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Checking the Health of the Housing Recovery

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:22:00 +0000

Waiting for the pain in residential real estate to end? BusinessWeek asked experts what to watch now

The Mess That Greenspan Made found this 16 hours ago on businessweek.com

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Video: Existing Home Sales Beat Expectations

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:22:32 +0000

October existing home sales beat economist expectations, rising more than 10 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.1 million. The National Association of Realtors said much of the surge was due to first time homebuyers taking advantage of the tax credit that had been due to expire,

MediaMan posted 33 hours ago from marketnewslive.blogspot.com

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NABE Recession-end: Stocks Gains, Dollar & Bond Losses in 2010

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

The November 2009 NABE Outlook, compiled by the National Association for Business Economics, has a new outlook for the rest of 2009 and 2010 based on data taken October 24 to November 5. The group is reaffirming that its recent call that the great recession is over. It also believes that this ...

BloggingStocks found this 33 hours ago on 247wallst.com

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Factors in local house price declines

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:22:00 +0000

UCSD Ph.D. candidate Sam Dastrup has completed a very interesting study with his advisor Professor Richard Carson of what accounts for differences across U.S. communities in the magnitude of the decline in real estate prices that we've seen over the last several years. Although many ...

Scrivener.net found this 47 hours ago on econbrowser.com

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Gold, Geithner, Roubini, the Fed, Housing (video)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:12:26 +0000

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Midas Oracle .ORG found this 3 days ago on youtube.com

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Housing bust halts growing suburbs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:44:12 +0000

Twenty-four of the 53 cities of 100,000 or more that grew by at least 10% every decade since 1970 lost population in the last two years. Fifteen are likely to end the decade with less than a 10% gain in population, largely because of recent losses. Among them: Bellevue , Wash., near Seattle ; ...

The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and ... found this 4 days ago on usatoday.com

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New fed housing program involves $29B in financing

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:25:06 +0000

"A new federal program to support state and local housing finance agencies is expected to involve more than $29 billion in government support, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac disclosed Thursday."

iehi posted 3 days ago from hf-implode.com

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First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Extension Thoughts

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:00:57 +0000

If you want to hit me, punch here. I’m numb and can’t feel it anyway. As we talked about yesterday, the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit is extended, and that even existing owners who buy will be able to get $6,500. The new requirements – signed purchase agreement ...

dning88 posted 3 days ago from moneyning.com

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Pulte Homes Moves to the Sell-Block

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:17 +0000

On Wednesday we wrote a piece talking about the strange upgrade of Pulte Homes ( PHM ) by an analyst at Citigroup ( C ). At that time ( Upgrade Trumps Macro-Economics for Homebuilders ), we reiterated our Overvalued stance on Pulte, the largest in the group thanks to its acquisition of ...

ockhamsrazor posted 4 days ago from blog.ockhamresearch.com

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Home Buyer Tax Credit Expanded and Extended

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:06 +0000

After a successful trial run that boosted home sales and brought buyers back to the table, the government has extended the $8,000 first-time home buyers tax credit through June 2010. Now it’s not just first-timers who are benefiting — the president also signed off on a new $6,500 tax ...

dning88 posted 4 days ago from moneyning.com

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Housing back in the news

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:02:36 +0000

Housing back in the news Two reports released this week remind us of the difficulties still confronting the residential real estate market. First, the consumer price index (CPI) showed continued moderation. Yes, the overall number was up 3.4 percent on a monthly annualized basis, and even ...

Economist's View found this 3 days ago on macroblog.typepad.com

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Upgrade Trumps Macro-Economics for Homebuilders

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:53:34 +0000

This morning the Commerce Department released figures that homebuilding activity in the U.S. had unexpectedly fallen in October. The reasoning was that increased joblessness in addition to doubts that the homebuyer tax credit would be renewed weighed on homebuilders. Homebuilders ...

ockhamsrazor posted 6 days ago from blog.ockhamresearch.com

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If You Thought the Housing Meltdown Was Bad…

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:30:46 +0000

"...,the next train wreck will be in commercial real estate. Couldn’t be worse than last year’s residential market crash? That remains to be seen. But it’s coming soon, probably as early as the second quarter of next year, and there’s nothing that can prevent it. The government will intervene, ...

iehi posted 9 days ago from hf-implode.com

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The Oxen Report: Housing and CPI To Lead the Way…Up or Down?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:30:23 +0000

Good morning Oxen Report readers. Yesterday, we had a great day in the market with a short on Soalrfun Power Holdings Inc. (SOLF). We were able to make a solid 3% on the day. IN PROGRESS

Philstockworld posted 6 days ago from philstockworld.com

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FHA Reserves Fall Sharply, Well Below Required Minimum

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:36:00 +0000

From David Streitfeld at the NY Times: Housing Agency Says Cash Reserves Are Down Sharply The Federal Housing Administration said Thursday morning that its cash reserves had dwindled significantly in the last year after a record drop in home prices. ... The results of the F.H.A.’s annual audit ...

winterspeak.com found this 12 days ago on calculatedriskblog.com

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With F.H.A. Help, Easy Loans in Expensive Areas

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:39:00 +0000

From left to right, Jordan Kurland, Mike Rowland and Michael Bedar, in front of the building they bought in San Francisco for nearly a million dollars, with help from the Federal Housing Administration.

Calculated Risk found this 5 days ago on nytimes.com

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FHA boss: FHA is not the new subprime (AP)

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:35:53 +0000

AP - Federal Housing Administration Commissioner David Stevens says concerns that the agency is headed for the same financial trouble that snared Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the subprime sector are unwarranted.

Newsback found this 9 days ago on news.yahoo.com

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Without an Inspector General, FHFA Lacks Independent Oversight

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:44:36 +0000

" Ed Kelley still comes to work in the same Washington DC building in the same office as he did when he was the independent inspector general (IG) of the Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB). But with the dissolution of the FHFB and the creation of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), his ...

iehi posted 11 days ago from hf-implode.com

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Fannie, Freddie, Counterparty Risk and More

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:56:54 +0000

Yesterday I posted some excerpt from Freddie Mac's 10-Q: We believe that several of our mortgage insurance counterparties are at risk of falling out of compliance with regulatory capital requirements, which may result in regulatory actions that could threaten our ability to receive future claims ...

FT Alphaville found this 12 days ago on calculatedriskblog.com

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Lowe’s (LOW): Hope Gets In Your Eyes

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:40:00 +0000

One word from a CEO can obscure an entire earnings reports. Home improvement giant Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) reported lackluster earnings. However, its chief Robert A. Niblock said “We are beginning to see signs of improved performance in some of the hardest-hit housing markets including ...

Minyanville found this 8 days ago on 247wallst.com

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