By The Tim on May 20, 2011
Here are a few recent articles of interest that I thought might be worth discussion. Calculated Risk: The upward slope of Real House Prices I don’t think we have to choose between real prices and price-to-rent graphs to ask “how far out of line are house prices?” I think they are both showing that prices [...]
Posted in National, News | Tagged bottom-calling, buy-vs-rent, Calculated_Risk, New York Times, Reuters, Zillow
By The Tim on February 25, 2010
Yesterday Calculated Risk wrote an interesting post looking at what housing is telling us as a leading indicator of the economy: Historically the best leading indicator for the economy (and employment) has been housing. … So here is a review of the three monthly leading indicators: Housing Starts: Housing starts are moving sideways… Builder Confidence: [...]
Posted in Economy | Tagged builder confidence, Calculated_Risk, Economy, housing starts, new home sales, predictions
By The Tim on January 12, 2010
Calculated Risk’s Unofficial Problem Bank List continues to increase in size, with the latest update including 576 banks across the country. This update added four more Washington State banks to the list: American Marine Bank in Bainbridge Island, Pierce Commercial Bank in Tacoma, The Bank of Washington in Lynnwood, and Viking Bank in Seattle. The [...]
Posted in News | Tagged banks, Calculated_Risk, lending, troubled-banks
By The Tim on November 11, 2009
With the news in September that Seattle is #1 for delinquent construction loans, it probably comes as not much of a surprise that Washington State also happens to rank #1 in the nation for troubled banks, according to Calculated Risk’s unofficial problem bank list. State Percent Washington 26.3% Utah 25.0% Arizona 21.3% Nevada 20.0% Oregon [...]
Posted in News | Tagged banks, Business Journal, Calculated_Risk, commercial, lending, troubled-banks
By The Tim on October 21, 2009
Here’s a pair of somewhat conflicting stories about the push to extend and expand the inefficient, expensive, economically stupid $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit. From the real estate news source Inman News: Final push for tax credit Real estate industry trade groups are mounting a final push for an extension of the first-time homebuyer tax [...]
Posted in Economy, National, News | Tagged Calculated_Risk, Cantwell, Congress, Economy, government_meddling, Inman, Murray, tax credit
Time to Let the Snake-Eating Gorillas Freeze to Death
By The Tim on August 30, 2010 | 44 Comments
Apparently there are some in the government who feel like they haven’t done enough yet to “help” the housing market, because Calculated Risk had a great post yesterday on the subject of a possible return of the undead tax credit. From Reuters: No Decision on Reviving Homebuyer Credit: Donovan “It’s too early to say whether [...]
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Posted in National, Opinion | Tagged Calculated_Risk, commentary, government_meddling, tax credit | 44 Comments