For first time in over a decade, the Case Shiller Housing Composite flipped negative; I’m sure this is utterly meaningless,...
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There was no good news whatsoever in today’s New Home Sales Data: • Sales of new-homes dropped nearly 4% in February. • This is...
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It invariably happens that after the linkfest goes up, I discover a killer article that would have been perfect. This piece from...
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New Home Starts came out this morning, and they were nothing to get excited about. Here’s the data: Privately-owned housing starts...
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New Housing Starts are due out at 8:30am. We’ve tore these numbers apart enough in the past that it would just be going thru the...
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Justin Lahart has an excellent column in today’s WSJ on a subject near and dear to our hearts: Misusing the stock market as a...
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Two distinct yet similar takes on Bracketology look at the economy and the subprime fungus via the same vehicle: NCAA Final Four...
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We sold our house last year — priced it reasonably, and at our first open house (Thanksgiving weekend!), got a reasonable bid. We...
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Since everyone wants to blame today’s whackage on the sub-prime debacle, lets look a little closer at CDOs. Today’s WSJ and...
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