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- California - call for halt to foreclosures
- First time buyer numbers fall
- Housing bubble - just booms and balloons
- Southern California home sales at nine year low
- No housing bubble - new analysis of fundamental home values
- Housing Bubble is real and a risk to economy
- Real estate investment expo targets realtors and entrepreneurs
- Futures trading real estate offers more options
- Existing home sales and prices rise
- Mortgage delinquencies rise
- Online real estate advertising warning
- Is bursting housing bubble an opportunity ?
- Housing market continues to slow
- Craigslist sued over fair housing laws
- Existing home sales fall in December
- Housing market back to normal growth in 2006 say realtors
- Pending Home Sales Index slows for third month
- Real estate bubble not seen by LaSalle
- Housing
Bubble articles 2005
- Home sales and housing production to slow in 2006 say homebuilders
- Florida home sales rise, prices show small gain
- Illinois home sales level, prices rise over last November
- Pending home sales show market easing
- Study cites recent trends that signal housing bubble
- Housing overvalued investors say
- Fed raises interest rate to 4 percent
- Freddie Mac mortgage relief for Hurricane Wilma borrowers
- How to avoid conflict of interest when buying and selling a home
- Pulte Homes - record Q3 results, increase in home selling price
- Hood files lawsuit against insurers after Katrina flooding
- High risk mortgages danger to home prices
- Florida land sale biggest since Disney ?
- Other housing and real estate articles and publications
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- Bubble, Bubble, Where’s the Housing Bubble?
- Introduction to CME CSI® Housing Futures and Options White Paper
- Is Dave Leonhardt A Renter?
- Will a Bursting Bubble Trouble Bernanke?: The Evidence for a Housing Bubble - CEPR
- State of the Nations Housing 2003
- The Role of FCRA in the Credit Granting Process - MBA
- Homeownership for heroes - NAHB
- OFHEO Letter to members of the Board of Directors of Freddie Mac
- Home Values 2000 - US Census Bureau
- 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3, US Census Bureau
- America’s Mortgage Credit Needs: Ten-Year Projection - Freddie Mac
- FREEMAN v. SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS Opinion
- Systemic Risk: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Role of OFHEO
- U.S. Bond Issuance Surges to a Record of $5.4 Trillion in 2002 Issuance in the U.S. Bond Markets 2001 vs. 2002
- Guidelines for National Banks to Guard Against Predatory and Abusive Lending Practices
- Avoiding Predatory and Abusive Lending Practices in Brokered and Purchased Loans
- Notice of Request for Preemption Determination or Order
- Bubbles in Real Estate Markets
- Role of Housing as a Component of Household Wealth PDF gateway
- Analysis of demographic, geographic, housing and financial characteristics of native and foreign-born first-time homebuyers since 1997 PDF gateway
- When Should Borrowers Refinance Their Mortgage? PDF gateway
- Optimal Valuation of Claims on Noisy Real Assets: Theory and an Application PDF gateway
- Market Distortions when Agents are Better Informed: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration of the Value of Information in Real Estate Transactions PDF gateway
- State of the Nations Housing 2002 PDF gateway
- Bubbles in Real Estate Markets PDF gateway
- Comparing Wealth Effects PDF gateway
- Optimal Valuation of Claims on Noisy Real Assets: Theory and an Application PDF gateway
- Housing bubble archive news
- Information and news sources July 2003
- Housing Bubble articles July 2003
- California has 41 percent of all million-dollar homes
- Existing home sales remain in record territory say realtors
- California median home price increases 15.9 percent in June
- New home sales break another record in June
- Florida's home sales rise 14 percent in June
- Illinois June home sales up 7.2 percent
- Housing starts and building permits rise
- Housing Market Index shows builder confidence still high
- Inclusionary housing grows in California
- NAR Survey of home buyers and sellers shows growing web use
- M.D.C Holdings reports record second quarter homebuilding profits
- Nearly one in seven buyers owned or bought a second home in Q1
- Census Bureau releases commuting and housing data
- Large suburban cities in West are fastest-growing
- California's Housing Affordability Index falls
- Homeownership and housing strength to continue through 2003
- ECRI says downturn in home prices unlikely this year
- Realtors 2003 home sales forecast stronger than earlier predicted
- Western Washington home sales rise
- NAHB boosts forecast for 2003 sales of new single-family homes
- Hovnanian Enterprises announces 44 percent increase in June 2003 new home orders
- Construction falls 1.7 percent
- Foreclosures.com sees no relief in Bay Area foreclosure activity
- Foreclosures.com reports foreclosure activity in Chicagoland still high
- Foreclosures.com - New Jersey housing market helps homeowners in default
- OFHEO releases Capital Classifications for Fannie and Freddie
- Information and news sources June 2003
- Housing Bubble articles June 2003
- Bank outlines ways to increase homeownership in Ventura County
- Housing market in many U.S. cities may have started to decline
- Housing leading way in turning economy around says HUD
- Builders forecast record high for new home sales in 2003
- Florida home sales up 6 percent, price up 8 percent on year
- California home sales fall as prices hit new record
- Existing home sales rise at third-highest monthly pace on record
- New home sales post largest percentage gain since September 1993
- Salary increases fall for first time in a decade
- Mortgage delinquencies fall, foreclosures rise slightly in Q1
- Builders urge major push to address unmet rural housing needs
- Housing affordability a problem say builders
- Bay Area homes for sale - numbers up on month, down on year
- Houston, Charlotte top homes for sale by owner list
- Study - homeownership creates benefits for individuals and communities
- Southern California homes for sale - numbers up on month
- More boomers plan to relocate for retirement
- MBA forecasting $3.3 trillion in mortgage originations
- Refinancing activity increases in latest MBA survey
- Fitch: U.S. housing/homebuilders still positively influencing economy
- Builders pick up the pace of new construction
- Housing starts and building permits rise
- Builder confidence rises strongly in June
- MBA warns of fall in homeownership rates if FCRA changed
- California's Housing Affordability unchanged as home prices rise
- Builders testify on solutions to remove affordable housing barriers
- Study finds workforce heroes cannot afford homes
- Freddie Mac provides SEC update
- 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage still dropping
- Lennar reports 50 percent increase in Earnings Per Share
- Group expresses concern over reasons for Freddie Mac shakeup
- OFHEO statement on Freddie Mac review
- Freddie Mac announces new leadership
- UCLA Anderson Forecast still predicting short-term sluggishness
- Mortgage applications - more records broken
- NAR predicts record home sales for 2003
- Program to create 6,000 California affordable housing units
- Home price growth moderates yet remains brisk in Q1 2003
- OFHEO launches interactive house price calculator
- MBA hails introduction of Homeownership Tax Credit Act
- Merced Community reacts to housing crisis
- Q1 2003 House Price Index - gradual decelaration trend continues
- Construction spending falls again
- Million dollar homes - Cambridge, Mass. has highest concentration
- Housing Bubble articles June 2003
- Information and news sources May 2003
- Housing Bubble articles May 2003
- 30 year FRM sets another record low
- Real Estate Capital Markets Report looks at 10 critical issues
- Toll Brothers report record earnings and revenues for Q2
- Refinance Index over 5000 for 21st consecutive week
- California luxury home values rise in Q1 2003
- Illinois home sales ahead of last year
- Existing home sales up 5.6 percent in April
- New home sales data bodes well for season say builders
- New home sales up 1.7 percent on April
- Florida home sales rise 5 percent in April
- Homes for sale in California - price up 14.8 percent, sales down 9.3 percent
- Intown housing demand steady
- Wisconsin housing market outpaces region and nation in Q1
- A majority of the House reaffirms banks don't belong in real estate
- Mortgage rates continue to fall
- Bay Area home sales still fluctuate but prices hit new peak
- Southland home sales strong in March
- Fixed Rate Mortgages reach record low again
- Appraisal Groups urge Congress to examine appraiser regulatory structure
- ICBA - better access to the secondary mortgage market
- Study on concentrated poverty in Washington, DC released
- Smart Growth jury recognizes development proposals for wise land use
- Bill would act as 'Tax on housing' says NAHB
- Housing Starts fall but building permits bode well says NAHB
- Housing Starts fall 6.8 percent
- Housing Market Index reveals rise in builder confidence
- California home sales fall - price hits new record
- Florida homes for sale - demand and prices rise
- Illinois existing home sales show small gain in first quarter
- California's Housing Affordability Index falls to 28 percent C.A.R reports
- Purchase Index reaches new record in latest MBA survey
- Housing on track for second-best year say realtors
- The New Shape of Suburbia looks at whats changing and why
- AmeriDream, NAHREP partner to increase Hispanic homeownership
- Study finds essential occupations struggle to afford housing
- Condo sales set record in first quarter
- California foreclosures down
- Housing Affordability Index reaches 30-year high
- Housing Bubble articles May 2003
- Information and news sources April 2003
- Housing Bubble articles April 2003
- Study: Multifamily housing poses no detriment to home values
- California home prices rise while sales fall
- Florida home prices and sales rise
- Illinois home sales hold steady and prices rise
- Existing single family home sales fall
- New home sales up 7.3 percent
- New home sales rebound in March
- N.C. existing home sales grow but prices flat
- Southland home prices increase in March
- Bay Area home price peaks in March
- Baby Boomers, Seniors Continue "Buying Up"
- Remodeling continues to outpace the economy
- Housing industry set for another good year says Freddie Mac
- Housing Starts Gain Momentum in March, Boding Well for 2003
- Housing Starts rise higher than expected, building permits fall
- Purchase Index falls in latest MBA survey
- California's Housing Affordability flat
- Puget Sound home sales maintain annual growth in March
- Housing Bubble articles April 2003
- Information and
news sources March 2003
- Housing Bubble articles
March 2003
- New home sales fall 8.1 percent, inventories rise
- Refinance Index falls in MBA survey
- Existing home sales fall in February
- California home sales fall 7.1 percent prices rise
- Florida home sales and prices rise in February
- Freddie Mac restatement process on track
- Illinois home sales and prices rise
- MBA Survey shows mortgage delinquencies down
- Local businessmen seek to revitalize Detroit neighborhood
- Fitch: Home mortgage industry largely insulated from war's impact
- Bay Area home sales down, prices steady in February
- Southland home sales strong in February
- MBA applauds House passage of Bankruptcy Reform Bill
- Program to allow homeowners to occasionally skip a mortgage payment
- Composite and Refinance Indexes reach record highs in MBA survey
- Survey: 61 percent say may flee Northern U.S. after record winter
- Lennar reports record EPS for Q1 2003
- Builders offer Congress ideas to enhance tax plan
- Texas Realtors,Fannie Mae fight predatory lending
- NAHB - housing market fundamentals solid
- Housing Starts - largest fall since 1994
- Fannie Mae passes halfway point in $2 trillion American Dream Commitment
- Builders confidence undermined by weather, war and weak economy
- KB Home reports record first quarter earnings
- Bank One and Fannie Mae to help homeownership grow in Michigan
- Rev Sharpton leads demo against Charter One Bank lending practices
- Tarragon Realty Investors reports strong results
- Northwest Corridor Homeownership Initiative launched
- NCRC releases Best and Worst Lenders: A Consumers' Guide
- Refinance Index reaches record high in latest MBA survey
- Fannie Mae announces foreign currency debt issuance vehicle
- Appraisal Institute warns of RESPA lending bottleneck
- ALTA - RESPA changes will hurt small business
- San Diego realtors fixing prices, declares Appeals Court
- Freddie Mac Chief Economist responds to Poole's comments
- Rural Guarantee housing initiative launched in Illinois
- Retention Rates increase during refinance boom
- Poole - Fannie, Freddie problems could cause crisis in U.S. financial markets
- KB Home enters largest new home market with acquisition
- Home Builders reaffirm support for economic growth package
- Property valuation software forecasts increasing prices
- California housing affordability falls in January
- Interest rates reach record low in latest MBA survey
- Realtors say housing prospects good
- Slowdown in home price growth continues into fourth quarter
- Act to protect against false information on credit reports
- House Price Index indicates growth decelerating
- Fed Govenor - no housing bubble but sharp price falls in some areas
- Housing Bubble articles
March 2003
- Information
and news sources February 2003
- Housing Bubble
articles February 2003
- 'No Nationwide Housing Price Bubble' says PMI Group
- New home sales decline no cause for alarm says NAHB
- Mortgage-backed securities lead U.S. bond issuance
- New home sales fall 15 percent
- Fitch: U.S. homebuilders in position to outperform again in 2003
- Access to insurance and soaring premiums are barriers to homeownerhip
- HUD launches program to create more barrier-free housing
- Call for appraiser safeguards to be preserved in RESPA
- Home Builders support HUD RESPA proposal to simplify home buying process
- Luxury home values in California rise 3 percent in 2002
- HUD's Proposed RESPA rule would hurt consumers says ICBA
- Existing home sales hit new record in January
- Middle market housing still rising in Los Angeles and Orange Counties
- California median home price up 17.3 percent, sales rise 0.1 percent
- Florida home sales and prices rise in January
- Illinois home sales fall, prices rise
- Homebuyers confusion demands education and guidance
- Manpower survey shows hiring activity to decline in second quarter
- Lowe's reports record earnings for fourth quarter and fiscal year
- OCC issues predatory lending guidelines
- Freddie Mac Commits $2 Million to expand minority home ownership
- Countrywide Financial Corporation comments on Fitch rating action
- Fitch places Countrywide on Rating Watch Negative
- Housing Starts rise to highest level since 1986
- California detached home price breaks record in Q4
- California leads record breaking luxury home sales
- Real estate market is vulnerable in wartime
- Orleans Homebuilders announces income increase
- Florida home sales and prices rise
- Illinois home sales set new record
- Housing industry calls for tax credits and incentives
- Rise in home price expected to slow this year
- Greenspan: Housing bubble - potential problems but not serious ones
- Condo sales break annual record
- Neighborhood Gold to reinforce HUD's promotion of affordable housing
- In real estate CCH says biggest tax breaks are closest to home
- California housing affordability falls
- Real estate bubble warning for investors
- Involuntary unemployment insurance as protection against mortgage foreclosure
- Mortgage applications remain strong, refinancing falls in latest MBA survey
- OFHEO Study on systemic risk
- California million-dollar home sales
- Housing affordability rises in fourth quarter accoeding to NAR
- Construction spending strong in December
- Home mortgage lending tightened
- Housing Bubble
articles February 2003
- Information and
news sources January 2003
- Housing Bubble articles
January 2003
- American Home Mortgage reports fourth quarter results
- New home sales rose 3.5 percent in December
- California home price up 20.2 percent in December
- No significant change in vacancy rates
- Existing Home sales rise
- Illinois Home Sales break record
- Florida home sales stay on the upswing say Florida realtors
- Freddie Mac announces record earnings
- Appraisal Groups want appraisal oversight and reform added to Agenda
- Residential real estate powered San Fernando Valley economy according to realtors
- Farmer Mac posts solid fourth quarter results
- Beazer Homes announces record results
- Builders respond to Governor McGreevey's State of the State Address
- Refinancing activity falls in weekly MBA survey
- Freddie Mac expects to restate earnings upward for prior years
- Off site construction can reduce the cost of high quality homes
- OFHEO proposes securities disclosure regulation for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
- Washington D.C. Named No. 1 City in World by foreign real estate investors
- HUD proposes housing counseling grant increase
- Housing starts - highest since 1986
- Houston's most popular ZIP codes for home buyers
- San Diego's most popular ZIP codes for home buyers
- Boston's Peninsula's most popular ZIP codes for home buyers
- Monterey Peninsula's most popular ZIP codes for home buyers
- Austin's most popular ZIP codes for home buyers
- Atlanta's most popular ZIP codes for home buyers
- Suburban Maryland's most popular ZIP codes for home buyers
- Chicago's most popular ZIP codes for home buyers
- Los Angeles / Orange County's most popular ZIP codes for home buyers
- Dallas Forth Worth's most popular ZIP codes for home buyers
- Northern Virginia's most popular ZIP codes for home buyers
- KB Home reports record 2002 revenues of $5.03 billion
- Cendant issues response to Wall Street Journal story
- Realtor political activity breaks record
- Loan demand falls in latest MBA survey
- New study examining the impact of California's housing crisis on Latinos
- House not a substiute for real estate stock invesment according to study
- Ginnie Mae announces changes to Mortgage Backed Security Program
- New rule to protect homebuyers from predatory lending
- Appraisal Institute hails proposed HUD rule
- Housing National Market Trends Index Falls to 6.70 in the Fourth Quarter
- Arizona home resales hit record
- BIA - Michigan strength in home construction and sales expected 2003
- Hammock Beach Community - 2002 sales top $96 million
- California Housing Affordability falls 5 points in November
- NAR forecasts slowing home sales for 2003
- Foreclosures rise, late payments fall
- The Housing Bubble: Fact or Fiction? conference
- HUD announces higher FHA home mortgage limit
- November construction rises
- Housing Bubble articles
January 2003
- Information
and news sources December 2002
- Housing Bubble
articles December 2002
- Florida's home sales rise 10 percent in November
- OFHEO announces first official classification of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
- Existitng home sales fell in November
- California home sales post 9.8 percent increase & prices rise
- US Housing Count Up 2 Million according to Census Bureau
- Greenspan: Debt servicing costs not a significant cause for concern
- Study shows mortgage refinancing spurs US economic growth
- Housing starts rise while building permits fall
- AARP Backed Predatory Lending Ordinance Passes Council
- Mortgage Applications and Interest Rates Fall in Latest MBA Survey
- Neglia Appraisals Releases New Study of Effects of 9/11 on NYC Real Estate Market
- Mortgage Bankers Fund Record $729 Billion in Quarter 3
- Home price appreciation slows but no national housing bubble according to Freddie Mac
- Knowing When to Refinance
- Mortgage Applications Decrease In Latest MBA Survey Rates increase
- House
price gains slow in Q3,OFHEO reports on regional cycles and housing
bubbles
- Housing Bubble
articles December 2002
- Information
and news sources November 2002
- Housing Bubble
articles November 2002
- Increase in subprime loans to minorities & concern over predatory lending
- Mortgage demand led down by lower refinancing applications
- Florida's First Real Estate Show Debuts With Signs of Early Success
- Freddier Mac announces new loan limits
- Mortgage rates and average home prices fall in October
- Sales Post 17.0 Percent Increase and prices rise in October C.A.R. Reports
- Exisitng homes sales rise in October
- Florida Home Sales Gain 17 Percent in October, Says Florida Association of Realtors
- Program to Turn Nearly 1,500 Low-Income Families Into Homeowners
- Market volatility pushes mortgage rates up
- Latest housing data not a bubble effect according to NAHB
- Low mortgage rates boost Housing Market Index to highest level in two years
- New Fair Housing Grants Announced To Combat Housing Bias
- 30 Percent Rise In Working Families That Spend Over Half Of Income On Housing
- EPI - Working Families Face Crunch As Housing Bites Deeper Into Stagnant Wages
- Historically strong third quarter 2002 home sales according to NAR
- Federal Reserve Survey on Bank Lending Practices for Q3 2002
- Changes To Ginnie Mae MBS Program Expected To Lower Costs Of Mortgages increase home ownership
- Housing
affordability rises in third quarter according to NAR
- Housing Bubble
articles November 2002
- Information and
news sources Ocotber 2002
- Housing Bubble articles
October 2002
- No housing bubble according to leading home price indicator
- Fixed Mortgage Rates Decrease In Latest MBA Survey
- Economic Growth in 2003 Will Gradually Increase Mortgage Rates
- Record low mortgage interest rates spur home buyers according to NAR
- Residential real estate and home mortgage lending brighten gloomy Beige Book
- September 2002 housing starts at highest level in 16 years
- Weekly MBA report shows slowdown in housing market
- Vital
Role Of Mortgage Industry In Supporting U.S. Economy
- Housing Bubble articles
October 2002
- Information and news sources September 2002
- Information and news sources August 2002
- Information and news sources March, May, June and July 2002