Analysis Topic: Housing Market Price trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
U.S. House Prices, S&P Case-Shiller Rolling Over? / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Andrew_Butter
In May the S&P Case-Shiller Index started to tick upwards, plenty of people thought that was not going to last (Has the U.S. Housing Market Hit Bottom? ), yet it has edged upwards for three months now.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
U.S. Housing Market Has Bottomed, Now is the Time to Buy / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: It looks like the U.S. housing sector has bottomed. In fact, if you’ve been thinking about buying a house, this may be the time to make your move.
Let me tell you why.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
A Mixed Picture In The U.S. Housing Market / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Sy_Harding
In early 2007, after the real estate bubble began bursting and the extent of the problems from sub-prime mortgages became more clear, I predicted the aftermath would have the economy in the worst recession since 1973-74 by the end of the year (2007).
Friday, October 23, 2009
U.S. Housing Market, Tax Credits, and Realtors / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Tim_Iacono
So, the home buyers tax credit is in the news again and it's becoming quite controversial...
Proponents would like to see the program extended well into next year and have the credit expanded to $15,000 (or more), removing the first-time home buyer requirement which, by the way, really didn't restrict this to new home buyers at all, just those who hadn't owned a home in the last three years.
Monday, October 19, 2009
FSA Sets Out Major Reforms For The U.K. Mortgage Market / Housing-Market / Mortgages
By: Submissions
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today sets out proposals for the major reforms required in the UK mortgage market to ensure that it works better for consumers and is sustainable for all market participants.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Commercial Real Estate Vacancies Musical Chairs / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mike_Shedlock
Commercial real estate vacancies hit nearly 25% in Phoenix Valley area. Scottsdale and Southeast Valley vacancies are even higher. Please consider Office vacancy rates in Valley hit record.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
China Real Estate Burgeoning Bubble Special Report / Housing-Market / China Economy
By: John_Mauldin
Today I offer you an insightful look at China's real estate market - a "burgeoning bubble" that deserves a close eye as the possibility for breaking increases. Remember the chaos in Japan after their own housing dreamscape got violently yanked back to earth? As investors, we have to recognize opportunities - and know what to avoid. With a global economic crisis - and now surging housing prices in China - investors in any global market need to keep watch on political and economic developments around the world.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The Demise of the Self-certification Mortgage / Housing-Market / Mortgages
By: MoneyFacts
The Financial Services Authority’s mortgage market review is due out next week and expectations are that the City regulator will bring new self-certification mortgages to a final end.
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Indian Residential property prices rise 15% / Housing-Market / India
By: StocksBuddy
Is this even realistic in today's climate? First time ever it is seen that Banks are advertising using hoardings and pleading to take loans in metros to buy houses. And on the other hand we see articles that state residential property prices will go up by 15% in an year as they start to call it a bottom. Welcome to the world of pump-and-dump.
Friday, October 02, 2009
UK Housing Market Mortgage Products Start to Stagnate at Higher Interest Rates / Housing-Market / Mortgages
By: MoneyFacts
The dust looks to have begun to settle on a volatile mortgage market, as the availability of a current mortgage deal lengthened from 18 to an average of 24 working days during September, the longest since October 2007.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Connecting the Dots to the U.S. Housing Market Recovery / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mark_B_Rasmussen
Dot 1
There is a “shadow market” of 2.7 million homes that are technically in foreclosure but are yet to be reclaimed by the lender, says a Wall Street Journal study today. While it’s no secret banks are kicking the can down the road on finalizing foreclosures (and consequently accepting the mortgage loan as a loss) this is the first guess at the total number of such homes that we’ve heard:
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Monday, September 28, 2009
The Government is the Mortgage Market / Housing-Market / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Michael_Pento
It’s time to ask ourselves a collective question; what have we learned from the economic chaos caused by a collapsing real estate market, which was itself caused by government intervention and easy credit? The answer is unfortunately, an emphatic nothing!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Commercial Real Estate Day of Reckoning is Here / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: DailyWealth
Tom Dyson writes: This weekend, I had pizza and beer with an executive at a commercial real estate company...
My friend's company is one of the largest office landlords in America, with big investments up and down the East Coast. My friend manages the debt-finance division.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Government is Setting Us Up for a Second Subprime Mortgage Financial Crisis / Housing-Market / Subprime Mortgage Risks
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: Is the government creating another subprime-mortgage bubble?
The first time around, the three-headed federal serpent - the Bush administration, the Treasury Department and the U.S. Federal Reserve - used Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) to "legitimize" trillions of dollars worth of toxic financial waste known as subprime mortgages.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
How Does One Tell If Houses Are Overpriced? / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mike_Shedlock
Tonight I received a question from a "Concerned Canadian" about home prices.
However, my answer does not change regardless of where someone lives. The same metrics apply universally.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Fewer Mortgage Options for First Time Home Buyers / Housing-Market / Mortgages
By: MoneyFacts
Risk remains the overriding factor in setting mortgage rates, with competition amongst lenders continuing to take a back seat.
Borrowers with a 10% deposit have seen just a 0.12% drop in the average mortgage rate, despite the cost of funding to lenders falling 4.35%.
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
We're All Going to Pay For the Housing Market Mess / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Adam_Brochert
The citizens of the United States will be paying to clean up the collapse of the real estate bubble. It doesn't matter if one participated in the housing boom or not - we are all going to pay and pay dearly for this mess. Renters, owners and speculators are all equally on the hook if they are taxpayers (did you know that 40% of people living in the U.S. pay or owe no federal income tax?).
Saturday, September 19, 2009
U.S. Housing Market Foreclosure Prevention Tactics Useless / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mike_Shedlock
An interesting report in the Los Angeles Times shows that a person with super-prime credit scores is more likely to walk away from an underwater mortgage than a person with a subprime credit rating.
Monday, September 14, 2009
UK Housing Market Boosted by Increase of Mortgage Products / Housing-Market / Mortgages
By: MoneyFacts
The number of residential mortgages available is slowly increasing, but still the market is dominated by deals for customers with more than a 25% deposit.
On 1 April 2009 the number of mortgages available hit rock bottom at just 1,209, a 90% drop from the peak of 11,951 products available in July 2007. Today there are 1,392 products available.
Friday, September 11, 2009
U.S. Housing Market Foreclosure Filings Top 300,000 for Sixth Straight Month / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mike_Shedlock
Foreclosure filings are still on a rampage as noted by the Bloomberg headline U.S. Foreclosure Filings Top 300,000 for Sixth Straight Month.