The Housing Bubble Blog

The Sun Chronicle reports on Massachusetts. "Now that there are signs of recovery in the housing market, the hand-wringing has resumed over the shortage of homes in the state. Long-standing anti-growth policies of towns have kept the housing supply chronically low in comparison to the demand, says...

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The Union Tribune reports from California. "Median home prices may be down nearly 40 percent from their 2005 highs, but most residents still feel affordability needs attention. An online poll of 31,000 residents showed that 76 percent of participants said making housing more affordable is an...

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Readers suggested a topic on houses and retirement. "Where do people who are now leaving the Sunbelt go? In the case of retirees? Back to wherever their kids have jobs so they can see their grand-kids and be gently supervised/assisted until they can no longer take care of themselves. There is a...

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It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The fevered pace of building in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal is fuelling fears that the condo market is dangerously close to overheating. Joe Vaccaro, president of Toronto’s Building Industry and Land Development Association, said the high...

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The Mercury News reports from California. "Dave Cullinane and Karen Beeson, mortgage loan officers with EverBank in Campbell, discussed the type of clientele they are serving these days. The California Association of Realtors' 2011 survey of California home buyers shared by Cullinane and Beeson,...

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Fox 12 reports from Colorado. "According to the Pikes Peak Realtor Services Corporation 784 homes were sold in Colorado Springs last month. That is a nearly five percent increase from last year. 'Now is a great time to buy, you've got the high 3's on the rate, you still have good prices,' said Joe...

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Readers suggested a topic on buying a house. "As the bubble drags out and fails to unfold in a logical financially sane manner some hostility has arisen on this board between those who have chose to buy and those who have chose to rent. As the life of the bubble continues the shift has gone from...

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