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 $25 Billion Deal Over Foreclosure Abuses… Continue watching
Jan 31 No Recovery in Latest Housing Data Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. The monthly housing data released Tuesday by Standard and Poor's Case-Shiller Index came with sparse good news. Home prices have declined yet again, continuing their wobbly down-up-down decline after the market bubble burst… Continue reading
Jan 31 No Recovery in Latest U.S. Housing Data Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. By Paul Solman and Elizabeth Shell The monthly housing data released Tuesday by Standard and Poor's Case-Shiller Index came with sparse good news. Home prices have declined yet again, continuing their wobbly down-up-down… Continue reading
Dec 27 Latest U.S. Home Sales Price Reading a 'Distinct Downer' Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. It's the monthly moment for Case-Shiller/S&P, the most widely followed index of U.S. housing prices, and Tuesday's numbers are a distinct downer, prices dropping at an annual rate of over 1 percent,… Continue reading
Nov 29 Falling U.S. House Prices Not a Good Sign Image by Fusion via Getty Images. Making Sen$e reporter/producer Elizabeth Shell files most of this post on Tuesday's Case-Shiller housing index. The punchline: housing prices declined in September -- not a good sign. Here's her summary of the… Continue reading