Real Estate & Housing
Jobs Report Has Bad Housing-Related Numbers
Although the October jobs report was considerably higher than expected, it contained numbers which indicate future problems in...
America’s Driving the Next Subprime Bubble
Just as home sales and subprime mortgages inflated the real estate bubble in 2006 and 2007, today the...
Pending Home Sales Dropped in September
For the first time in two years, pending sales of homes were lower than year-earlier levels, as reported...
Rental-Backed Security Bonds to be Offered by Blackstone
Rental-Backed Security Bonds to be Offered by Blackstone (CNBC) Mortgage-backed securities are dead. Long live rental-backed securities! Blackstone,...
Did Janet Yellen Really Warn Us about the Housing Bubble?
The media recently has lauded Janet Yellen, Obama’s choice to become the next Fed chairman, for her prescient...
J.P. Morgan Bullish on Commercial Real Estate
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. reported that existing commercial real-estate loans rose 12 percent in the third quarter...
Real Profits in London’s Real Estate
Okay, “the Singaporeans are coming” may not have the same resonance as the U.S. revolutionary battle cry, but...
Apartments Climb Upwards
National apartment vacancy rates in the U.S. remain at four percent.
Four-Year Low on Mortgage Activity as Borrowing Costs Rise
In the week ending Sept. 6, the Mortgage Bankers Association announced that their seasonally adjusted index of mortgage...
Whack-a-Mole Real Estate Market; China to Assume Global Lead in Oil Imports by 2017; Canada Doesn’t Want to Stay on Target
For real estate investors, trying to get a handle on where the next surge in home value will...