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Monthly Archives: December 2007
Predictions 2008!
OK you pompous prognosticators, dust off that crystal ball and lets hear ’em! Ground Rules Predictions provided should either be for June 30th, 2008 or December 31th, 2008, please specify. Provide justification for your forecast, where applicable (unless you are … Continue reading
Posted in General
204 Comments
How Ameriquest bought NJ legislators
From the Wall Street Journal: Lender Lobbying Blitz Abetted Mortgage Mess Ameriquest Pressed For Changes in Laws; A Battle in New Jersey By GLENN R. SIMPSON December 31, 2007 During the housing boom, the subprime industry succeeded at more than … Continue reading
Posted in Housing Bubble, New Jersey Real Estate, Risky Lending
2 Comments
Bending the rules to move condos
From the Record: Senior housing age limit lowered The council recently lowered the eligible age for age-restricted communities in the borough because a senior complex wasn’t selling its units. Now residents must be 55 — not 62 — to move … Continue reading
Posted in New Development, New Jersey Real Estate
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A look back at the 2007 market
From the Home News Tribune: State homeowners “coped with the bursting of the housing bubble” In June, Mary Lou Mangarella listed her New Brunswick home with discount real-estate broker Foxtons, in a move that unwittingly placed her smack dab in … Continue reading
Posted in Housing Bubble, New Jersey Real Estate
81 Comments
Tips for navigating the market in ’08
From the Record: Laying the foundation for a deal Heading into 2008, the outlook for housing is more promising for buyers than sellers. Most analysts expect home sales to be slow, with flat or declining prices. But whatever happens, both … Continue reading
Posted in New Jersey Real Estate
2 Comments
Weekend Open Discussion
This is the time and place to post observations about your local areas, comments on news stories or the New Jersey housing market, open house reports, etc. If you have any questions you wanted to ask earlier in the week … Continue reading
Posted in General
260 Comments
November New Home Sales
From Bloomberg: U.S. November New-Home Sales Probably Fell to Near 11-Year Low Sales of new homes in the U.S. fell in November, approaching an 11-year low and signaling no end to the housing recession that’s threatening to stall growth in … Continue reading
Posted in National Real Estate, New Development
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“We are in uncharted territory”
From the NY Times: Home Prices Fell Faster in October The decline in home prices accelerated and spread to more regions of the country in October, according to data released Wednesday. Prices fell 6.1 percent from October 2006 in 20 … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate
142 Comments
A necessary adjustment
From the Wall Street Journal: Pace of Decline In Home Prices Sets a Record By JAMES R. HAGERTY and KELLY EVANS December 27, 2007 A closely watched gauge of U.S. home prices shows they are falling sharply across most of … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate
1 Comment
Shiller: “single-family housing market remains grim”
From Standard and Poor’s: Broadbased, Record Declines in Home Prices in October According to the S&P/Case-Shiller® Home Price Indices (PDF) Data through October 2007, released today by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller® Home Price Indices, the leading measure of … Continue reading
Posted in Housing Bubble, National Real Estate
127 Comments
A return to rational prices
From the New York Times: Frozen Rates, Falling Prices THE Bush administration’s mortgage rescue plan will worsen, not alleviate, the problems in the housing market. We are suffering from a home value crisis, not simply a credit crisis. If home … Continue reading
Posted in Housing Bubble, National Real Estate, Risky Lending
24 Comments
Who’s watching the henhouse?
From the Philly Inquirer: States, feds must impose tighter lending standards The Federal Reserve’s proposals last week to address deception and fraud in mortgage lending will all be for naught unless the states, the Fed, and other federal agencies tighten … Continue reading
Posted in National Real Estate, Risky Lending
3 Comments
“Lending is going to be tight for the next year or two”
From the Wall Street Journal: Profit Outlook Darkens for Big Banks By DAVID REILLY and DAVID ENRICH December 26, 2007; Page C1 For major banks, the next few years will be a return to a simpler and possibly less-profitable time. … Continue reading
Posted in Housing Bubble, National Real Estate, Risky Lending
2 Comments
“Banks Stole Christmas.”
From the NY Daily News: Bank protesters say predatory loans threatening to make them homeless Gloria Knight hasn’t been able to heat her home to a comfortable temperature this winter. The 64-year-old Brooklyn woman also keeps her modest, three-bedroom house … Continue reading
Posted in Housing Bubble, National Real Estate, Risky Lending
27 Comments
Subprime Breakdown
From the IMF Finance and Development Magazine: Subprime: Tentacles of a Crisis How could a modest increase in seriously delinquent subprime mortgages, which amounted to an additional $34 billion in troubled loans, so disrupt the $57 trillion U.S. financial system … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, National Real Estate, Risky Lending
126 Comments