If you don't have a TV, a radio, or a newspaper, you may have missed all of the negative press surrounding the mortgage and housing markets . The severity of the situation has created a sort of panic that has paralyzed the consumer. Rather than deal with any aspect of the problem, we wait for someone...
Freddie Mac seems to be seeking a little cover in its March 2007 Economic Outlook released late last week. These monthly forecasts always have a theme which the authors tend to torture relentlessly and this month it is the old adage - "In Like a Lion..." News about the housing market is likened to the...
Is it the end of the end of the housing bubble ? The National Association of Realtors (NAR) seemed to think so as it issued its November report on the sales of existing houses, the second month in a row when sales showed slight improvement over the previous month. New home sales also showed signs of...
We have often said that the quarterly Office of Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) Home Price Index (HPI) report is one of the most interesting of the dozens of surveys and measures of the housing market that come out every month, quarter, or year. The report, which is based on same house sales, is...
FREDDIE ISSUES JUNE ECONOMIC PROGNOSTICATION If you want to add a headache to your day's aggravation, you are invited to read the latest Economic Outlook report issued late Wednesday by Freddie Mac's Office of the Chief Economist. It isn't their fault, nobody seems to understand what is going on nationally...
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Glenn Setzer
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Fri, Jun 10 2005
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