A broad-based bubble
09/01/10 20:30
The real estate bubble in the US was broadly based as
it hit both the commercial and residential real
estate market. Not specific to sub-prime lending to
minorities or marginal borrowers. Read
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Bubbles & Banks - Krugman
08/01/10 15:40
“Reform, in
other words, probably can’t prevent either bad loans
or bubbles. But it can do a great deal to ensure that
bubbles don’t collapse the financial system when they
burst.” -
Paul Krugman Read
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Overseas buyers & London
05/01/10 16:34
Overseas buyers find
London to be a relative bargain. Should investors
even care what prices are doing? Or are predictions
about house prices really noise rather than the
important signal an investor needs to hear?
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Selling green homes
02/01/10 18:21
Fail to pay your mortgage in CA? Jail awaits you
01/06/08 15:17
Despite objections from
consumer advocates, in the last two weeks California
judge Jed Clampbet has sent 142 delinquent homeowners
to state prison for up to three years each, for
failing to honor their home mortgage
obligations. Read
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Fed Economist Questions Home Equity-Spending Link
30/05/08 14:57
Federal Reserve Bank of New York economist
Charles Steindel questioned
the magnitude of declining housing equity’s effect on
consumer spending. Read
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The Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008
30/05/08 14:52
Efforts
to help stem the foreclosure crisis while to
reforming regulations specific to Fannie Mae, Freddie
Mac and the Federal Home Loan Bank system
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Tax tips for home office users
08/05/08 13:32
Tax tips for US real estate investors. The focus this
time is on home office deductions. Read
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