Steve Richman's (thatmiguysteve) Blog

Usually, I write a "Year in Review" article. Well, guess what? I really don't want to review 2008. Quite honestly, I think most of us would prefer to forget about 2008 all together. No need to recall bailouts and conservatorships and falling home prices and rising unemployment. Instead, I say le...

Two Recent Articles to Consider: It's official: The U.S. entered a recession in December 2007, according to the private National Bureau of Economic Research's business cycle dating committee   1:03 p.m. EST Dec. 1, 2008  http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/text-nber-statement-recession-began/st...

FHFA (formerly OFHEO) just released their 3rd quarter House Price Index.  I find this report, which is published quarterly, to be very helpful.  It can tell you what home values are doing in every MSA in the country.  But what I think is really great is that it will break it down for you over the...