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29 May

% of income to rent two-bedroom

by Barry Ritholtz
According to this map, in most of the country, the rent IS too damn high!   Click for an interactive graphic. Source: Wonkblog

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24 May

Former White House Officials Involved in GSE Scandal

by Josh Rosner
Josh Rosner is managing director of Graham Fisher & Co, and co-author of Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and...

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23 May

Forty Percent of the Buildings in Manhattan Could Not Be Built...

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: The Upshot

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3 May

America’s Great Housing Divide

by Barry Ritholtz
Fascinating analysis and interactive too from the Washington Post, looking at the post-crisis housing recovery. Not surprisingly, it is...

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25 Apr

Wealth Effect is a Bad Correlation Fantasy

by Barry Ritholtz
The Poverty of the Wealth Effect Higher asset prices don’t cause faster economic growth. They reflect it. Bloomberg, April 25, 2016...

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25 Apr

Deleveraging & Spending

by Barry Ritholtz
  Source: Bloomberg    Between 2000 and 2007, borrowed money was adding about $330 billion a year to Americans’ purchasing...

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12 Apr

The Salary Needed to Buy a Home in 27 Different U.S. Cities

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: Visual Capitalist

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4 Apr

Happiness and Home Prices

by Barry Ritholtz
Looking at the countries at the top of the latest world happiness rankings you wonder if happiness is driven by negative interest rates...

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30 Mar

Happiness & Home Prices

by Barry Ritholtz
Interesting look at countries at the top of the latest world happiness rankings and their home price appreciations. Makes you wonder if...

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28 Mar

Cognition and the Housing Behavior of Older Americans

by Guest Author
Fascinating analysis of the housing market in context of the aging Baby Boom cohort.   Cognition by TBP_Think_Tank

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      Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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