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The Motley Fool June 9, 2006 Seth Jayson |
I Want My Bubble Back! The National Association of Realtors wants the Fed to quit with the rate hikes. Big surprise. The simple fact is that no one wants the party to end |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2005 Seth Jayson |
Housing Experts Change Their Tune Even the housing market's greatest cheerleaders are starting to curb their enthusiasm. The housing bubble is loosing air. |
The Motley Fool May 1, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Lipstick on the Housing Pig Further evidence of the deflating bubble is supposed to be good news? Investors, the NAR's newest pending sales report is an absolute hog. |
The Motley Fool December 10, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Down Isn't Up. Really. Seems like every week, the National Association of Realtors finds a reason to pump residential homebuying by looking at numbers and spinning them to appear that things are getting better. They're not. |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2005 Seth Jayson |
H is for Housing. And Hiss. The housing market is getting a bit squishier, but whether that indicates a soft landing is anyone's guess. And a potential implosion of the sub-prime mortgage market is part of the bear argument against originators like H&R Block. |
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Kathleen Madigan |
After The Housing Boom What the real estate slowdown means for the economy. |
The Motley Fool September 19, 2006 Seth Jayson |
When Bubbles Attack! Recent, minor upticks in interest rates are probably only the first cracks in the dike. Will pinched homeowners take any comfort in knowing that the NAR's president finds himself unable to sell his superfluous home? |
The Motley Fool April 12, 2007 Seth Jayson |
House Price Drop? That's Unpossible! The National Association of Realtors admits the obvious. While you're giggling at NAR economist David Lereah, keep your eye on the industry response to the mess and the media wake-up call. |
The Motley Fool March 5, 2007 Bill Mann |
Better Catch That Cow! The feds wait until now to warn consumers about adjustable-rate mortgages? |
BusinessWeek May 21, 2007 Peter Coy |
Housing's Roof Won't Cave In Despite the weakness in home prices, homeowners will keep spending enough to keep the economy on solid ground. |
The Motley Fool September 4, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Desperate Realtors Applaud Bailout The National Association of Realtors likes the idea of a subprime bailout. Big surprise. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
It's Boom Time in the Housing Market, But for How Long? Following several years of rapid home price appreciation, real estate experts say current housing prices in the U.S. are based on solid foundations and are not purely a speculative bubble. However, they also say that certain regional markets are vulnerable to a downturn. |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Still More Housing Bull The National Association of Realtors issues another suspiciously misleading press release. It is in the NAR's interest to convince people to buy; therefore, investors, please read their words carefully. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor The real costs of a housing bubble. |
The Motley Fool May 16, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Housing Schizophrenia The homebuilders and the Realtors give very different reads on housing's health. What's an investor to believe? |
The Motley Fool June 6, 2007 Seth Jayson |
From Bubble Talk to Double Talk It comes down to this: The NAR's prospective on housing is irrevocably skewed because its very existence depends on the fiction that housing is a good "investment." All evidence points to the contrary. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
The Daily Walk of Shame: The Fed The real economy versus the Federal Reserve. |
The Motley Fool November 14, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Charting the Housing Spin In its latest press release, the National Association of Realtors makes the argument that homes are better investments than stocks. |
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Coy & Miller |
Is A Housing Bubble About To Burst? As rising rates in the U.S. send mortgage payments higher, demand may cool. |
The Motley Fool August 21, 2007 David Lee Smith |
The Credit Crunch on Housing Savvy investors should wait until the homebuilders' business strengthens obviously and meaningfully before accumulating positions in the group. |
The Motley Fool September 29, 2006 Seth Jayson |
Harvard Hypes Housing, but Why? A look behind the scenes at Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies might help explain the director's calm in the face of a bursting bubble. Investors, take care before you put too much faith in the prognostications of seemingly independent "academics." |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Quick Take: How Fast Will Housing Prices Really Fall? We all know about the housing market decline. So just how drastic will it be? |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2005 Seth Jayson |
Behind the Bubble Babble Homebuyers should at least consider the motives of the people who continue herding them toward ever-more-expensive houses and risky loans. Despite what the realtors and loan officers want you to think, a home is not always (or even often) an investment. |
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Housing's Increased Signs of Trouble The number of homes on the market is big, and likely to get much bigger. |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2005 Seth Jayson |
Housing: Solid or Soft? We're going to see some soft landings and some pretty harsh rides. No doubt, much of the ethereal "wealth" created by the American pastime of borrowin' 'n' swappin' will remain, at least for those who can afford to stay in their houses and ride out any big drops. |
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 James Mehring |
Housing: Will Surging Supply Pop The Bubble? As the housing market plateaus, speculative activity will evaporate. That's when housing should slow noticeably. |
BusinessWeek October 2, 2006 Peter Coy |
Stocks Can Handle The Housing Chill The numbers are scary. But history shows that the market can shrug them off. |
The Motley Fool May 5, 2006 Seth Jayson |
For Whom the Home Tolls Toll brothers comes clean on a weakening housing market that others have tried too hard to deny. What does it mean for investors? |
The Motley Fool December 6, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Slow Jobs Market? Blame Housing The key to getting the economy back on track is deleveraging -- paying off debt accumulated during the bubble years. For households, the vast majority of that debt is in the form of mortgages. |
The Motley Fool December 24, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Housing's Mess Makers If you think housing's in trouble only because of mortgagers' misdeeds, you've let a half-dozen other culpable groups off the hook. Here's at least a partial grouping of those at fault. |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Salim Haji |
Housing Boom Drives Homebuilder Stocks As the housing boom continues, housing stocks are reporting record earnings. Neither is sustainable. |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Merrill Wants Its Bubble Back, Too The investing bigwig longs for the return of astronomical housing prices. |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2007 Richard Gibbons |
Profit From the Housing Bust Smart investors recognize opportunity when everyone else is panicking. If you are prepared to consider a very risky short strategy, then homebuilders and lenders might seem like obvious targets. |
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Homebuilders Up 25% in One Day? Crazy? Absolutely. And housing's flood of bad news since then has already washed away the results. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Home Sales Still Sink The National Association of Realtors reports a 12.8% year-over-year drop in home sales as the market returns to normal levels following the housing bubble. |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Mr. Market: Manic or Moron? Investors, make sure potential rewards adequately compensate you for your risks. |
BusinessWeek May 28, 2009 James Cooper |
Business Outlook: Housing Demand Stabilizes A housing turnaround will be crucial to economic recovery. Recent signs that housing activity is at least stabilizing are a key milestone. |
U.S. Banker October 2002 John Adams |
Of Housing and Helium Is the housing market a bubble waiting to pop? |
BusinessWeek June 11, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Is The Housing Recession Starting To Recede? The drag on economic growth is easing, and home demand is firming up. |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
What's Normal for Hovnanian? Everybody's still nervous about housing, and the builders are starting to get a bit more cautious. The markets may have already marked down some of these stocks to a point where expectations seem pretty modest. |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 David Lee Smith |
The Housing Roundup Let's take a quick look at recent housing news and events and try to predict the group's future. |
BusinessWeek February 19, 2007 Peter Coy |
Why Housing Hasn't Hit The Skids Low rates are a major factor in keeping the housing market stable. |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2007 David Lee Smith |
The Maestro Had a Tin Ear When the dot.com bubble burst, as bubbles inevitably do, Greenspan and the Fed offered up rock-bottom interest rates to shore up the economy. But they almost certainly let them sit at those ankle-high levels far too long. |
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Time to Buy Housing Stocks? Have housing stocks hit rock bottom? Is it time to buy them? Will the Fed's interest-rate cut boost housing stocks? What does the housing meltdown mean for other stocks? These questions are discussed in this video. |
The Motley Fool March 12, 2008 Kristin Graham |
Worse Than 2001? We've dug ourselves into a deep hole. What can investors learn from this downturn? |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
The Solution to the Subprime Crisis At the right price, anything is worth buying. Is the price right on these banking stocks? |
Entrepreneur March 2006 Sheree R. Curry |
House Always Wins? What a housing bubble could mean for your business. |
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 Rich Miller |
That Starter Home May Be A Nonstarter First-time home buyers, who are already stretching themselves financially to purchase their houses, look particularly vulnerable now that borrowing costs are increasing. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 Anthony Downs |
Dissecting the Housing Bubble Question The most widely discussed real estate issue in the United States today boils down to a two-part question: Does a housing bubble in America exist? And if so, will it burst? |
The Motley Fool April 28, 2004 Salim Haji |
Ready for the Next Bubble? What does it mean for the economy if the housing bubble bursts? A bubble is forming in real estate, and when it bursts, the impact on the U.S. economy will be detrimental, significant, and widespread. |