The Housing Bubble Blog

Examining the home price boom and its effect on owners, lenders, regulators, realtors and the economy as a whole.

The Seemingly Endless Upward Trend

The Dallas Morning News reports from Texas. "After months of increases, the rate of Dallas-area home price gains shows signs of leveling off, according to the latest Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Home prices in the Dallas area have been rising on a year-to-year basis for the last...
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Losing Out To Those Cashing In

The Voice of San Diego reports from California. "Is the San Diego housing market in bubble territory again? In my mind, the ultimate test for bubble-hood lies in valuations. I believe the best way to measure housing valuations is to compare home prices to local incomes and rents. Right now, they...
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The Kind Of Insanity You Live For

The Republican reports from Massachusetts. "The word 'bubble' appeared last week in a story about the housing market in The New York Times. On the same day, Wednesday, the same word appeared in a housing story in The Wall Street Journal. The mere fact that someone thought to wonder, that the...
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The Dirty Little Secret At The Heart Of Our Economy

Some housing bubble news from around the globe. The Wall Street Journal, "Hardly anyone turns up nowadays at a Homex sales center for low-income homes in this dusty town north of Mexico City. Even the lone saleswoman on duty, Carolayn León, says she no longer believes in her employer after several...
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Putting The Cart Before The Horse

Readers suggested a topic on the mortgage market. "At what point, if ever, will U.S. home sales slow down due to rising mortgage rates? When Treasury yields spike, 30-year mortgage rates tend to move up in lockstep with a slight lag. It seems like May 2013 has represented a serious paradigm shift...
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A Ponzi Scheme For Anybody Who Wants The Chance

It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The recent surge is U.S. home prices has market watchers and money managers already playing defense to deter the notion that the market is entering another bubble. 'You've still got decreased supply and increasing demand, and the values are still...
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Free Money And A Seller’s Utopia

A report from The Street. "National home prices are still about 20% below their June 2006 peak, but in Texas home prices are now at a new peak, according to data from Lender Processing Services. Despite soaring home prices in Arizona and California, home prices in Arizona are still down 35% from...
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Skittishness Seems So Last Year

The Glendale News Press reports from California. "The real estate market in Glendale ticked upward again last month after a brief stall in March, reflecting an ongoing limited number of homes for sale and a multitude of potential buyers, according to the latest real estate report. Realtor Anne...
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