The Housing Bubble Blog

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

Over-Reliance Upon One Asset Does Not Make It Immune

Investors Business Daily reports on China. "China’s capital outflows jumped in December, with the estimated 2015 total reaching $1 trillion, underscoring the scale of the battle facing policymakers trying to hold up the yuan amid slower economic growth and slumping stocks. 'The immediate trigger...
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Back To 2004 and 2005: Thinking About It Isn’t An Option

The News Press reports from Florida. "'Hitting on all cylinders' is how Naples-area real estate pros described their market’s 2015 performance at Friday’s NapLes Area Board of Realtors year-end wrap. 2014 and 2015 were near-record years in almost every category, according to Downing Frye realtor...
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Giving Back Extraordinary, Stratospheric, Dramatic Growth

The Austin American Statesman on Texas. "For the fifth straight year, Austin-area home sales set a record in 2015, the Austin Board of Realtors said. And for the fourth year in a row, the area’s median home sales price hit a new high, rising to $263,900. 'House prices have increased a lot in recent...
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Symptoms Of The Cause Of World Economic Bubbles

It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "With the stock market sliding and oil prices in the tank, homebuilders meeting in Las Vegas are trying to stay focused on the good news about their industry. But the plunge in securities prices and fretting about the economy have builders looking...
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A Dominant Theme: When Will It End?

The Longmont Times-Call reports on Colorado. "Positivity was the theme of the evening at the 2016 Economic Forecast event, put on by the Boulder Economic Council. The first question asked of Rich Wobbekind, executive director of the business research division at CU's Leeds School of Business, was a...
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An Oversupply Of Almost Everything

Domain News reports from Australia. "The latest property snapshot for the Pilbara region in Western Australia’s north-west shows how big its real estate downturn is, with the mining mecca of Port Hedland’s average advertised house sale price the lowest since December 2006. Karratha’s​ too has...
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Signs The Market Is Heading Back Toward Earth

The Orange County Register reports from California. "Back from the depths of the housing crash, Orange County is once again the mortgage mecca of America New quarterly federal jobs data show the county is the national employment leader in two key home-loan related categories. A big lure to the...
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It Had Gone Up For So Long, We Needed A Reset

A weekend report on Canada, because the news has become so overwhelming I don't want to fall behind. The Vancouver Sun, "Setty Pendakur has an insider’s knowledge of mainland China’s growth pains, which he recognizes are re-shaping Metro Vancouver. 'In the past 25 years, I’ve probably been to China...
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