Real Estate Market on Townhall

The Hair is Almost Gone Fri May 24

Roger Schlesinger

Then came Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, two politicians who never spent a day in the operations of a mortgage company, but nevertheless created thousands of pages about day to day banking operations as they felt it should exist. ... more
Homes on the Brink as Economy Shrinks Fri Apr 19

Fritz Pfister

Housing on the surface continues to look good, however when you peel back the layers of that onion it appears to be growing only due to bubble inducing Fed policies. ... more
Selling America's bunkers Thu May 3

Townhall.com Staff
Home Sales Up Despite Absent Tax Credit Fri Oct 21

Kathy Fettke

The fact that this year’s sales were up 11% in September compared to last year, without the $7000 tax credit, is a very positive sign. ... more
Email, Hate Mail and Comments from Readers Sun Oct 16

John Ransom

Here’s a group of people who spent their formative years demonstrating on campuses in the 1960s against corporate greed and war- and hitting the bong pretty hard. And what have they done now that they are in power? They have masterminded incredible transfers of taxpayer dollars to their rich corporate friends. ... more
Housing Doomed? Wed Sep 28

Kathy Fettke

Consider comparing the economy to a game of tug-of-war. When there are winners, there are also losers on the other end. And if you’ve played tug-of-war, you know you can be on the winning or losing side of the game just as soon as the momentum swings in the other direction. ... more
Obama and Insiders Honcho Private-Government Real Estate Sales Mon Sep 26

Kathy Fettke

Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, along with the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), are currently holding approximately 250,000 foreclosed homes. That’s roughly half of all unsold, repossessed properties. Plus, these government-backed agencies may soon be forced to repossess 830,000 more homes currently in some stage of foreclosure. ... more
Obama Done in by Own Econ Strategy: First Family Underwater by $700K on Chicago Home Mon Sep 5

Political Calculations

To find out, we went back into our previous analysis of the value of the President's primary residence in Chicago, Illinois, and updated it using the Federal Housing Finance Agency's latest revised data for how housing prices have changed in the Chicago metropolitan area over time. ... more
Are the Poor Really Poor? Sat Aug 20

John C. Goodman

More than 30 million Americans are living in "poverty," according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s one out of every seven people. But what does it really mean to be "poor" in America? ... more
Barney Frank, Czar of His Domain Fri Aug 19

John Ransom

Gotta love the Democrats when they pass laws that don’t even attempt to solve the problems the laws were intended to address in the first place. If they solved problems then they wouldn’t get to write the outrage letters. ... more
Buy Real Estate, Here's the Math Tue Jul 12

Kathy Fettke

Real estate professionals often get bashed when they suggest that “now” is a good time to buy property. While critics can have many subjective opinions based on their unique experiences, math always tells the truth. ... more
Union Geniuses: Use Beleaguered Pension Funds to Finance Real Estate Rehab! Thu Jun 30

Kyle Olson

For the last several months, pension managers, school districts and public officials have been howling about the alarming state of employee pension funds. ... more
Homes Are Not the Only Real Estate Being Destroyed by Government Mon Jun 27

Bruce Bialosky

The Harvard study, the Obama report, and the Washington Post all display an appalling ignorance of the real estate market – or worse, participation in a cover-up intended to (again) protect their the political allies responsible for this mess. ... more
Wisdom For The Fed Chairman With "No Idea" Sun Jun 26

Austin Hill

For the record, I don’t assume that the Federal Reserve chairman can ever know exactly what’s happening with the economy. And for the record, I never assume that anybody else can either. ... more
Sucker: Free Properties Aren't Cheap Sat May 28

Kathy Fettke

Before you run out and grab some free houses, think about it first. There’s probably a reason the bank can’t sell them. ... more
The Democrat Debt Mess Wed May 11

John Ransom

Thanks to that three-eyed snake, the 111th Congress, the country has written checks that can’t be cashed by law. In order to remedy the problem, the GOP majority in the House will have to raise the debt ceiling. ... more
Email, Hate Mail and Comments from Readers Sat Apr 9

John Ransom

It was a great week of debate on TH Finance. Now that we're at the weekend that means another stellar edition of Email, Hate Mail and Comments from Readers. It's MY turn to sound off on issues. Again. ... more
Scandalous Suggestion from Debt Commission Fri Dec 3

Linda Chavez

As if the collapse in the housing market had not done enough damage to the U.S. economy, the president's debt commission is now proposing changes that could take the industry off life support. ... more
The Residential Real Estate Market Has... Mon May 11

Roger Schlesinger

Before I conclude the above statement, I must stress the situation that confounds real estate experts throughout the country: the problem with the analysis of real estate and the lack of understanding by consumers of the conclusions. ... more