Housing back in the news
macroblog.typepad.com 14 days ago — 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 ...

Positive news expected in housing reports
hf-implode.com 10/19/2009 — " The U.S. housing market is coming off of its worst downturn in more than 60 years, boosted by a combination of market forces and government assistance, economists say."

Housing Only Managing On Government Life Support
hf-implode.com 9/19/2009 — " The problem is that if housing isn’t falling, it’s because the government is propping it up:"

Shadow Housing Inventory Will Halt A Housing Recovery
istockanalyst.com 10/1/2009 — Any optimist talking up a housing recovery might want to pause and look deeper into the housing crisis. Amherst Securities Group analysts believe the market faces about 7 million properties that are likely to be seized by lenders have yet to hit the ...

The Next Leg Down In Housing
hf-implode.com 10/20/2009 — " Housing bears have been warning for months that despite a seemingly good summer, the pain would resume come the fall. This may be the first sign of that. The NAHB's builder confidence level slipped in October to a reading of 18, less than the expected 20."

Will Mortgage Insurers Limit the Housing Market?
calculatedriskblog.com 8/26/2009 — From Matt Padilla at the O.C. Register: Housing demand could snag on mortgage insurance Matt quotes an article from the National Mortgage News : The GSEs can purchase single-family mortgages with loan-to-value ratios higher than 80% only if the ...

BusinessWeek: 'Where Housing Will Be in 2012'
businessweek.com 6/20/2009 — Home prices are likely to fall for the next year, then stabilize, with a rebound in 2012 as the overall economy takes off again By Peter Coy, Mara Der Hovanesian, Christopher Palmeri, Amy S. Choi and Tara Kalwarski Americans have not seen a ...

Housing Update - How Far To The Bottom?
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com 7/13/2009 — Inquiring minds have been asking for another housing update. Using the Japan Nationwide Land Prices model as my guide, here is how I have called things in real time. click on chart for sharper image My previous update was was on December 1 ,2008 in ...

U.S. housing market meltdown not over yet: Zandi
hf-implode.com 2 days ago — "The housing crash is not over," he said.

The Demand for Housing
baselinescenario.com 8/17/2009 — Hello all, my name is Mike Konczal and I’ll be guest-blogging here this week. I want to start off with a request for comments. I think this page has one of the smarter comments sections (that statement is completely self-serving, as I am a commenter here too), and I want to get all of ...