Jesse Eisinger has a strong piece in today’s WSJ about the slowing economy and risks to the market: What if Housing Hare...
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Yesterday’ 1/4 point rate hike was no surprise . . . but the thought processes behind it may be. Consider the conundrum left to Ben...
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Sales of existing homes surprised to the upside yesterday. But one data point does not make a trend. This is the first rise (sequential...
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The WSJ discusses one of the nasty side effects on Mortgages and Real Estate of rising rates and slowing real estate: Delinquencies and...
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Wednesday’s WSJ was a Real Estate watchers delight: 3 articles that cut to the heart of everyone’s favorite cocktail party...
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> "Home sales are in the process of reversing all the gains of the past two years and reverting to 2003 levels." –...
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Over the past 3½ years markets crawled higher, we have watched the gradual but steady build up of bullish expectations. You can see it...
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Just how much has the real estate market cooled off? Well, now that mortgages are at 4 year highs, we see Real Estate Agents are giving...
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As we noted Thursday, we had very strong existing home sales. But before you freak out about the Fed going to 6%, put this into context:...
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Very strong existing home sales reported this morning — the immediate reaction was for yields to tick up, and equities to head...
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