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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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
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New to the blogroll
dmerkow on Jul 20th 2008
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
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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
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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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