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businessinsider.com - 4 days ago
Sorry, Folks: Goldman's Bet Against Housing Was Hardly A "Secret" (GS)
— businessinsider.com — It's time to finally lay to rest claims stretching back as far as 2007 that Goldman Sachs was peddling securities backed by risky home mortgages while it was secretly betting that the US housing market was in trouble. Far from being "secretly" down on ... (more) Sorry, Folks: Goldman's Bet Against Housing Was Hardly A ...

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hf-implode.com - 2 days ago
FHA delays the release of disputed audit of its finances
— hf-implode.com — " The Federal Housing Administration abruptly delayed the release of a long-awaited independent audit of the financial soundness of the agency, citing potential problems with the accuracy of some of the study's economic models." (more) FHA delays the release of disputed audit of its finances

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eye of the housing hurricane
declineandfallofwesterncivilization.blogspot.com - 2 days ago
eye of the housing hurricane
— declineandfallofwesterncivilization.blogspot.com — via the daily crux , dan ferris offers the updated mortgage recast chart presented by whitney tilson illustrating all too well the option ARM impulse that looms between today and 2012. though many variable-rate mortgage resets are mitigated by the ... (more) eye of the housing hurricane

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calculatedriskblog.com - 3 days ago
Congress Votes for Housing Tax Credit
— calculatedriskblog.com — From the NY Times: Congress Agrees to Keep Homebuyers’ Tax Credit The Senate and House are poised to agree on a compromise measure to extend unemployment benefits that also would expand a [un]popular $8,000 tax credit for homebuyers ... The bill also ... (more) Congress Votes for Housing Tax Credit

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hf-implode.com - 4 days ago
Housing Needs To Keep Falling
— hf-implode.com — " More ammo for the housing bears here: Despite the dips in both the Case-Shiller and FHFA Home Price Indices, houses still aren't affordable based on historical price/income ratios." (more) Housing Needs To Keep Falling

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The Oxen Report: Market Looking to Extend Rally, Where to Turn?
philstockworld.com - 4 days ago
The Oxen Report: Market Looking to Extend Rally, Where to Turn?
— philstockworld.com — Monday was half good, half bad for us. Let’s start with the good. We recommended a great short sale on Ultrashort Proshares Housing and Real Estate ETF (SRS) . We set our buy in range, i n the Oxen Report Morning Levels alert, at 10.25 - 10.35 since the stock had risen in the ... (more) The Oxen Report: Market Looking to Extend Rally, Where ...

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Almost $300 billion in housing aid (and only $60 billion of it for renters)
curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com - 3 days ago
Almost $300 billion in housing aid (and only $60 billion of it for renters)
— curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com — CBOhousing From the new CBO issue brief, "An Overview of Federal Support for Housing" (more) Almost $300 billion in housing aid (and only $60 billion ...

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alephblog.com - 5 days ago
Fannie + Goldman + US Treasury + Tax Credits = Complex Mess
— alephblog.com — In a prior job, I spent a decent amount of time on Affordable Housing tax credits . The idea was to reduce my life insurance company client’s taxable income to the point where they would be close to but not subject to the corporate alternative minimum tax. Occasionally my work would ... (more) Fannie + Goldman + US Treasury + Tax Credits = Complex Mess

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hf-implode.com - 10 days ago
Radio Free Wall Street
— hf-implode.com — " Lee Adler discusses what’s wrong and what’s right with the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, aka the Concon Con, and the Case Shiller Housing Index, otherwise know as the Housing Case Chiller. Why is it that ordinary consumers seem to be so much better at understanding the economy ... (more) Radio Free Wall Street

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hf-implode.com - 5 days ago
How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash
— hf-implode.com — ``In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers that it also was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would send the value of those securities plummeting. Now, a ... (more) How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash

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Housing slump hits California timber industry like a buzz saw
latimes.com - 10 days ago
Housing slump hits California timber industry like a buzz saw
— latimes.com — Weak demand for lumber is forcing some mills to close and leaving many loggers and truckers unemployed. Copyright 2009, The Los Angeles Times (more) Housing slump hits California timber industry like a ...

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calculatedriskblog.com - 5 days ago
Housing: "First-time buyers and investors" are "market’s lifeblood"
— calculatedriskblog.com — From three DataQuick reports on Las Vegas, Miami and Phoenix ... Las Vegas: In September, a popular form of financing used by first-time home buyers – government-insured FHA loans – accounted for 53.8 percent of all home purchases, up from 52 ... (more) Housing: "First-time buyers and investors" are "market’s ...

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The Fannie-Freddie Equity Conundrum (FNM, FRE)
247wallst.com - 12 days ago
The Fannie-Freddie Equity Conundrum (FNM, FRE)
— 247wallst.com — It is no secret that things could be much better than they are at Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE). But the last week or so has re-highlighted just how bad and dire the situation is for these government sponsored entities and ... (more) The Fannie-Freddie Equity Conundrum (FNM, FRE)

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August Case-Shiller Housing Numbers
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 11 days ago
August Case-Shiller Housing Numbers
— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — The August S&P;/Case-Shiller Housing numbers were released this morning to little fanfare. Some investors were looking for a few cities to show year-over-year increases in median home prices, but for now they'll have to wait until the September ... (more) August Case-Shiller Housing Numbers

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nakedcapitalism.com - 5 days ago
“How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash” (AIG as Bagholder Watch)
— nakedcapitalism.com — McClatchy, which was the only major US news organization to question the Iraq war until is was obvious to all that it was a misguided exercise in neocon hubris, has started a series on Goldman’s famed “short subprime” exercise. ... (more) “How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash” ...

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baselinescenario.com - 11 days ago
Tax Credits, Screwdrivers, and Supply and Demand Curves
— baselinescenario.com — Our Washington Post online column today is another cry in the wilderness against the homebuyer tax credit. There are many arguments against the tax credit. One argument we make is that the tax credit is a benefit for sellers of houses more than for buyers of houses. This is simplest to see ... (more) Tax Credits, Screwdrivers, and Supply and Demand Curves

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mcclatchydc.com - 6 days ago
How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash
— mcclatchydc.com — WASHINGTON — In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would send ... (more) How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash

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Enablers of the Housing Bubble
delong.typepad.com - 10 days ago
Enablers of the Housing Bubble
— delong.typepad.com — Via Mark Thoma: Economist's View: Rise and Fall of Non-Agency Securitization : This is why I have always thought that the argument that "Fannie and Freddie did it" is a non-starter. Two reasons: Loans owned by Fannie and Freddie ... (more) Enablers of the Housing Bubble

Comments vote down The Mess That Greenspan Made found this 10 days agofound this
New Home Sales Highlight Softness (XHB, ITB, DHI, LEN)
247wallst.com - 9 days ago
New Home Sales Highlight Softness (XHB, ITB, DHI, LEN)
— 247wallst.com — The Commerce Department has just shown a report that new home sales for the month of September turned south. This may increase the call for that first time home buyer $8,000.00 tax credit, but it also highlights that housing prices are not going to ... (more) New Home Sales Highlight Softness (XHB, ITB, DHI, LEN)

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philstockworld.com - 8 days ago
The Oxen Report: Can GDP Keep Us Going, Or Are Bears Ready To Get Back In?
— philstockworld.com — Thank you all for bearing with me on the missed report yesterday. What a day Wednesday was for us though, as we had three big winners . The first was our Buy Pick of the Day Direxion Daily Bear Housing ETF (DRV). We chose to go with DRV directly after we saw the homebuilder news on new home ... (more) The Oxen Report: Can GDP Keep Us Going, Or Are Bears ...

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