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Calculated Risk (1,498 Links)
Created by MyPropsMonkey 206 days ago in Finance. Views: 216. Link Views: 5,409
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Cash for Caulkers?
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 3 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 8
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David Leonhardt writes in the NY Times: A Stimulus That Could Save Money White House officials are now looking at creating a new version of cash for clunkers — this time for home weatherization. ... [John] Doerr calls his proposal, which would give [More...]
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Bank Failure #120: United Commercial Bank, San Francisco, California
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 14 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 17
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From the FDIC: East West Bank, Pasadena, California Assumes All the Deposits of United Commercial Bank, San Francisco, California United Commercial Bank, San Francisco, California, was closed today by the California Department of Financial Institutions, [More...]
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The Housing Tax Credit: NAHB Projections and more
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 44 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 20
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From the NAHB: Extending the credit through Nov. 30, 2010 and making it available to all purchasers of a principal residence would result in an additional 383,000 home sales ...The NAHB has also been arguing to expand the tax credit from $8,000 to [More...]
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Sunday Night Miscellaneous
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 60 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 4
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From Paul Krugman on financial reform: Reform or Bust I was startled last week when Mr. Obama, in an interview with Bloomberg News, questioned the case for limiting financial-sector pay: “Why is it,” he asked, “that we’re going to cap executive [More...]
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Health Care Spending and PCE
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 96 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 40
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By request ... Click on graph for larger image in new window. The graph shows health care spending as a percent of GDP using three measures. The first BEA measure, by major type of product, is of health care services as percent of GDP. The [More...]
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National Data: Distressed Sales and Types of Buyers
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 100 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 5
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Here is some national data on the number of distressed sales in Q2, and the types of homebuyers. This is from a survey by Campbell Communications (excerpted with permission). Source: Summary Report--Real Estate Agents Report on Home Purchases and [More...]
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Freddie Mac: Taylor Bean Losses could be "Significant"
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 102 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 12
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From Bloomberg: Freddie Mac Says Its Loss From Taylor Bean May Be 'Significant' Freddie Mac ... said the collapse of lender Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. may cause it “significant” losses. ... The Ocala, Florida-based lender accounted for [More...]
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FDIC Bank Failure Update
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 111 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 28
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The FDIC closed five more banks on Friday, and that brings the total FDIC bank failures to 69 in 2009. The following graph shows bank failures by week in 2009. Click on graph for larger image in new window. Note: Week 1 on graph ends Jan 9th. The [More...]
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Truck Tonnage Index Declined 2.4 Percent in June
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 116 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 24
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From the American Trucking Association: ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell 2.4 Percent in June Click on graph for larger image in new window. The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 2.4 [More...]
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"Precipitous" House Price Declines at the High End
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 116 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 26
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From the Chicago Tribune: Luxury prices keep falling (ht Ann) Real estate agents say they have never seen prices drop so precipitously when dealing with opulent, often empty high-end homes along the North Shore ... "It is a phenomenon we've never [More...]
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Housing: Remember the Two Bottoms!
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 116 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 29
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With my post yesterday, Economy: A Little Sunshine and the New Home sales report this morning - it is worth repeating: There will probably be two bottoms for Residential Real Estate. The first will be for new home sales, housing starts and residential [More...]
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CRE: Higher Vacancy Rates, Lower Rents in San Diego, Orange County and Las Vegas
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 129 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 38
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Voit released quarterly reports today for CRE in Las Vegas, San Diego and Orange County. The reports show the vacancy rates are up and lease rates falling. It also shows new construction has slowed sharply. Here are a couple of graphs for Orange County [More...]
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Report: Option ARMs Performing Worse than Subprime
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 130 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 6
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From the WSJ: Pick-a-Pay Loans: Worse Than Subprime For the third straight month, option adjustable-rate mortgages are generating proportionally more delinquencies and foreclosures than subprime mortgages ... As of April, 36.9% of Pick-A-Pay loans were [More...]
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Bank Failure #52, 7th Today, Founders Bank, Worth, Illinois
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 141 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 41
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Six was not enough Founders gambled deposits Then rolled a seven. by Soylent Green is People From the FDIC: The PrivateBank and Trust Company, Chicago, Illinois, Assumes All of the Deposits of Founders Bank, Worth, Illinois As of April 30, 2009, [More...]
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LA, NY, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Detroit: Real Prices and the Unemployment Rate
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 151 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 61
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Yesterday I posted a comparison of national real house prices and the unemployment rate. Today I'm posting the comparison for various cities. Previous posts in this series: National Real House prices and the unemployment rate. Washington, D.C. real [More...]
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Households with Mortgages: Approximately 20 Percent Equity
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 162 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 24
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One of the headlines from the Fed's Flow of Funds report this morning was that household percent equity had fallen to a record low 41.4%. Click on graph for larger image in new window. This graph shows homeowner percent equity since 1952. This is [More...]
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Foreclosures and Mosquito Hunters
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 179 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 5
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From Carolyn Said at the SF Chronicle: Aerial hunter sniffs out mosquito-ridden pools Last year, mosquito districts hired [Aerial Services of Livermore] to fly over almost every county in California. It covered 3,500 square miles - about one-third of the [More...]
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Real Estate Agents Giving Up
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 179 days ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 8
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From the LA Times: Realtors are abandoning a listing ship Already weakened by the sour housing market, the profession faces increasing challenges from Internet-based services that help people save thousands on a home purchase. The number of agents [More...]
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Unofficial Problem Bank List Increases to 513
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 1 hour 13 minutes ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 1
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This is an unofficial list of Problem Banks compiled only from public sources. Changes and comments from surferdude808: The Unofficial Problem Bank List increased by a net six institutions to 513 while aggregate assets declined to $302.3 billion from [More...]
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Bank Failure #124 in 2009: Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers, Florida
Posted by MyPropsMonkey 5 hours 13 minutes ago (feedproxy.google.com).  Views: 1
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From the FDIC: Central Bank, Stillwater, Minnesota, Assumes All of the Deposits of Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers, FloridaCommerce Bank of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers, Florida, was closed today by the Florida Office of Financial [More...]
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