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• Stock Market at All-Time High; You Must Be at an All-Time High Too Fri May 10
  Fritz Pfister
  Bloomberg Macro indicators have fallen to seven month lows as the S&P 500 sets record highs. That hasn’t happened since 2007. Macro declines, market goes up. Must be a coincidence it mirrors 2007 trend lines. ... more
• The Second U.S. Housing Bubble Continues to Inflate Mon May 6
  Political Calculations
  Since the inflation phase of the second U.S. housing bubble began in July 2012, the trailing twelve-month average of median new home sale prices has increased by an average of $2,532 per month through February 2013. By contrast, the trailing twelve-month average for median household income in the U.S. has increased by an average of $121.56 per month, as median home prices have been rising by an average of roughly $21 for every $1 increase in median household income. ... more
• Paul Allen gaining respect with sports, real estate moves Tue Apr 30
  Reuters News
• Keeping Housing from a Real Recovery Mon Apr 29
  Fritz Pfister
  One would think inventory would be tight because homes should be selling as fast as they come to market. Not this time, because it’s different. You have to have a job to qualify for a home loan regardless the interest rate. ... more
• RNC Hires Former Real Estate Agent as Director of 'African American' Communications Thu Apr 25
  Crystal Wright
  I can’t decide if the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) minority outreach effort is more like watching a sitcom or a soap opera dubbed “The Young and the Foolish.” ... more
• Home Prices Highest Point in History for D.C. as Liberals Cry 'Austerity' Mon Apr 15
  John Ransom
  D.C. home prices reached the highest point in history during what liberals would claim as a period of austerity for our federal city. ... more
• The Oh-fer-Two Budget Fri Apr 12
  Fritz Pfister
  It takes time to find things to tax to fund all things progressive. Two months to be exact. ... more
• Sub Prime Déjà Vu All Over Again Sun Apr 7
  Bob Beauprez
  Years of continually relaxed loan underwriting standards at the insistence of politicians and "guaranteed" by the federal government against loss eventually turned rotten. Now they're doing it again. ... more
• Cautiously Pessimistic Fri Apr 5
  Fritz Pfister
  The stand out number from the ADP report for everyone told of the great housing recovery by the Columbia regurgitators, is the number of construction jobs added in March; 0. That’s right, the great housing recovery added a whopping zero construction jobs in March. ... more
• Obama's Foolish, Inexplicable and Predictable Economy Thu Apr 4
  John Ransom
  At a time when banks have more concentrated assets, with more concentrated risk, the administration, foolishly, inexplicably and predictably is leaning on mortgage lenders to lend to people less likely to be able to pay back loans. ... more
• Bubbles and Fire Part 3 Mon Apr 1
  Political Calculations
  Here we examine the factors that kept the first U.S. housing bubble going, even after the Fed acted to stop throwing so much fuel on the fire. ... more
• Bubbles and Fire Part 2 Sun Mar 31
  Political Calculations
  Investors snapped up the available properties for sale in these states at a very rapid clip in the early stages of the first U.S. housing bubble, sending house prices skyrocketing in the places they coveted. ... more
• Bubbles and Fire Sat Mar 30
  Political Calculations
  As all fans of the Discovery Channel's Mythbusters know, it takes three things to make a fire: fuel, oxidizer and a spark. If you combine these three things in the right proportions, you too can make a fire. ... more
• How Do Manipulated Housing Markets End? Fri Mar 29
  Fritz Pfister
  All the great news about rising home prices creating a wealth effect is an overstatement, because consumer debt remains double that of 2001. ... more
• The U.S. Housing Bubble Is Back Sun Mar 24
  Political Calculations
  Unfortunately, the apparently robust growth of housing prices in the last several months is suggestive of something other than fundamental factors at work. ... more
• Will the Real Economy Please Stand Up Sun Mar 17
  Fritz Pfister
  We seem to already be in a recession or we are reaching an inflection point and the economy is growing. Guess those are our two choices. Before we make our decision, let us consider some factors ... more
• Miami real estate revival a boon for Latin American developers Sun Mar 10
  Reuters News
• This Inspires Consumer Confidence? Fri Mar 8
  Fritz Pfister
  Obama thinks Americans are so stupid they would believe the miniscule 2.4% decrease in the increased rate of spending would cause a recession. ... more
• Obama Plays Capone on Sequestration Fri Mar 1
  Fritz Pfister
  Perhaps you remember the rich history of Chicago? Obama reminds me of a fellow named Capone who sent out his version of Holder, Napolitano, Panetta, and LaHood to tell people; say nice business you got here, be a shame anything happens to it. ... more
• Phony Jobs Math Not Helping Housing Fri Feb 15
  Fritz Pfister
  Pent up demand is finite. After a certain period of time that demand becomes satisfied. Any sudden increase in interest rates and that demand disappears. ... more
• The Long Run Decline in Actual Homeownership Tue Feb 12
  Mark Calabria
  Setting aside the fact that the government can come take your home, with or without a mortgage, it’s hard to say you really “own” it unless it’s all yours. ... more
• Housing Recovery, Real or Fake? Sat Feb 9
  Fritz Pfister
  An organic recovery driven by demand emanating from real job growth adding qualified buyers to the market has not happened ... more
• Now May be The Best Opportunity in a Generation to Buy Real Estate Wed Nov 28
  Nathan Slaughter
  The world has changed immeasurably, but prized real estate certainly hasn't gone out of style. ... more
• Feds accuse Michigan judge of real estate fraud Tue Nov 20
  AP News
• India's uphill battle against "black money" in real estate Tue Nov 20
  Reuters News

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