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The Motley Fool
September 8, 2006
Seth Jayson |
Housing Cheerleaders Losing Pep When the NAR issues a feel-bad press release, we should pay attention. Unfortunately, this may be too little, too late. After all, the NAR has been quietly admitting, for a few weeks now, that things are getting ugly in a lot of markets, and that a correction was necessary.   |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Hiding the Ugly Truth About Housing The NAR continues, month after month, to release home-sales predictions that are overly optimistic and completely misleading. The true housing sector figures are much worse than they want you to know. |
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
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 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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Housing Worse, Despite Yelping NAR The past week has seen the National Association of Realtors trade group issue a slew of misleading press releases, all intended to jump-start a withering housing market. Investors, be cautious. |
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
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
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
October 5, 2007
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Housing Stocks Gone Wild? Housing stocks rebound after more horrible news. Has all the bad news already been built into the stock prices of homebuilders? Should investors move in to housing stocks? Those questions are answered in this video. |
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
February 23, 2011
Morgan Housel |
A New Black Eye for Housing Revised sales and inventory data could paint a bleaker picture. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Home Sales The housing industry is an important component of the U.S. economy, affecting everyone. By looking at data on sales of homes, you can track how well the housing industry is doing, which can help you with decisions about investing in real estate. |
The Motley Fool
August 1, 2007
Seth Jayson |
More Housing Bull The NAR praises pending home sales numbers. Big surprise. The moral of the story for investors of all stripes: Beware the cycle of enthusiasm and pain. |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Realtors Fiddle While Home Sales Sink The National Association of Realtors sets a new low in reporting, continuing to insist that all is well in the housing market, despite a 21% drop in year-over-year home sales and a 15% increase in inventory. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Realtors Under Fire Renting makes a lot more sense than buying right now. In a lot of places. A lot of the time. Do the numbers yourself. |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Housing Slumps. Who's Surprised? America's easy-credit, quick-flipping, borrow-now-and-forget-the-consequences lifestyle is coming to an increasingly painful, grinding halt. Welcome to the laws of supply and demand, folks. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Housing Rebounds, Sky Green Don't buy it, investors. When ARM-driven foreclosures really hit their stride and desperate home "investors" are selling their McMansions at $0.50 on the original buck, that will be the time to buy. |
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 24, 2006
Seth Jayson |
Housing's Ups and Downs The data conflict again. So what else is new? However, investors seem to have decided long ago that the new-home boom is on the wane. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2011
Neha Chamaria |
Have You Noticed the Interesting Pickup in This Sector? Three factors hint at improvements in the housing sector. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2006
Seth Jayson |
No Housing Bust Here! As the numbers keep getting worse, the housing industry feigns surprise and tries to put on a happy face. Oversupply in the face of negative growth in real wages, together with higher borrowing costs, eventually will have to lead home prices downward. |
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
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
March 2, 2006
Seth Jayson |
Another Housing Hoohah Did new home sales really drop last month? Not according to the numbers. Investing in companies that ride macroeconomic trends is never easy, and that's nowhere more evident than in the housing sector. |
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? |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2005
Mark Obrinsky |
Beware of Volatile Housing Prices House prices have shown a past tendency to overshoot the mark, both up and down. Thus, while some bullish analysts expect appreciation to return to more typical levels --- about 4% annually --- many more expect some sort of catch-up. |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Hovnanian Heave-Ho Investors, with other cheap homebuilders out there, it's safe to pass on this one. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Where You'll Make Money in Housing With home prices for existing and new homes still low, perhaps the best way to profit from the housing downturn is simply to buy real estate directly. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2006
Seth Jayson |
Eyes on the Wise A semi-regular, mini-jumbo wrap-up of things that make investors go "Huh?" Mr. Softy's stunted sense of humor... One mouth, two sides... |
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
November 5, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Realtors Get Desperate The National Association of Realtors announces a nationwide advertising campaign designed to counter recent negative housing reports in the media. |
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
January 17, 2012
Morgan Housel |
Robert Shiller on Why So Many Experts Missed the Crash Despite the incredible leverage built up in financial institutions and blatant overbuilding in the housing market, the bubble and crash of 2008 surprised the majority of expert forecasters. |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Bear and the Housing Carcass Investors, do you think Ben Bernanke's half-point rate cut can save housing, like the folks at the National Association of Realtors claim? Then take just the briefest peak at the earnings release from Bear Stearns. |
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. |
| 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
September 19, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Housing's Direction Not Hazy Building permits drop 24% since last year. This may finally create a more healthy supply/demand equilibrium, but how long that will take is anyone's guess. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Relax, Housing's Fine! Or is it? Investors, is housing, and possibly our equity-bubble economy, cruising for more bruising? |
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
June 22, 2004
Dayana Yochim |
Still Planning to Buy? If you're buying or refinancing a home in 2004, here's what to expect. |
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 12, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Hovnanian Huffing and Puffing The New Jersey-based builder is KO'd by continued softness in southwest Florida's housing market. But ultimately, the sector will recover. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Robert Shiller on Why Home Prices Could Fall for Several Decades After the housing market does bottom, what you should expect from it going forward? |
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
April 17, 2008
Anand Chokkavelu |
Housing Prices Will Drop 25% If analysts are correct, then the housing market's got much farther to fall before hitting bottom. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2007
Bill Mann |
Better Catch That Cow! The feds wait until now to warn consumers about adjustable-rate mortgages? |
