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• Graphing the Pasadena Housing Market

  
  Up2Date — Authority: 92
  Many of the charts and graphs used in determining the direction of the Pasadena housing market (single family) include the basic measurements such as current inventory, days on market, and the number of homes sold. These indicators usually provide an “at a glance” view and direction of the current trends. I am ...
  4 hours ago

• Fourth Straight Monthly Increase in Case-Shiller Index of US Housing Prices

  
  Lexington Urban Blog — Authority: 106
  The Standard & Poors/Case-Shiller Index of Housing Prices, which tracks housing prices in 20 major US metropolitan markets, rose 0.3 percent in September, compared to the previous month. Prices rose in 11 of the 20 markets. Inventory in DFW drops below 6 month supply.
  6 hours ago

• Vital Considerations When Buying Miami Luxury Homes |…

  
  Fisher Funding — Authority: 157
  Miami luxury homes are quite different from your average residential real estate property. The high-end luxury housing market is teeming with properties equipped with a wide-range of amenities that you wouldn’t normally see in average homes. And when it comes to options, many luxury homes can either be traditional ...
  8 hours ago

• Tax rises dent consumer confidence

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  • Nationwide survey finds gloomiest outlook for a year • Construction sector shrinks again but jobs market picks up Consumer confidence in Britain plunged to its lowest ebb in more than a year in December on the back of the rise in VAT and looming tax increases. Nationwides monthly consumer confidence index – ...
  9 hours ago

• Slowing Pace of Home Sales Raises Fears of New Retreat

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 159
  By DAVID STREITFELD The New York Times The number of houses placed under contract fell sharply in November in the first drop in nearly a year, data released Tuesday show. It was the clearest sign yet that predictions of another downturn in real estate may become a reality. The National Association of Realtors ...
  9 hours ago

• Then and Now

  
  CHESSNOID — Authority: 134
  I read an op-ed in the New York Times about the tea party movement.  It basically talks about how Americans are getting fed up with politicians from both sides.  It doesn’t matter if you are Democrat or Republican,  you feel most of our political leaders  are doing a poor job or completely failing.  I suggest ...
  10 hours ago

• UK construction sector remains in recession

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 955
  Britains construction sector is still stuck in recession after contracting for the 22nd successive month in December, a respected survey showed.
  13 hours ago

• Pound Set to Take Losses Ahead of British Housing Report

  
  Forex Trading Education : Forex Trading Blog by FOREXYARD — Authority: 142
  For GBP traders, the release of the Halifax HPI this week promises to inject some volatility into the marketplace. The HPI, a monthly index of home prices financed by the Halifax Bank of Scotland, is a leading indicator of the health of the British housing industry. With England still feeling the effects of [...]
  13 hours ago

• Estate agent LSL ups profit forecast

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 955
  The owner of estate agents Reeds Rains and Your Move has said profits for 2009 will be "significantly ahead" of estimates because of a dramatic pick-up in housing transactions towards the end of the year.
  14 hours ago

• City rents set to soar as banks drop threats to quit UK

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Report says City office rents will rise by 10.5% in 2010 City of London office rents will rise sharply this year thanks to improving confidence among financial institutions and supply shortages, according to a report that plays down fears that banks are fleeing the UK. A lack of office space and the strongest demand ...
  14 hours ago

• Great NAR Quotes (in chronological order):

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 158
  08/2005: “All of the doom and gloom forecasts of a housing debacle are not only irresponsible, but also downright wrong.” David Lereah, National Association of Realtors 08/2005: “If you paid your mortgage off, it means you probably did not manage your funds efficiently over the years. It’s as if you had ...
  17 hours ago

• Pending Home Sales Plunge 16% in November

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Pending home sales unexpectedly plunged in November, according to a report issued Tuesday by the National Association of Realtors, a big correction after several months of positive gains for a closely-watched indicator of housing market activity. According to the industry group, November pending home sales activity ...
  17 hours ago

• Construction Spending Decreases in November

  
  Mortgage Rate News — Authority: 476
  Image via WikipediaOne of the continuing obstacles to economic recovery is the fact that the housing market continues to lag. Even though the U.S. economy is expected to improve in 2010, there are concerns that employment and housing issues could continue to slow down the pace of the recovery. On the housing market ...
  17 hours ago

• From Bloomberg… Tell us something (again) that we don’t already know.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 158
  HOUSING ANIMAL SPIRITS TO BE BANISHED BY PRIME FORECLOSURES By Kathleen M. Howley and Mike Dorning Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) — Homeowners with the best credit are the next big risk for the U.S. housing market. An increase in mortgage defaults among prime borrowers in 2009 is likely to accelerate this year, slowing the ...
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• Underwater? Is It Ethical To Walk Away From Your Mortgage?

  
  Mario Greco — Authority: 121
  Sometimes I’m amazed at what I read in the newspapers. In late November, the Los Angeles Times reported on a white paper written by a law professor at the University of Arizona – Brent T. White. This professor actually argued that homeowners who owe more on their mortgage loans than what their homes are worth ...
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• MHA: Making Homes Affordable.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 158
  There are only two ways to make homes affordable in America. 1) Get the government out of the prop-up business and let housing prices fall to where they become affordable. And that is a long fall still; 2) give all Americans a one-time payment of approximately $200,000 as a gift from Santa (or may from Mister ...
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• British children struggling to talk, parents too busy

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  London, Jan 4 (IANS) British children are spending so much time watching television and playing computer games that one in six of them is struggling to talk, the government’s key communications adviser warned Monday.Research published Monday by Jean Gross, the Labour government’s new ‘communications champion’, ...
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• Mortgage lending continues to rise

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Number of mortgages approved for purchases doubles in year to November, but consumers continue to pay down unsecured debt The number of mortgages approved for house purchases more than doubled in the year to November as the housing market continued to recover from the impact of the credit crunch, figures from the ...
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• Government likely to do more for housing market

  
  Home Buying and Home Selling Tips — Authority: 148
  The government’s decision to provide unlimited support to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will probably lead to more aggressive action to prop up the U.S. housing market. The government may put a mortgage-modification effort, called the Home Affordable Modification Program into overdrive in coming years, pushing for ...
  2 days ago

• A brilliant explanation of Goldman Sachs’ methods:

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 158
  How Goldman Sachs Made Tens Of Billions Of Dollars From The Economic Collapse Of America In Four Easy Steps: Step 1: Sell mortgage-related securities that are absolute junk to trusting clients at vastly overinflated prices. Step 2: Bet against those same mortgage-related securities and make massive bets against the ...
  2 days ago

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