
Analysis Topic: Housing Market Price trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Sunday, January 04, 2009
UK Housing Market Crash and Depression Forecast 2007 to 2012 / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: Nadeem_Walayat

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
How to get "hundreds of dollars" of Extra Cash per Month, for 30 Years / Housing-Market / Mortgages
By: Marty_Chenard

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Sunday, December 28, 2008
Expensive Fixed Rate Mortgages Only Option Available for Many Borrowers / Housing-Market / Mortgages
By: MoneyFacts
Fixed rate mortgages now account for 69% of the market, compared to 51% this time last year.Despite a 2.61 percentage point drop in the two year swap rate between 1 October and today, the average two year fixed rate mortgage has only dropped by 0.71 percentage points.
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Friday, December 26, 2008
U.S. Housing Market Forecast 2009 / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Money_and_Markets
Mark Larson writes: I don't know about you, but I had a great time watching my little girls open their presents on Christmas morning. You should have seen the smiles on their faces! I sincerely hope that you and your family are relaxing and enjoying this holiday season as much as I am.
But soon, thoughts are going to turn from relaxation to reality. Investors are going to focus once again on the wounded real estate market. And millions of homeowners and commercial property owners are going to ask that all-important question: Will 2009 be “it” — the year when things finally start turning around?
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Abbey Squeezes Mortgage Payers Whilst Losing Billions to Wallstreet Fraud / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: Nadeem_Walayat

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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
The High Cost of Washington's Housing Market Price Manipulation Policy / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Ayn_Rand
Want to eliminate the glut of homes? Don't give the government more power--open the borders to immigration.
For decades Washington has been manipulating prices to encourage homeownership and "steer" the economy. To "incentivize" you to buy a house, it made mortgage payments tax deductible, largely exempted homes from capital gains taxes, and created Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. After the stock market tumbled in 2001 and 2002, Washington established a policy of artificially low interest rates that created the illusion of cheap credit; leery of the stock market, and looking for someplace else to put all this easy money, Americans began buying homes in droves.
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Sunday, December 07, 2008
U.S. House Prices Case Shiller CPI Analysis / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mike_Shedlock

The chart is courtesy of my friend "TC" and a brief explanation is that the Case-Chiller housing index is substituted for Owners' Equivalent Rent in the CPI. The results are compared to the BLS Government Published CPI (CPI-U called OER-CPI in the following chart).
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Friday, December 05, 2008
U.S. Housing Market Crash- How Far To The Bottom? / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mike_Shedlock

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Monday, December 01, 2008
Collapse in UK Mortgage Lending / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The Bank of England announced that UK mortgage lending collapsed in October, falling to the second lowest figure since records began at just £459mln, down 70% on the month and only 6% of the October 2007 levels which followed the collapse of Northern Rock Bank in Sept 07. The data continues to suggest that bank lending continues to tighten despite the £500 billion bank bailout of early October.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Nationwide UK House Price Forecasts Track Record / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: Nadeem_Walayat

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Thursday, November 27, 2008
UK House Price Falls Moderate in November to -0.4% / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: Nationwide

• Annual rate of fall moderates to 13.9%
• Deep interest rate cuts will provide support for borrowers
• Fiscal measures may help housing market indirectly, but policies to support funding markets may be more likely to speed recovery
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
Home Owner Credit and Mortage $800 Billion Stimulus Package / Housing-Market / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Money_Morning

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Sunday, November 23, 2008
Housing Market Heads South and S&P 500 Crashes Through Bear Market Low! / Housing-Market / Financial Crash
By: Money_and_Markets
Mike Larson writes: Last Thursday was a historic day for the market. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index plunged by 6.7% to 752.44. The bear market low of October 2002 was 768.63 — and we sliced through it like a hot knife through butter.
Stated another way, every last penny of profit an investor earned — even if he bought at the absolute low six years ago has been wiped off the map. And if you bought the S&P just over a year ago? You've lost more than HALF your money.
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Sunday, November 23, 2008
U.S. Housing Market Forecast 2009, More Pain No Gain / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes: The U.S. housing market is already being pounded by the “perfect storm.” And the outlook for the New Year is for the stormy weather to continue – and probably to get worse.
As if a locked-up credit market and tidal waves of foreclosures weren't already enough, we're now watching unemployment climb and consumer confidence plunge.
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Kirstie and Phil's Location, Location, Location Returns as UK House Prices Crash / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: Nadeem_Walayat

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Friday, November 14, 2008
New Precedent for America : Financial Irresponsibility Pays / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mike_Stathis

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Friday, November 07, 2008
Capital Economics UK Housing Market Forecasts / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Nadeem_Walayat
What is the value of typically the same housing bear market / crash forecast that is rolled out every few months? This article takes a look back at Capital Economics that has been grabbing the headlines of late of having forecast the UK housing market crash of 2008. However if you dig a little deeper the actual accuracy of Capital Economics housing market forecasts evaporates into thin air.
Friday, November 07, 2008
UK Housing Market 15% Crash Forecast Fulfilled / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: Nadeem_Walayat

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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
The Great American Housing Market Nightmare Next Phase / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Money_and_Markets
Martin Weiss writes: One of the greatest blunders of our time is made by those who blindly assume home prices are so low they couldn't possibly go any lower.
In reality, home prices don't stop going down at some particular level that appears to be “cheap.” Nor do they stop falling because they match some historical price that was previously a low.
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
UK House Prices Crash by 14.6% / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: Nationwide
Prices fall by 1.4% in October
- Reluctance of sellers to reduce asking prices could be hindering market activity
- Recognition that the UK is heading into recession opens door to sharp cuts in rates