Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘ home prices ’

Look Deeper Into Housing Numbers And You Will See A Different Picture

Aug 28th, 2008 | By Lynn Carpenter | Category: Financial News, Real Estate Investments

Want to have some fun with the latest news? Go to the government’s housing price databank and get a much clearer picture of the situation than the headlines will give you. Today’s headlines are blaring that home prices just recorded their biggest drop ever—minus 4.8% this past quarter. Oh woe, oh woe. In the gloom, reports barely mention that a few states are showing some mild improvements in prices.



Rising Energy Prices Will Hold Down Retail Sales, Corporate Earnings and Even Travel Spending This Summer

May 26th, 2008 | By William Patalon III | Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

When U.S. Department of Energy analysts told you more than a month ago that gasoline prices would peak at about $4 a gallon around Memorial Day, we told you they were wrong. Gas prices, we said, were destined to head much, much higher.