“Negative equity is typically a demand-side obstacle to sales and refinances, but currently is also restricting the supply of homes for sale,” Khater said. In…
Remember when, a few short months ago, the whole planet was panicked about cripplingly high oil prices? That’s changed in a hurry. Crude prices are…
Some housing sales data now shows prices with a slight year over year increase including the NAR’s existing home sales and the Commerce Department’s new…
What if housing valuations are in a structural, multi-decade decline?
A strong case can be made that the fundamental supports of the housing market– demographics, employment, creditworthiness and income–will not recover for a generation. I…
The following is the executive summary of the Wall Street Examiner Professional Edition Housing Update. The complete report with illustrative charts and analysis is available…
Since “to QE3 or not to QE3” is once again the big question on investors minds, I’m going to share my thoughts on this before we get to the charts.
The Federal Reserve Board meets next week, and as has become somethi…
Home prices fall in Oct for 3rd month: CoreLogic
Reuters – 1 hour 16 minutes ago.. .
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Home prices fell in October for the third month in a row with growth in the beleaguered sector expected to remain flat for years to come, data …
Sentiment continues to remain bullish, despite the declines in the averages last week.
Rydex funds are reaching ridiculous extremes. Rydex funds offer a good proxy for retail investor sentiment; retail investors are small money, an…
The Treasury market buying panic continued this week with technical signs pointing to a 10 year yield possibly as low as 1.80, or even 1.60.…
Here’s where we see the Con taking shape. The ideal setup for risk-free returns is to own Treasurys that pay a high yield. The way to get higher interest rates is to first make the Treasury market supremely dependent on a central bank or single buyer…
