Tuesday, March 30, 2010

London Outperforming U.K. Housing Market

March 30 (Bloomberg) -- Martin Gahbauer, chief economist at Nationwide Building Society, talks with Bloomberg's Maryam Nemazee about the mortgage lender's monthly house-price index. (Source: Bloomberg)


Friday, March 26, 2010

Spanish Housing Market Struggles to Recover

Costa Del Sol, Spain real estate bubble bursts after being a booming vacation spot for years


Real Estate Expert: Home Ownership Not a Right

Los Angeles Realtor Connie DeGroot argues home ownership is a risk not a right.


V-Shaped Recovery in U.S. Housing Market says Feder

March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Feder, chief executive officer of Radar Logic Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Matt Miller and Carol Massar about the outlook for the U.S. housing market. Blizzards, unemployment and foreclosures combined to produce the fewest sales of houses in the U.S. last month since record-keeping began in 1963, according to the Commerce Department. The supply of homes at the current sales rate increased to 9.2 months worth, the highest since May, from 8.9 months. (Source: Bloomberg)



Wednesday, March 24, 2010

New home Sales Hit an All-time Low

Sales of new homes fell to their lowest point on record in February, underscoring the housing industry's struggle to rebound from the worst slump in decades. (March 24)


The New American Home - Multigenerational Homes increase in number

AARP: Grandparents, 'boomerangers' moving in as multi-generational homes expand in tough economy


Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Tips for Buying a Home in a Buyers Market

How you get the best bang for you buck when buying a home


foreclosure sales , short sales the sheriff sales that's where the good deals are ...
Real-estate expert Billy Procida on how to get the most bang for your buck when buying a house.



Monday, March 22, 2010

Housing Market Will Fall 10%-15% says Dick Bove

One out of Seven Houses in the US is empty


For the past year, the Fed has been buying mortgage-backed securities in an effort to keep mortgage rates low and provide some support to the housing market. On March 31, the Fed says, it will stop buying mortgage-backed securities. So what will happen to mortgage rates and house prices? No one knows, says Dick Bove, the wise and fearless analyst at Rochdale Securities.




Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Do immigrants to UK get priority for housing?

A look at how the people born here and pay taxes are always at the back of the housing queue, and everyone else seems to jump it. The clip includes a woman from some African country with her children, and she can't find anywhere suitable.... maybe she should not have had so many children and expecting the UK taxpayer to pick up the tab.

No wonder there's a housing shortage if those coming to the UK are jumping the queue because "They are homeless." What about British homeless?

Recorded from BBC London News, 17 March 2010.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Foreclosure Rates Climb at Smallest Rate in Four Years

IHS Global Insights Patrick Newport discusses the hurdles facing the housing market.



Wednesday, March 10, 2010

A Major Downturn in Housing will be an Economic Disaster says Zuckerman chairman of Boston Properties

March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Mortimer Zuckerman, chairman of Boston Properties Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Eileen Brennan about the outlook for the housing market and the potential impact of a further drop in home prices on the broader economy. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)


A Major Downturn in Housing will be an Economic Disaster says Zuckerman

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Government to Pay Homeowners for Short Sale

Meister, Seelig and Feins Stephen Meister on the new government program to pay homeowners to sell their homes at a loss.



MORTGAGE REAL ESTATE BUBBLE BLOG