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Housing market rise inspiring but may not last

South Florida home sales up, but prices down 16-30 percent

Walk Away If Mortgage Underwater Says Professor

Washington Post

Bernanke Forgot About His Role In Causing the Great Recession
It is worth quickly explaining why a collapsed housing bubble leads to a recession, since the policy people responsible for this disaster have done so muchTPMCafé (blog

Bernanke Attacks Ron Paul's Audit the Fed Bill

Today's Housing Bubble Post - It Ain't Over

1 in 4 Children, and 1 in 8 Americans Now on Food Stamps

Falling rents aid homeowners in mortgage trouble

State-funded housing for illegal immigrants?
...It’s a ruling that allows anyone access to state-funded housing, whether they’re here legally or not. Meaning non-citizens can get public housing paid for by tax-abiding citizens.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Without Government Intervention, Housing is SCREWED!
That's how normal real estate depressions work out. But this housing crash is anything but normal. "Bankers aren't doing their jobs," says outspoken real estate mogul Donald Trump. "Congress is sitting on its hands," says Brian Lawson, a real estate analyst. "Without further government intervention we're screwed."
Housing Bottom Remains Elusive

Home Prices Still Dropping but at Slower Pace
U.S. home prices fell 3.8 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, the smallest decline since the first quarter of 2008, as a tax credit for first-time homebuyers boosted demand and slowed foreclosure-driven price drops.
Home Prices Declined 3.8% in Third Quarter on Foreclosures

Business Daily Africa

Ron Paul Gains Support Of Congressman Grayson For Audit Of The Fed !

No Bottom in Home Prices Until 2011
Economists from JP Morgan Chase & Co. said Monday they didn't expect US home prices to hit bottom until early 2011, citing the prospect of oversupply. ...
1 in 4 Borrowers Under Water

Homeowners Ponder Whether to Stay or Go

The passing of Ron Paul's HR 1207 means we are one step closer to abolishing the Federal Reserve  

The home-price bubble can't be back already -- can it?

ABC News

US Economy: Existing Home Sales Jump as Prices Fall

More Pain For You And Me: The Economy's About To Stumble

San Diego Housing Scam Busted
A group of San Diegans accused of using religion to scam at least 100 people are in custody Monday, 10News reported.
Group Accused In Mortgage Scam Detained

Real estate bust opens doors for parties at vacant houses
•In San Diego County, young people have taken over foreclosed houses for late-night rave parties, says Detective Jeff Lauhon of the San Diego County 

More of the Hottest Celeb Homes for Sale
A bachelor pad is no longer necessary once you’re married to Khloe Kardashian. Lamar Odom’s home comes with 5 bedrooms, a swimming pool with a spa, a custom-made bar and a spectacular view of downtown L.A. Lamar is looking to sell his place for $2,399,000. You know, so he can have some pocket change.

Ivy Zelman: Home Prices Going Back Down
The Mortgage Bankers Association is reporting that nearly one in ten households with mortgages are at least one payment behind. That is a record, my friends. And it certainly means we cannot believe house prices have permanently stabilized...

Foreclosures: Those with Good Credit, Jobs are Walking Away

The Delusional American Home debtor "Homeowner"
Housing fix requires rethinking ownership

Fed Has failed: Time to Fire them
The Single Most Important Think to Understand about the Fed

HOUSING: You're underwater on your house. Now what?

Second wave of foreclosures

Zacks.com

Mortgage Delinquencies: Record High
"The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties rose to a seasonally adjusted rate of 9.64 percent of all loans outstanding as of the end of the third quarter of 2009, up 40 basis points from the second quarter of 2009, and up 265 basis points from one year ago..."

Foreclosures will keep rising through 2010, report says

America's Fastest-Recovering Cities

14 Percent of US Homeowners In Peril

Toll Brothers CEO: “Yesterday's Subprime is Today's FHA,”

BusinessWeek

Is the Fed Creating New Bubbles?
New York University economist Nouriel Roubini argues that the Fed is inviting speculative excesses in all kinds of risky assets by providing cheap dollar ...

Rapid rebound fuels fears of housing bubble

al.com

Home Prices Back to 2004 Levels Across Country

Ron Paul wins a key battle in war to open Fed's books

Fear of Double Dip in Housing
Just a few months after housing showed signs of leveling off, bad weather and uncertainty over the extension of a home-buyer tax credit sent new-home starts in October tumbling 10.6% from the previous month. They fell to the lowest level since April, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Starts of single-family houses fell 6.8%.

Mortgage Delinquencies Still Rising - Analyst Blog

High End Real Estate: Will The Second Shoe Drop?

House prices off 6.5% as tax credit boosts sales - TN

Housing Bubbles: Americans Ignoring Reality

Predictions From the Man Who Called the Housing Meltdown

Home Depot's Numbers Show Housing's Still in the Basement

"Shocked, Shocked" at FHA Troubles: Another Mess for Obama's Mop

Serious home loan delinquencies are above 10% of mortgages in California

Examiner.com

End the Fed march will take place this Sunday in Philadelphia
The Federal Reserve's unchecked ability to create fiat currency out of "thin air" has enabled generations of deficit spending by unscrupulous members of ...

Home Prices to Fall Into 2010: Likely Beyond
Mortgage Loan Deliquencies Move Up Toward All-Time Record
The TransUnion data supports the theory that housing prices will fall well into 2010. And, if unemployment continues to march toward 11%, that will not be the end of it.

Low-priced land on Ebay - Start Your Bidding
AffordableHousingAuctions.com, a free website which only tracks cheap home and land prices across the U.S., recently reported property buyers making land purchases for as little as $100, in auctions selling on eBay.
Cheap Land Selling on ebay for $100

San Diego Home Prices Finally Increase Year Over Year
SD County home prices inch higher

Ten Questions on the Volatile Housing Market

The Fed's Policy of Near Zero Interest Rates
The commercial mortgage crisis will demolish any illusion of recovery. The paid shills and liars will again be exposed for what they are. ...

Government Props-Up Home Prices...for now
EVEN AS we wade through the wreckage of the housing collapse, Americans remain a staunchly house-proud people. And our government is apparently determined to encourage us: This month, President Obama signed into law an extension and expansion of the popular homebuyer tax credit, which had been scheduled to expire at the end of November
Home ownership: Five myths

Federal loans for unemployed, and Wells Fargo forgiving principal

How a government bailout created the commercial real estate catastrophe

Rental prices fall to lowest level in almost a decade

Opposing Views

Stop the Fed from Operating Above Congress!
Ron Paul appeared on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Friday, November 13th. He talked about his bill for more transparency for the Federal Reserve, saying the Fed ...

Ron Paul on CNBC, Says Federal Reserve Must be Accountable

FHA Bailout By Taxpayers On The Way

Examiner.com

Bank forecloses on New Orleans haunted houses owned by celebrity Nicholas Cage

Why we must nationalize the Federal Reserve

The FHA's nose dive

Will FHA increase down payment requirements?

Belsky: Rethink the cult of homeownership

Speculative recovery sows seeds of an even greater economic crash

Home appraisals turn into a hazard

Foreclosure rates climb in middle and upper class areas  - IL

Home Prices Down In 8 Of 10 US Cities

Fraudster Madoff home prices lowered

Crystal Meth and Senior Housing
Withdrawal from the substance, also known as “the crash,” can be nearly as bad. Physical fatigue, drowsiness, irritability, and sadness can set off a ...

FHA reserves fall below legal limit

Live-PR.com

Keepin' It Real Estate: Trial Modifications Are Criminal

US Foreclosure Filings Surpass 300000 for 8th Straight Month

More of the same tired arguments against Ron Paul's Fed Audit Bill

Florida shooting suspect had money / Foreclosure problems

Top 10 states with highest foreclosure rates

Wall Street Pit (blog)

Surfs Up: Next Foreclosure Wave Starts Now
The Second Wave of Foreclosures Has, Perhaps, Finally Begun

Home prices Down in Most US Major Markets
Existing-home prices slide in most metropolitan areas

Nationwide home prices fall in 123 of 153 metro areas

Median home prices fell nationwide in 3Q

Next crash could be commercial real estate

Peter Schiff: US GDP Growth Isn't Real And The Recession Isn't Over

The Accidental Landlords

fdic's Bair: Bank Failures Will Peak In 2010

If You Thought the Housing Meltdown Was Bad…

Shadow Inventory Dwarfs Loan Mods

Fed's Lockhart - income woes may weigh on housing

Tidal Wave of New Defaults Begins

Mortgage Crisis II looming?

Four of Every 10 Sellers Reduced Home Prices in October According to ZipRealty

Ron Paul: We need to audit the Federal Reserve, now more than ever!

US Real Unemployment Hits Depression Level Numbers of 17.5%

Las Vegas Home Prices Decline 26.8 Percent, Despite Uptick in Sales

Zillow: Tampa Bay home prices down 2.2 percent

Home Purchase Tax Credit Extended: Is This Wise?

FHA's reserve fund hits 7-year low

Could we see a `double-dip` in house prices?

Fannie Mae to allow borrowers in foreclosure to lease back homes

The Housing Bust - The Final Chapter

Obama expected to extend, expand home tax credit

The next taxpayer bailout ... FHA?

"This Loan Is An Example Of What Went Wrong In America"

Washington Post

Fed again pledges to hold rates at record-lows

Neighbors Band Together To Prevent Foreclosed-Home Parties

Nearly 600000 Americans Walked Away from their Mortgage in 2008

Auctioned homes go for under $150G

Congress Poised to Keep Homebuying "sucker" Credit

Florida class-action suit accuses KB Home of inflating prices

7 Reasons The Next Sustained Market Move Is Down
Adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs). Over 90% of the option ARMs are yet to reset...

Wells Fargo Defers Reckoning On Troubled Mortgage Balances

Daily Walk of Shame: The Fed
Way before Ben Bernanke came along, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's low interest rates, left in place too long, fed the frenzy of borrowing that fueled the housing bubble.

Mortgage Crisis Shows that Government Regulation Doesn't Work

CIT Group Files For Bankruptcy Following $2.3 Billion Bailout

CHART OF THE DAY: Housing Needs To Keep Falling

Is Debt-Deflation Economic Depression Just Beginning?

"Strategic Defaults" a Mortgage Broker Comments on Fear and Shame Tactics

Subcommittee Guts Ron Paul's Bill to Audit the Fed

Foreclosure fire victim died of gunshot wound, police say

What Will The FDIC Do For Funds In 2011?

Plan would end taxpayer bailouts for financial firms deemed 'too big to fail'

US citizens are joining immigrants in store parking lots
In the latest sign of the Las Vegas Valley’s economic free fall, U.S. citizens are starting to show up in the early mornings outside home improvement stores and plant nurseries across the Las Vegas Valley, jostling with illegal immigrants for a shot at a few hours of work.

TopNews

On Bank Failure Friday (Nine Plus CIT)

Goldman seizing homes bought with subprime loans

Housing Data Shows Price Downtrend For New Home Prices

How Goldman Sachs secretly bet on the US housing crash

Property tax bills often taxing on the mind

Actually, Case-Shiller Shows That The Housing Crash Has Already Resumed

What happens if you don't pay the mortgage?

Bottom Lines: Unemployment driving up foreclosures

Wall Street Pit

Ron Paul: False Recovery is Under Way

US Housing Market Rebound? Not so fast!

Stocks Soar on Good News: Foreclosure-Related Suicide Hits All Time High! (Satire)

Las Vages Home Values Sink 37% Year Over Year
The median home price in the Las Vegas area fell 37 percent in September from a year earlier as sales of foreclosed ...
Las Vegas Home Prices Drop as Foreclosures Cut Values

Home Price Improvements May Be Short-Lived

Housing bottom? Analysts wary

California Median Home Price Sinks $23K from Year Ago!
The median price for an existing detached house fell to $296090 from $319310 a year earlier, the Los Angeles-based group said today in a statement. ...
California House Prices Decline 7.3% on Foreclosures

Home Prices Return to 2003 Levels
Home Prices Rise, Yet Confidence Fades

Housing Recovery: A New Bubble Ready to Pop?
The recovery in America's housing market looks unsustainable, with certain parts of the country again entering "bubble territory", ...
US housing recovery in 'bubble territory'

The Amazing Round Trip Of House Prices Back Toward Pre-Bubble Levels

DSNews.com

U.S. bank chargeoff rate exceeds Depression: Moody's

Obama's Refinancing Program Fails to Reach Troubled Homeowners

Roadblocks to our Audit the Fed Bill.

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