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 November 8, 2010
As I was digging through local real estate stories last week, I was lucky enough to catch the following exchange on KUOW’s “Weekday” program last Thursday. Host Marcie Sillman discusses foreclosures and the Seattle-area housing market with guests Richard Hagar (real estate agent and appraiser) and Linda Taylor (housing director at the Urban League) in [...]
Posted in Local, News | Tagged audio, bottom-calling, foreclosures, Hagar, KUOW, NPR, Seattle_is_special
By The Tim on September 9, 2010
NPR ran an interesting segment on Tuesday’s Talk of the Nation: Volatile Housing Market Baffles Homeowners. The subject was the housing market, and host Jennifer Ludden’s guests on the program were Moody’s Chief Economist Mark Zandi and Zillow’s VP Communications Amy Bohutinsky. Their wide-ranging conversation touched on everything from walking away to buying at “the [...]
Posted in Audio & Video | Tagged audio, NPR, radio, Tacoma, Zillow
By The Tim on August 25, 2010
I recorded an interview with KIRO news radio yesterday that might be of some interest. The days of buying a house for profit may be gone An excerpt: If you’re looking for an investment, consider stocks and bonds, coins or comic books. The days of buying a house for big profit might be gone forever. [...]
Posted in Audio & Video | Tagged audio, Haeck, Humphries, investment, KIRO, NPR, radio, Zillow
By The Tim on March 29, 2010
Barry Ritholtz, who pens the excellent economy news site The Big Picture was on NPR’s “All Things Considered” Friday with some insights on the foreclosure “crisis.” Financial Blogger On Ethics Of Mortgage Modification A full transcript is available at the link above. Here’s an excerpt. SIEGEL: But what’s the risk of providing some kind of [...]
Posted in Audio & Video, Economy, National, News | Tagged audio, foreclosures, NPR, Ritholtz
By The Tim on August 19, 2009
I did a phone interview a few weeks ago with Austin Jenkins, an NPR correspondent down in Olympia, about where the local housing market and economy are heading. Here is the resulting story: The New Normal: What Will The NW Housing Market Look Like? The Northwest economy is on the verge of recovery and with [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Economy, NPR, optimism, radio, recession, recovery
