This is one of those charts — call it infoporn — that us junkies find so very telling: Notice that Asia, for its its...
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Earlier this morning, we discussed some of the more hallucinogenic forecasts of the NAR (Home Prices Seen Rising in ’07). As if on...
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"After bottoming in the fourth quarter of 2006, existing-home sales are forecast to gradually rise through 2007 and into 2008, while...
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I love the serendipity when two separate analyses show up saying the opposite thing. Such was the case this weekend, when I was looking...
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DOH! I thought I posted this before I headed out earlier today — here is a belated update ~~~Heckuva a number, Ben. As...
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A couple of things to keep an eye on when the NFP numbers come out at 8:30am this morning: 1) Consensus is 115,000 for new jobs in...
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One would have thought that after the Frontline piece, we’d give Real Estate a rest for a while. But no, we can’t leave well...
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Some of the recent Housing data has been “encouraging:” • Sales for existing homes rose in November for the second straight...
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As sub par as Retail sales were this holiday season, the Media coverage was even more disappointing. Perhaps I shouldn’t be so...
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Tales of Inflation’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. PPI — the prices for finished goods, not raw materials —...
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