Jul 31 Optimism in Latest U.S. Home Prices *Real estate agent Diane Olson opens the sliding glass door of a model home in Gilbert, Ariz. "[Phoenix] was one of the hardest hit cities in the collapse, and prices are still more than 50 percent below their June… Continue reading
Jun 26 U.S. Housing Prices on the Rise — Except in Detroit Shuttered and repossessed homes line the streets of a middle class neighborhood on the East side of Detroit. Photo by Charles Ommanney/Getty Images. Only in Detroit. That's the punchline from the monthly S&P/Case-Shiller housing survey, published Tuesday… Continue reading
Jun 26 U.S. Housing Prices on the Rise — Except in Detroit Shuttered and repossessed homes line the streets of a middle class neighborhood on the East side of Detroit. Photo by Charles Ommanney/Getty Images. Only in Detroit. That's the punchline from the monthly S&P/Case-Shiller housing survey, published Tuesday… Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Paul Krugman on Europe ‘Doing the Unthinkable’ Paul Krugman's view on Spain's euro-woes and what Germany should do about it. Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch After the Fall: Have Government Programs Helped Ailing Housing Market? After the Fall: Have Government Programs Helped Ailing Housing Market?… Continue watching
Apr 24 Latest U.S. Home Prices Show Your Largest Asset May Be Withering Away Homes in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The nation's capital saw the highest price index level of all 20 areas the S&P/Case-Shiller report covers. Creative Commons photo courtesy of flickr user NCinDC. If you're one of millions… Continue reading
Feb 28 New Lows in U.S. Housing Prices Bode Ill for Economic Recovery A sign in a neighborhood outside of Greensboro, N.C. Photo by Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images. By Elizabeth Shell Tuesday's house price numbers are bad -- real bad. Not only have overall indicators dropped to their lowest levels… Continue reading
Feb 28 New Lows in U.S. Housing Prices Bode Ill for Economic Recovery A sign in a neighborhood outside of Greensboro, N.C. Photo by Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Tuesday's house price numbers are bad -- real bad. Not only have overall indicators dropped to their lowest levels since the housing… Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch Big Banks, 49 States Reach $25 Billion Deal Over Foreclosure Abuses Big Banks, 49 States Reach $25 Billion Deal Over Foreclosure Abuses… Continue watching
Jan 31 No Recovery in Latest Housing Data Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. The monthly housing data released Tuesday by Standard and Poor's Case-Shiller Index came with sparse good news. Home prices have declined yet again, continuing their wobbly down-up-down decline after the market bubble burst… Continue reading