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Thursday, May 15, 2008
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May 15, 2008 at 9:35 am ET
Our commercial advisory firm just released its New York City Income Property Market Report for the second half of 2007 for Massey Knakal. My commercial valuation partner John Cicero prepares the report. It’s ... (more)

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May 15, 2008 at 12:01 am ET
Make a payment a few days late on a HELOC today and the bank may term it out without your approval. You may have a very high credit score, never been late on a ... (more)

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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May 14, 2008 at 11:37 am ET
Spring brings optimism to our economic senses, and that’s probably a good thing. Pessimism as it relates to the housing market usually becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. After all, what is property value ... (more)

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May 14, 2008 at 10:43 am ET
The New York Observer, with it’s new ownership, has devoted the back portion of its publication to real estate coverage which has a lot of good stuff and has garnered a lot of attention in ... (more)

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May 14, 2008 at 12:04 am ET
In the past week, I took out my sea kayak (SS. Miller Samuel) and boat (dubbed “Mom Said”) for the first time this season and have started wondering if it has influenced my perception of ... (more)

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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May 13, 2008 at 12:08 am ET
Periodically, I like to round-up some of my favorite recent blog posts that are housing market/credit/economy related. A lot of good information can be backed up in a Time Capsule. Quote of the week… The paperless ... (more)

Monday, May 12, 2008
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May 12, 2008 at 9:56 pm ET
This quarterly market report is provided by Dr. Kevin Gillen, an economist at the Real Estate Department of the Wharton School and Fellow of the University of Pennsylvania. He analyzes the Philadelphia real estate ... (more)

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May 12, 2008 at 12:16 pm ET
One of the biggest podcast downloads on iTunes is This American Life by Chicago Public Radio hosted by Ira Glass. It’s an hour long program that is diverse and interesting. The May 9th ... (more)

Friday, May 9, 2008
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May 9, 2008 at 12:41 am ET
First Quarter 2008: Graph of Homeownership Rates Interesting how much homeownership rates vary by region. The midwest has the highest rate, yet they saw the least change in price appreciation during the housing boom. ... (more)

Thursday, May 8, 2008
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May 8, 2008 at 10:18 pm ET
The Economist magazine appropriately named Map of misery article on US Housing showcases a map of OFHEO data that chronicles the change in housing prices by County/State. The pain of America’s housing bust varies enormously by ... (more)

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May 8, 2008 at 12:57 am ET
Ok, let me get this straight. Fannie Mae: lost $2.2B in Q1 borrowed $7B and cut dividend by 30% at the end of ‘07 will borrow $6B and cut dividend further this year rating agencies put some of ... (more)

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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May 7, 2008 at 9:48 pm ET
It’s bad enough that the current NAR chief economist has made himself irrelevant by continues to say some crazy things about the housing market: Two things homebuyers shouldn’t have to worry about is a recession or ... (more)

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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May 6, 2008 at 10:05 pm ET
I was interviewed by Suzanne Pratt of the long running PBS Nightly Business Report that was broadcast last night. She was covering the New York part of a five city series called A Tale ... (more)

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May 6, 2008 at 7:35 am ET
The FRB’s April 2008 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices showed that: In the April survey, domestic and foreign institutions reported having further tightened their lending standards and terms on a broad range ... (more)

Monday, May 5, 2008
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May 5, 2008 at 9:48 pm ET
When a lender is issuing mortgages to be competitive with their fellow banks, common sense can take a holiday. Over the past several years the proliferation of no doc or “liar loans” showed that the ... (more)

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May 5, 2008 at 9:48 pm ET
Did a lot of painting inside my house this weekend so I apologize if some of the paint ended up on this post. The comment period has ended but the debate rages on within the appraisal ... (more)

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May 5, 2008 at 9:19 pm ET
Periodically, I like to round-up some of my favorite recent blog posts that are housing market/credit/economy related. And a good reason to mention Cinco de Mayo even though it has no connection with any ... (more)

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May 5, 2008 at 12:20 am ET
Source: Slate It’s About Soccer, Not Football Chalking this up to weird timing, but Treasury Secretary Paulson announced plans a few weeks ago to fix the financial markets. It would take a long time to legislate ... (more)

Sunday, May 4, 2008
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May 4, 2008 at 11:25 pm ET
Getting Graphic is a semi-sort-of-irregular collection of our favorite BIG real estate-related chart(s). Source: NYT Click here for full sized graphic. In the It’s Newer Homes That Stand Empty as Vacancies Rise by Floyd Norris the sharp increase ... (more)

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May 4, 2008 at 9:48 pm ET
Matt Woolsey at Forbes.com covered the World’s First Billion-Dollar Home. Here’s a tour with photos. ... (more)

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May 4, 2008 at 6:10 pm ET
Confused about inflation? Each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers 84,000 prices in about 200 categories — like gasoline, bananas, dresses and garbage collection — to form the Consumer Price Index, one measure of inflation. ... (more)

Thursday, May 1, 2008
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May 1, 2008 at 7:20 am ET
The Federal Open Market Committee cut the federal funds rate another 25 basis points to 2%. The WSJ breaks out the announcment FOMC statement in a feature called Parsing The Fed. Hint: Housing AND inflation This ... (more)

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May 1, 2008 at 7:07 am ET
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In other words, for housing to reach a bottom, something has to happen to cause it to change direction. Something has to change ... (more)

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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April 30, 2008 at 11:29 am ET
The online version of the Prudential Douglas Elliman 1Q 2008 Hamptons/North Fork Market Overview [Miller Samuel] is available for download. I have been writing various incarnations of the New York regional market report series ... (more)

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
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April 29, 2008 at 9:50 am ET
Lost a reliable Internet connection at home for the past 3 days so my posting has been non-existent (but I did change a few lightbulbs with my free time) Back in the day, I loved to ... (more)

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