"U.S. housing prices are headed for a double-dip decline that will hurt related equities which have already priced in a recovery in the sector, CIBC warns" in this article. There are really two aspects to this article. The first is "equities that have already priced in a recovery" to which the r
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02/04/2010
"Housing Crisis Getting Uglier in 2010" The vulture over in the corner is asking, "Uglier for whom?" For the rest of us, here is an eye-popping video news story with the President of LPS (Loan Processing Services) tracking delinquencies. http://members.beforeitsnews.com/story/15692/Housing_Cris
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02/04/2010
Subtle changes are often missed, but when we have snapshots at different points in time, the changes are more noticeable - as shown here with the market inventory. Below are two charts of the San Diego Real Estate Market - months of inventory - by price range. Present market snapshot Mid-Dece
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02/04/2010
San Francisco, CA, January 7, 2010 by FinestExpert.com - In a national housing market fueled by tax credits, some areas hit bottom in early 2009 - at least for entry level housing. Multiple-offers and bidding wars continue in these areas despite an ongoing use of strategic defaults, notices of d
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01/15/2010
I have previously observed in this blog that, at least in San Diego, home prices have been increasing, mainly due to the first-time homebuyer tax credit driving demand for the entry level market. In an article published by DSNews, they report New Research Shows Annual Home Price Increase of 5% t
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01/15/2010
Compared to seasonally adjusted values, the volume of sales for San Diego Real Estate is up over the past three months. Given all the other characteristics of the market, it seems that this is most likely solely due to the pressure to close sales before December 1, 2009 created by the original F
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12/14/2009
Institute for Trend Research economist Alan Beaulieu recently presented inflation expectations and provided actionable guidance, as reported by Paul Diamond, Web Editor, Vistage International. Original article here. Inflation will likely rise to 6% per year by the end of 2011 and to 7.5% per yea
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12/10/2009
According to the atricle U.S. housing market meltdown not over yet the meltdown of the U.S. housing market is not over yet, and home prices will soon start trekking downward again as a flood of foreclosures looms, a well-known economist said on Wednesday. The article quotes Mark Zandi, chief econ
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12/10/2009
In an article in DSNews today. Even as home prices are beginning to show signs of stabilizing and the industry is ramping up efforts to keep troubled borrowers in their homes, the latest market study from Jacksonville, Florida's Lender Processing Services (LPS) shows that mortgage delinquencies a
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11/11/2009
The San Diego real estate market is stable. The total months of inventory increased slightly from last month. The entry level market is still very strong. The mid-market plugs along. We saw a slight dip in the months of inventory at the high end of the market. With the extension and expansio
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11/10/2009
