Real Estate and Economic Links

BiggerPockets.com:
* How Does Your Bank Define “Performing Loan”?

Inman News:
* Near-record affordability in real estate

HousingDoom.com:

* Is Using A “Victim Strategy” In The Housing Market So Bad?

MSNBC.com:
* Home lending pace rises; most are refinancings

Calculated Risk:
* Lawler: Again on Existing Home Months’ Supply: What’s “Normal?”
* Fed's Beige Book: Continued growth, but "widespread signs of a deceleration"

HousingWire.com:
* Double dip in home prices coming in 2011: Clear Capital

Real Estate and Economic Links

BiggerPockets.com:
* Housing Market Insight – Week of September 6th

Inman News:
* Most bankers don't see credit easing

RealtyTimes.com:
* From "Double Dip" to Double Opportunity

New York Times (Economix):
* Mortgage Rates and Home Prices
* Interest Rates and House Prices: A Murky World

Calculated Risk:
* Mortgage Rates and Home Prices
* Housing Starts and Vacant Units
* Housing Completions will set new record low in 2010

Real Estate and Economic Links

AgentGenius:

* The top ten best cities for the next ten years

* The silver lining in the real estate sector – home prices are up

Inside Real Estate News:

* Home rentals scarce

HousingWire.com:

* S&P/Case-Shiller: June home prices up 4.2% from year ago

* Zillow: 30-year mortgage rates drop to another record low

Calculated Risk:

* Existing Home Inventory declines slightly in August

* On Case-Shiller House Prices: October is the "Witching Hour"

* Case-Shiller: Home Price indices increase in June

Real Estate and Economic Links

The Notorious R.O.B.:

* Welcome to the New *#&@%@ Normal!

The New York Times:

* Widespread Fear Freezes Housing Market

The Mess That Greenspan Made:

* Beware the Banks’ New Credit Cards

Calculated Risk:

* Gibbs: Housing Tax Credit not high on list of options

* Lawler: HUD Secretary May Have Just Made Near-Term Home Sales Worse

Los Angeles Times:

* Home-price deflation, Round 2?

Reuters.com:

* No decision on reviving homebuyer credit: Donovan

Real Estate and Economic Links

Business Insider:

* 15 Signs The U.S. Housing Market Is Headed For Complete And Total Collapse

* The 15 States With The Most Underwater Mortgages

* Here's Why Mortgage Delinquencies Are Still A Big And Growing Problem

DQNews.com:

* Phoenix Metro Area July Home Sales

* July Las Vegas Metro Area Home Sales

* California July Home Sales

MSNBC.com:

* The Outlook for Housing: The Experts Weigh In

Real Estate and Economic Links

RealtyTimes.com:

* San Francisco Bay Area Ground Zero for National Housing Recovery

Calculated Risk:

* Unofficial Problem Bank List August 27, 2010

Real Estate and Economic Links

The Nation's Housing:

* Lenders won't have to run a second full credit check before closing on mortgage

REO Insider:

* Phoenix home sales hit 15-year low in July

* California foreclosure prevention bill on life support

Calculated Risk:

* Jim the Realtor: "Good time to be a looker"

* Analysis: Bernanke paves the way for QE2

The Federal Reserve Board:

* The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy [Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Speech]

Dr. Housing Bubble:

* Countrywide and Pay Option ARMs on trial – The most toxic mortgage ever invented by mankind is now under trial by the SEC with Countrywide.

Real Estate and Economic Links

American Banker:

* Procrastination on Foreclosures, Now 'Blatant,' May Backfire

The Big Picture:

* Google Trends – A fresh look at search frequency [Economic perspective analysed]

Calculated Risk:

* CoreLogic: 11 Million U.S. Properties with Negative Equity in Q2

* MBA Q2 2010: 14.42% of Mortgage Loans Delinquent or in Foreclosure

Market Watch:

* Foreclosure inventory down, new delinquencies up

Bloomberg:

* Savers Pay U.S. Banks to Keep Cash as Rates Dip, Fees Multiply

* WaMu Will Face Trial in November Over $4 Billion of Low-Ranking Securities

Economist's View:

* Does the Recovery Depend on Housing?

* Inequality and the High-End Bush Tax Cuts

HousingWire.com:

* 'Overwhelming Supply' Affecting Housing Market: Radar Logic

* Roubini on the risks of a double-dip this year

CNN Money:

* Housing's a wreck. Builders rally. Huh?

* Say goodbye to the McMansion

FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY:

* House Prices Rise in Second Quarter

Real Estate and Economic Links

Calculated Risk:

* Home Sales: Distressing Gap

* New Home Sales decline to Record Low in July

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development:

* NEW RESIDENTIAL SALES IN JULY 2010 [Actual PDF report]

Naked Capitalism:

* Guest Post: Existing Home Sales Horrendous – So, Why Are Housing Stocks Moving Higher?

NASDAQ:

* UPDATE: Builder Toll Brothers Posts First Profit Since 2007

Mortgage Bankers Association:

*Mortgage Refinance Applications Continue to Increase as Rates Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

Real Estate and Economic Links

Zillow Blog:

* Tyler Perry Buys Georgia Mansion for $7.6 Million

Lanser on Real Estate:

* Multi-family construction at 23-year low

The Baseline Scenario:

* Housing in Ten Words [Interesting comments to read as well]

Calculated Risk:

* More Negative News Flow Coming

* Existing Home Inventory decreases 1.9% Year-over-Year

* Existing Home Sales lowest since 1996, 12.5 months of supply

WSJ Blogs:

* Moody’s: Odds of a Double Dip Increasing, Prices Could Fall 20%

HousingWire.com:

* Housing's Second Leg Down

Realty Times:

* Vacation Rental Owners' Hard Lesson from the Gulf Oil Disaster

* Real Estate Outlook: Fannie Forecast

Real Estate and Economic Links

Real Estate Channel:

* Will Growing Rental Trends Undermine U.S. Home Sales?

CNN Money:

* The latest real estate rip-off?

Lanser on Real Estate:

* $70,670 needed for starter home

Housing Doom:

* 15 Reasons Housing Is Going From Bad To Worse

Calculated Risk:

* Lawler: Existing Home Sales: “Consensus” vs. Likely

* Chicago Fed: Economic activity rebounded in July

Econobrowser:

* Will the Fed do more?

CNBC's Realty Check [Courtesy of Patrick.net]:

* Housing Double Dip Is Not Just Tax Credit Hangover

MISH'S Global Economic Trend Analysis:

* Benevolence by JPMorgan? "JPMorgan Offers us a Chance to Refinance at 4% with No Closing Costs" What's Going On?