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• Unlocking the Foreclosure Box – The Most Comprehensive Shadow Inventory Housing Analysis for Los Angeles County. Examining 269 Zip Codes and Finding 100,000 Shadow Properties while Public Views 19,000.

  
  Dr. Housing Bubble Blog — Authority: 495
  One resolution I had coming into 2010 was getting a better number for the shadow inventory in Southern California.  It is rather clear that shadow inventory is a real factor in the current market but how big is this inventory?  Can we really get an accurate figure for a large area like Los Angeles County?  Well ...
  2 days ago

• Origins of an American Kleptocracy

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 736
  Some days ago we wondered aloud at the blank check extended to Fannie and Freddie along with the suspiciously convenient timing of those announcements on Christmas Day.  Back then we wondered if we had been told the entire story .  To wit:     So.  Let us summarize:   We do not expect the GSEs to ...
  3 days ago

• 1.8 Million California Mortgages Underwater. In 2008 100,000 Renters were added. 2010 California Housing Market Trends. How Banks Hoodwinked the Public into Believing the Bailouts were to help the Housing Market.

  
  Dr. Housing Bubble Blog — Authority: 495
  As we wind the year down the California housing market is entering a new chapter in its bubble saga.  2009 brought many new factors to consider in how the housing correction will play out.  One major trend was the growing number of moratoriums.  These programs largely failed at preventing foreclosure and only ...
  5 days ago

• Barney Franks decision to roll the dice on subsidized housing is becoming an epic disaster for taxpayers

  
  lgstarr — Authority: 146
  There is more to this ugly situation. New research by Edward Pinto, a former chief credit officer for Fannie Mae and a housing expert, has found that from the time Fannie and Freddie began buying risky loans as early as 1993, they routinely misrepresented the mortgages they were acquiring, reporting them as prime when ...
  5 days ago

• California Housing Market Forecasting Errors. Making Million Dollar Mistakes and Predicting the Future. 12 Percent of Mortgages with Balances Higher than 1 Million Dollars are now 90 days late.

  
  Dr. Housing Bubble Blog — Authority: 495
  The predictions for the 2010 California housing market are rolling out in mass.  Predicting the future is never easy or even possible in many cases.  I am reminded of the Black Swan events in Nassim Taleb’s excellent book where extraordinary events shake up years of imagined stability.  The real estate bubble ...
  1 week ago

• Photo of the Day, December 25, 2009: Christmas Snowman

  
  Boston Blog — Authority: 145
  Paul Keleher , this snowman, and your Bostonist staff, wish you a happy holiday. Here is the original: Photo of the Day, December 25, 2009: Christmas Snowman
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• Southern California and the MLS Myth: Why the MLS does not Provide an Accurate Picture of Housing Inventory. Shadow Inventory, Foreclosures, and Fantasy Housing Numbers.

  
  Dr. Housing Bubble Blog — Authority: 495
  Many of you that search or browse housing listings know what the MLS is.  This is the Multiple Listing Service provided to realtors and those affiliated with real estate branches.  In the past, the MLS might have been an excellent snapshot of market inventory.  Many sites like Redfin and ZipRealty provide consumers ...
  2 weeks ago

• California Housing Prices Then and Now: Foreclosures, Fast Money, and Deflating Economic Bubbles. Comparing 15 Counties with Household Income to Home Price Ratios from 1999 to 2009. Many Counties Still Over Priced.

  
  Dr. Housing Bubble Blog — Authority: 495
  People have a hard time understanding that many counties in California are still overpriced.  Massively overpriced.  Now this is hard to reconcile for many because we hear about the 50 percent price drop for the entire state so many simply assume that this applies to each area.  In many ways that is deceptive.  ...
  3 weeks ago

• Debt Logic’s Tips for a Debt-Free Holiday – Earthtimes (press release)

  
  UK Bankruptcy - Help, Information, Assistance and Answers — Authority: 146
  Debt Logic’s Tips for a Debt-Free Holiday Earthtimes (press release) Far too often, families seek alternatives such as bankruptcy and debt consolidation, without being aware of the debilitating effects it will have on them. … Source: Debt Logic’s Tips for a Debt-Free Holiday – Earthtimes (press release)
  3 weeks ago

• 2010 Economic Forecast for California: What 10 Reasons Will Keep a lid on the Housing and Economic Recovery for California?

  
  Dr. Housing Bubble Blog — Authority: 495
  Every December I like to do a synopsis of the California economy and the impact on housing.  2009 has been a tough year for housing.  If we had to sum up what occurred in California it is that housing sales jumped because of massive cuts in prices.  Without the giant crutch of FHA insured loans and the Federal ...
  3 weeks ago

• Eugene Mirman Gets Trashy for Climate Change in Copenhagen

  
  Boston Blog — Authority: 145
  We’ve made Eugene Mirman do interviews with us and with other comedians . Now, he’s a climate change correspondent for Grist at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen , interviewing Santa, calling cars toilets, and standing with one leg in a trash can. It’s what every class clown dreams of growing up to do. ...
  3 weeks ago

• White House Loan Modification Plan Falls Flat

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 713
  Julio Angulo was evicted from his Virginia home last December. (American News Project) It was last December when Julio Angulo ignored the bitter cold and sat on a rusted patio chair in the front yard of his foreclosed home in suburban Manassas, Va. He sighed, resting his hand on his knee. He stared despondently at ...
  3 weeks ago

• Real Homes of Genius: Pasadena Home Back to 1996 Price Levels? The Pasadena Housing Market Food Chain – 4 Homes from Low Price to High Price all in Distress. Foreclosures and Short Sales in Prime City. Almost 4 out of 10 Homes in California Underwater

  
  Dr. Housing Bubble Blog — Authority: 495
  There was an interesting study out of Arizona showing that many underwater homeowners don’t walk away from their mortgage because of moral reasons.  Well they have yet to get a taste of the Alt-A and option ARM problems that will hit California in the next few years.  Another study showed that many in California ...
  3 weeks ago

• Pearl apartments billed as affordable alternative for young people – Daily Journal of Commerce

  
  Art Institute — Authority: 149
  Daily Journal of Commerce Pearl apartments billed as affordable alternative for young people Daily Journal of Commerce Besides young professionals, Madden also hopes to promote his project as a dormitory alternative for students attending the Art Institute of Portland, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Nothing Down Flamed the California Real Estate Bonfire: 40 Percent of First Time Buyers in 2006 and 2007 went with Zero Down in California. 4 out of 10 Purchases in California now Backed by Almost Nothing Down FHA Insured Loans.

  
  Dr. Housing Bubble Blog — Authority: 495
  There are many reasons why this housing bubble reached epic proportions.  One reason was Wall Street came unhinged and securitized anything with a signature whether legitimate or not.  Another reason involved a society slowly desensitized to the devastating power of leverage.  Throw in a mix of get rich quick ...
  4 weeks ago

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