Category: News
07/11/08
Source: Bloomberg
NYT: U.S. Weighs Takeover of Two Mortgage Giants, July 11, 2008
"Alarmed by the growing financial stress at the nation?s two largest mortgage finance companies, senior Bush administration officials are considering a plan to have t… more »
07/10/08
Bloomberg: Fannie Mae, Freddie Losses Make Them `Insolvent,' Poole Says, July 10, 2008
"Chances are increasing that the U.S. may need to bail out Fannie Mae and the smaller Freddie Mac, former St. Louis Federal Reserve President William Poole said in… more »
07/01/08
Telegraph.co.uk: UK house prices in grip of slump that experts expect to deepen, July 1, 2008
"Britain is in the grip of a housing slump as bad as at any stage since the 1970s, property experts warned, as data suggested that first time buyers had all… more »
06/30/08
07:23:30 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
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Categories: Market research, News, Market characteristics
The Big Picture on Macroeconomics: Should Congress Let Home Prices Fall?, June 29, 2008
"Housing prices went ballistic thanks to the credit bubble. They should be allowed to normalize on their own. This will actually be good for the economy, make hou… more »
06/28/08
10:21:59 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 15 words
Categories: Market research, News, Market characteristics
click on to get to Dynamic Map of Nonprime Mortgage Conditions in the United States more »
06/26/08
09:46:57 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 10 words
Categories: Market research, News, Market characteristics
click on to get to Special Knowledge Wharton Subprime Section more »
06/24/08
MarketWatch: Case Shiller: Four years of home gains have been wiped out; Prices fall in all 20 cities in Case-Shiller index in past year
"Home prices in 20 major U.S. cities have dropped a record 15.3% in the past year and are now back to where they w… more »
05/19/08
CNN Money: Builders get hammered again: Nonresidential construction held up as housing slumped. But a slowdown for offices, hotels and malls is looming, which could be another jolt to the economy, May 16, 2008: "Demand for new homes collapsed last year.… more »
05/15/08
01:06:58 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 81 words
Categories: Market research, News, Market characteristics
Bloomberg: Foreclosures Climb 65% as Loan Workouts Fall Short, May 14, 2008: "U.S. foreclosure filings climbed 65 percent and bank seizures more than doubled in April from a year earlier as mortgage industry efforts to modify loans fell short.
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05/12/08
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05/11/08
11:18:35 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 46 words
Categories: Market research, News, Market characteristics
Bloomberg: Double-Bubble Trouble in Commercial Real Estate, Gene Sperling, May 9, 2008: "Josef Ackermann, chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank AG, summed up the debate over the global economy at a meeting I recently attended: It's either the beginnin… more »
05/10/08
The Economist: Map of misery, May 8, 2008: click to get to "misery map"
Source: Economist more »
05/07/08
06:45:04 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 117 words
Categories: Market research, News, Market characteristics
Source: Federal Reserve Board
Speech of Chairman Ben S. Bernanke at the Columbia Business School's 32nd Annual Dinner, New York, New York, May 5, 2008
"...But some areas that had low rates in 2004 experienced high rates three years later. Figur… more »
04/29/08
Source: Standard & Poors
Standard&Poors: Steep Declines in Home Prices Continued in February 2008 according to the according to the S&P Case Shiller Home Price Index, April 29, 2008 more »
04/27/08
09:17:58 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 112 words
Categories: News, Market characteristics
The Washington Post: Don't Blame All Borrowers by Robert H. Frank, April 27, 2008: "After more than a decade of steep growth, home prices peaked last year and have been falling rapidly. Over 9 million mortgages are "under water," meaning that more is owe… more »
04/23/08
Portfolio.com: SEC to consider tighter regulations on rating agencies, April 22, 2008: "The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering new rules to limit conflicts of interest in the credit rating industry, a key financial player under scrutiny fo… more »
04/21/08
Blogs Wall Street Journal: Delinquencies Rise on Home Equity Lines of Credit, April 21, 2008: "Standard & Poor’s said delinquencies on home-equity lines of credit issued in 2005 and 2006 shot up in March, underscoring continued trouble in the U.S. ec… more »
04/15/08
Bloomberg: U.S. Foreclosures Jump 57% as Homeowners Walk Away, April 15, 2008: "U.S. foreclosure filings jumped 57 percent and bank repossessions more than doubled in March from a year earlier as adjustable mortgages increased and more owners lost their… more »
04/12/08
Yahoo: Japan's Mizuho stung by $5.5 billion in subprime pain, April 11, 2008 "Japan's Mizuho Financial Group Inc (8411.T) cut a third off its earnings estimate for the year just ended, stung by $5.5 billion in subprime-related losses, mostly at its brok… more »
04/10/08
IMF World Economic Outlook April 2008: Housing and Business Cycle
"This chapter examines how innovations in housing finance systems in advanced economies over the past two decades have altered the role of the housing sector in the business cycle and i… more »
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