By Crystal on December 24, 2012
Assuming Case-Shiller is posted tomorrow, I’ll be here with your regularly-scheduled post. It just might show up a little later in the day than usual.
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By The Tim on October 24, 2012
There is one major political topic that has been mysteriously absent from both major presidential campaigns during this year’s presidential election season… housing. Nick Timiraos noted this in the Wall Street Journal in early September. Here we are in late October, four debates later, and nothing has really changed. Barely a peep about housing from [...]
Posted in National, News, Opinion | Tagged economics, Economy, Inman, interest, mortgages, NPR, Obama, politics, Romney, tax deduction
By Crystal on December 25, 2011
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By The Tim on November 28, 2011
This is fairly off-topic (although we have covered this subject occasionally in the past), but with all the teeth-gnashing I’ve been reading about lately regarding the latest round of supposedly major cuts required to keep state spending in line with revenues, I thought it might be interesting to look at a couple of charts on [...]
Posted in News, Opinion | Tagged budget, Gregoire, politics, tax revenues
Foreclosures Benefit a Neighborhood, Not Hurt It
By The Tim on April 15, 2013 | 30 Comments
Many articles, papers, and opinion pieces have been written about the detrimental effects that foreclosures can have on a neighborhood. For example, foreclosures in your neighborhood allegedly lower home values, increase crime, and make refinancing harder for homeowners who live nearby. While these studies and stories may be technically accurate, their focus is too narrow [...]
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