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Topic of the day: Foreclosure Mills Ezra Klein - 'This is the biggest fraud in the history of the capital markets' Foreclosure Fraud For Dummies, 1: The Chains and the Stakes « Rortybomb Why TARP was wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog |…

How far are we from a bottom in U.S. home prices?  There are many estimates that there could be another 10% or more for the national average and median prices to decline.  This author estimated that 2010 had a most probable…

by Annaly Salvos The title of this post may sound like a fable told by Aesop, but we assure you it’s not. We spent the early part of this week in Dallas attending the 3rd Zelman & Associates Housing Summit. The conference was attended…

Quick note: We have temporarily switched to summary RSS feeds instead of full feeds. One problem the CW site was having before we switched platforms had to do with the feeds crushing the CPU whenever we posted or edited a post.  It is…

by John Lounsbury Average home prices are virtually unchanged from July 2009 to July 2010 according to the latest report form First American CoreLogic, which provided the data for the following graph from Calculated Risk. The graph has…

By Jake Weber While it may be hard to believe, the housing market hasn’t been the worst-performing real estate sector in terms of price. The index for the Case-Shiller Composite-20 index for residential real estate peaked in July 2006, and…

If you haven't read Monday at the Treasury: an overlong exegesis, Steve Waldman's review of his meeting at Treasury with Tim Geithner, do so. It's a great piece. Steve's piece certainly showed how Tim Geithner and I agree on public policy.…

A post by Annaly Capital Management from last night. Connecting two data events from the last 24 hours serves as a reminder to policy makers that if they really want to improve the housing finance system in the United States they should…

By John Lounsbury. Really?  Yes, that is exactly what some economists are saying.  According to Lisa Swerzer for SmartMoney, in an article at MSN Money, this view is held by severa; presumably impartial people.  The people…

Must Reads: Housing still overpriced (though not in US), delinquencies still high House prices: You can't keep 'em down | The Economist Annaly Salvos - Invest in Bulldozers What kind of homeowners choose to default? -…