Our discussion of Credit Card usage leads us review this: Since 2000, American households have spent more than they earned – a...
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What are the economic ramifications of the Mortgage deduction being eliminated? How likely is it that such a significant tax change is...
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signs were appearing that Housing was cooling back in August. More recently, there was also a comprehensive front page WSJ article on the...
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"We believe the market has peaked." So says Doug Duncan, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s chief economist, referring to...
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Does this sound at all familiar to anyone else? A foreign investor, flush with cash thanks to recent economic shifts, begins buying...
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I kinda disagree with the premise of Floyd Norris’ column yesterday (although how can I not love the chart?). click for...
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Interesting (if understated) article in WSJ yesterday about the PMI U.S. Market Risk Index report; The PMI Index suggested that about...
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Similar to Twain’s observation, reports of inflation’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Despite tales to the contrary, it is...
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Before 1983, CPI measured housing inflation by looking at what it cost to own a home (house prices, mortgage, property taxes). After 83,...
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Adjust this! We visited the issue of BLS "Owners Equivalent Rent" in CPI back in May (and several times since). But we...
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