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US Housing Market ’
Aug 24th, 2009 |
By Bob Blandeburgo |
Category: Real Estate Investments
A rise in existing home sales last month shows things are getting better in the U.S. housing market, but the still-dire unemployment situation and the looming possibility of a jobless recovery may halt the rally by the end of the year. That makes the extension of an $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers imperative.
Tags: Affordability, Association Of Realtors, Bob Blandeburgo, Chief Economist, CTX, Current Sales, Economist Lawrence, Existing Home Sales, First Time Buyers, First Timers, Housing Market, Inventories, Jobless Claims, Jobless Recovery, Murky Depths, National Association Of Realtors, Obama, PHM, Sales Numbers, Sales Pace, Scotia Capital Inc., Stimulus, tax credit, Time Homebuyers, Toes, US housing crisis, US Housing Market, US unemployment crisis
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Jul 24th, 2009 |
By Ian Mathias |
Category: Financial News, Politics & Economics
Resource legend tips his hat to three soon-to-bubble sectors… The housing market has “bottomed out” says PNC… our gentle retort… Alan Knuckman with an economic indicator far superior to unemployment: chicken sales… Our panel of “whiskey shooters” on the worst-case scnerio… how to get out of Dodge if the dollar collapses… Britian now REALLY in crisis… recession, taxes cause wave of pub shutdowns…
Tags: Addison Wiggin, Alternative Energy, Canadian Energy, Energy Companies, Housing Market, Ian Mathias, liquidity, US Housing Market
Posted in Financial News, Politics & Economics |
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May 7th, 2009 |
By Matthew Collins |
Category: Real Estate Investments
They’re tearing down houses out west…as you’ve probably heard. It’s cheaper than going through all the necessary steps to get the houses mortgaged out, so banks are just bulldozing McMansions.
Tags: Matthew Collins, US housing crisis, US Housing Market
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Apr 8th, 2009 |
By Louis Basenese |
Category: Featured
Believe it or not, but based on the classic Wall Street definitions, we’re in a new bull market. As of last Friday, all three major market indices recovered more than 20% from their March 9 lows.
Tags: AGN, BDK, Call Options, ILMN, Louis Basenese, Tax Incentives, TXT, US Housing Market
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Feb 26th, 2009 |
By Chris Gaffney |
Category: Financial News
US$ continues to be propped up… SEK moves up vs. the US$… Japanese yen falls…. Gold prices come down … And Now Today’s Pfennig!
Tags: Chris Gaffney, Currency Markets, Global Currencies, Gold Prices, Japanese Yen, Safe Haven, Treasuries, US dollar, US Housing Market
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Feb 11th, 2009 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Financial News
While members of Congress debated the merits of President Obama’s $838 billion stimulus plan, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled a raft of new measures aimed at returning functionality to the besieged credit markets.
Tags: Credit Markets, Home Foreclosure, Jason Simpkins, Obama Stimulus, Timothy Geithner, U.S. credit crisis, US Housing Market
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Jan 22nd, 2009 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News
Best Buy Names New CEO; IBM to Post Strong 2008 Earnings; BHP Cuts 6,000 Jobs; GM Loses Sales Crown to Toyota; Investors Retreat From Hedge Funds; Housing Market Index Hits New Low; Satyam Seeks Funding; Crude Futures Climb
Tags: BBY, BHP, Crude Oil Prices, Gm, GS, hedge funds, IBM, JPM, SAY, TM, US Housing Market, US stocks, William Patalon III
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Dec 31st, 2008 |
By Mike Caggeso |
Category: Financial News
Falling sales and rising foreclosures has chopped 18% from home prices in 20 major U.S. cities from Oct. 2007 to Oct. 2008, the fastest rate on record.
Tags: bear market, Case-Shiller Index, consumer spending, Home Values, Mike Caggeso, Nar, US Housing Market
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Jul 9th, 2008 |
By Chuck Butler |
Category: Real Estate Investments
Big Media is hiding the truth about the housing market. Don’t believe everything you read, says Chuck Butler…
Tags: Chuck Butler, FNM, FRE, US Foreclosures, US Housing Market, US recession
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