Archive for November, 2009Are Housing Fundamentals Still Deteriorating?This post first appeared on Minyanville. There’s a good amount of buzz surrounding the Wall Street Journal’s piece on the staggering number of homeowners underwater on their mortgages. This, on the same day the Case-Shiller Home Price Index posted its fourth consecutive month-over-month increase. Mixed signals? Possibly. But in reality, these two seemingly disparate data [...] Keepin’ It Real Estate: Trial Modifications Are CriminalThis post first appeared on Minyanville. The Obama administration is busy touting the burgeoning success of its mortgage modification program. Unfortunately, it’s a farce: Out of one side of his mouth, the President touts a dedication to the besieged middle class, while from the other, lauds a loan modification program which steals money from struggling [...] Cirios Trends: Getting to the Bottom of the Housing Market – November 2009In this month’s issue, check out: The State of the Markets – 11/3/2009 Opportunity abounds as banks pare back on risk. Editorial: Regulators Delay Bursting of Commercial Real Estate Bubble Reality forestalled as lenders kick the can down the road, again. Zip Code Spotlight: 94040 – Mountain View Deciphering the Google Effect. First Time Homebuyer [...] The State of the Markets – 11/3/2009This post first appeared in the November edition of Cirios Trends: Getting to the Bottom of the Housing Market Of the myriad debates ongoing at a time when economics and politics are seemingly two heads of the same freakish snake, the role government should play in directing economic actions dominates an already ideologically charged arena. [...] Editorial: Regulators Delay Bursting of Commercial Real Estate BubbleThis post first appeared in the November edition of Cirios Trends: Getting to the Bottom of the Housing Market This piece first appeared on Minyanville. By Andrew Jeffery Reality, it appears, is a dish Washington believes is best served, never. Late Friday evening on October 30th, long after most Americans had shut off their computer [...] Zip Code Spotlight – 94040 – Mountain View, CAThis post first appeared in the November edition of Cirios Trends: Getting to the Bottom of the Housing Market For this month’s zip code spotlight we head down the Peninsula to Mountain View, CA, home of Google Inc. and just up the street from rival Yahoo, headquartered in neighboring Sunnyvale. For the past decade, the [...] First Time Homebuyer Spotlight: How Much Does it Really Cost to Buy a House?This post first appeared in the November edition of Cirios Trends: Getting to the Bottom of the Housing Market When trying to determine if they can afford to buy their first home, many first time homebuyers leave out a whole host of costs that then become unwelcome surprises once they’re already emotionally invested in a [...] |