Housing

This is from the testimony in the video below: Soldier's wife: I'm dealing with Chase, getting their phone calls, getting their harassment around the clock. My husband Jonathan missed two hours of our daughter's birthday party, because…

Hey if y'all can do it, so can we. (Hat tip Ryan Chittum)

The latest Nationwide House Price Index update is out showing a decline of 0.1% in January 2011. That brings house prices down 1.1% since this time last year. Nationwide has a new Chief Economist, Robert Gardner, who writes: "The…

The Case-Shiller numbers this morning were lower than expected and confirm a housing double dip which began in July when both the Composite-10 and Composite-20 numbers peaked.  The Composite-10 is down 0.5% y-o-y and the Composite-20…

By William K. Black (cross-posted from Benzinga.com) When Reputation becomes Ineffective or even Perverse Control fraud also makes reputation perverse. Theoclassical economists predict that reputation trumps everything, even auditors'…

By William K. Black (cross-posted from Benzinga.com) “Regulating” and “deregulating” are terms that often mislead. My next three columns discuss how to regulate two diverse activities that are critical to our economy – residential…

From today's Breakfast with Dave research note at Gluskin Sheff (highlighting added): An energy policy that truly removes U.S. dependence on foreign oil (shale case, coal, nuclear). A complete rewrite of the tax code that promotes…

by Annaly Capital Management This was a relatively data-filled week for the housing market. We’ll start with the good news. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that existing home sales rose more than expected in December…

By Annaly Capital Management The next voice to be heard in the debate on the future of housing finance in the United States will be that of the Treasury Department, which is slated to release its report on the subject sometime this month.…

This marks the 4th month in a row of falling home prices, and the first negative year-over-year reading since January of 2010. Freddie Mac released their monthly volume summary for November which contained information on seriously…