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 The Tim on August 29, 2011
I was browsing Google News this morning and came across the headline combo you see below: What a perfect example of the problem with most real estate reporting. Same data, polar opposite headlines. Reporters telling the story they want to tell, regardless of what is actually going on in the market. So did pending sales [...]
Posted in National, News | Tagged Christian-Science-Monitor, Inman, NAR, pending, SF-Chron
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
By The Tim on February 16, 2007
The remaining portions of Glenn Roberts’ piece on Bubble Blogs have been posted to Inman News. I recommend you read it today, because after today it is only accessable to subscribers. Read about Glenn’s conversations with a “Bubble Debunker” (real estate agent), John Doe of Southern CA, Bill Bond (Housing Panic contributor), an anonymous blogger [...]
| Tagged bubble_blogs, Inman, interview
By The Tim on February 12, 2007
This is just a quick note to point out the first article in a series about Bubble Blogs over at Inman News (the all-real-estate, all the time “news” outlet). Since articles over there are only free to view on the day they’re posted, you might want to check it out today. I was interviewed for [...]
| Tagged bubble_blogs, Inman
