REITs are Awesome !
For the first time since 1999, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is being reconfigured. The last time was when technology was...
REITs New Sector Classification
REITs are being broken out from the finance sector. While that makes some intuitive sense, S&P track record on creating new sectors...
Buy A House Already!
Still a Lot of Negativity on Housing Maybe the millennials will fix things. Bloomberg, August 24, 2016 There has been a steady...
Which Households Have Negative Wealth?
No, the CRA Did Not Cause the Financial Crisis
Lending to Poor People Didn’t Cause the Financial Crisis Look elsewhere for the sources of the meltdown. Bloomberg, June 22, 2016...
It’s Not Just Millennials Who Aren’t Buying Homes
How High Are Real House Prices?
This is really interesting: Look at what happens when you adjust real estate gains for inflation — note especially the second...
What are the Perceived Barriers to Homeownership for Young Adults?
Fed (Board) What Are the Perceived Barriers to Homeownership for Young Adults by ritholtz1
Do $100 Million Apartments Mean We Are in a Bubble ?
Be on Guard Against Bubble Sightings A surge in the number of super-expensive houses for sale doesn’t tell us anything about the...