The Housing Bubble Blog

By The Mysterious Flying Miser - The other day, I was reading through a few of today’s big ideas for solving the housing crisis, and I started to wonder whether or not there were any good solutions being proposed by the Federal Reserve Bank. It crossed my mind that a few of these wise guys might be...

-By The Mysterious Flying Miser It wasn’t long ago that most Thought Leaders were publicly denying the existence of a housing bubble, perhaps even unkindly. Now past the denial phase, many have skipped the mea culpa and jumped directly into bargaining phase. Below is a list of delightful ideas...

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Post off-topic ideas, links and Craigslist finds here. Please visit the HBB Forum. And see the American Visionaries series from Schwarzfilm.

Post off-topic ideas, links and Craigslist finds here. Please visit the HBB Forum. And see the American Visionaries series from Schwarzfilm.

It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "This city in Oregon's scenic high desert once had one of the nation's hottest economies. Resort developers, bankers, construction workers and luxury car dealers rushed for a piece of the action. In Deschutes, many high-end homes were built on...

Post off-topic ideas, links and Craigslist finds here. Please visit the HBB Forum. And see the American Visionaries series from Schwarzfilm.

Post off-topic ideas, links and Craigslist finds here. Please visit the HBB Forum. And see the American Visionaries series from Schwarzfilm.

Post off-topic ideas, links and Craigslist finds here. Please visit the HBB Forum. And see the American Visionaries series from Schwarzfilm.

Post off-topic ideas, links and Craigslist finds here. Please visit the HBB Forum. And see the American Visionaries series from Schwarzfilm.

Post off-topic ideas, links and Craigslist finds here. Please visit the HBB Forum. And see the American Visionaries series from Schwarzfilm.

by the Mysterious Flying Miser This time last year, one of the hottest debates on this blog was whether rents would rise or fall as a result of mass foreclosures. Let’s see what’s happening so far: From AMEInfo : "Apartment and villa rents have reported a sharp decline of 22 and 34% respectively in...

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By the Magnificent Flying Miser The National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) have been lobbying hard to prevent, delay, and reverse any legislation that would give government regulators more sway over the real estate industry. Both organizations...

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It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Miles Brannan and his wife are feeling the crunch just like everybody else. The Brannans are both South Florida realtors, and when their income dipped with the economy they put their $3 million Fort Lauderdale waterfront house on the market, only to...

Post off-topic ideas, links and Craigslist finds here. Please visit the HBB Forum. And see the American Visionaries series from Schwarzfilm.

Post off-topic ideas, links and Craigslist finds here. Please visit the HBB Forum. And see the American Visionaries series from Schwarzfilm.

Post off-topic ideas, links and Craigslist finds here. Please visit the HBB Forum. And see the American Visionaries series from Schwarzfilm.

The Chicago Tribune reports from Illinois. "An average of only 7.3 Chicago-area homeowners received government-certified foreclosure counseling for every 100 area foreclosure filings in 2008, according to a report Tuesday by Housing Action Illinois and the Woodstock Institute. Illinois has 94...