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Case-Shiller Exposes A 45% Decline In Housing Ahead
Click to enlarge image The chart above of the Case-Shiller Index shows that home prices were on trend in the 90’s, then the start of the housing bubble around 2008, the bubble itself, and the current correction. The problem the… Read More ›
Why Home Prices Skyrocketed
The easiest way to explain why home prices skyrocketed so quickly is with a graph… I made it myself. I kinda like it. The 1 million figure is an arbitrary number I chose for this example, the actual number is… Read More ›
Foreclosures Up 23% – “Worst three months of all time.”
Continuing to put downward pressure on home prices are steadily increasing foreclosures, with no end in sight. As unemployment continues and loans continue to recast to higher interest rates, more homes will enter foreclosure further depressing prices. As these prices… Read More ›
The Housing Bubble Returns – Here we go again…
FHA loans now make up 25% of the mortgage loans in the U.S. That is up from 3% just a couple years ago. I smell a bubble. Meet Phil Phorclosure. Phil meets the minimum requirements for an FHA (government) home… Read More ›