerkow on Jul 19th 2008

Rich Lowry on Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac on National Review Online

This goes to why this has gotten so screwed up . . .

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