S&P/Case-Shiller HPI about in line but true test comes...
The Dec 20 city S&P/Case-Shiller home price index fell 3.08% y/o/y, about in line with expectations and fell .24% m/o/m NSA....
Treasury Looks to Mandate Foreclosure Abatements, Mortgage Mods
One of the most disappointing policy initiatives of the Administration to date has been the expensive and ineffective attempts to fight...
Cost of Home Ownership
With Case Shiller out later today, its as good a time as any to take a look at what the actual cost of home ownership is. The current Fed...
Janet Yellen: Outlook for Economy and Monetary Policy
President’s Speech Presentation to the Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate School of Business Administration, University of San...
Monday Readings
Some items I found worth perusing — • China New Village Makes Chanos See Dubai 1,000 Times (Bloomberg) • Debt Deals Haunt...
Apologies for Garbage Ads
There are all manner of garbage ads showing up on the site — reverse mortgages and other dreck. I need to tweak the ad server...
Where are Abe Beame and Felix Rohatyn now that you need them
My pal, and Lola Jane Farrell’s honorary uncle, Doug Kass, once quipped that if you could remember the 1960’s it was because...