The Housing Bubble Blog

Readers suggested a topic on housing bubble fallout. "So, what inning is it? Per MSNBC, it is the half-way point of the foreclosure boom, which will go on for four more years." A reply, "You can’t know what inning it is unless you define when the game started and what the end of the game looks...

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It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The vast plains are dotted with the windmills at which Don Quixote once tilted. Squatting incongruously among them is a €1.1 billion ($1.5 billion) white elephant: Ciudad Real’s airport. Other than the chirping of autumn crickets, the silence is...

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The Tri-County Times reports from Michigan. "In Michigan, foreclosure filings were reported on one out of every 322 housing units in September 2011, according to RealtyTrac. This statistic also makes it very possible that one doesn't have to look far to find someone who is going through this...

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The Ventura County Star reports from California. "Right now is actually an excellent time for first-time buyers to buy a home. The California Association of Realtors reported that housing affordability continued to improve throughout the state in the first quarter of 2011. According to a February...

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Readers suggested some housing bubble poetry. "Weekend topic suggestion: HBB Poetry Slam!" A reply, "Z Originale Housing Bubble Blog Poem (from Feb ‘09). I am but a shock in succession, past its crest, screaming toward its solitary trauma. I am but a glass, futilely reflecting in heedless grace,...

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It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "UCLA economists are predicting a steady climb in the median price of existing California homes. The UCLA Anderson Forecast anticipates an 11.5 percent price jump next year. The forecast calls for another 10 percent increase in 2013 and a median...

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Miami Today reports from FLorida. "Despite suffering through one of the worst housing market crises, Miami's residential market is now doing better than the rest of the nation. 'You're getting a lot of Venezuelans, Canadians, Brazilians because they feel like there's a bargain,' said Michael...