Merrill over Matter

I'm sure I won't surprise any of you by mentioning home prices are high right now, really high. The COVID combination of a desire to...

Stumbled across another empty Chinese city, this one thanks to   @ TheCreditBubble  and his blog post He so kindly provided a video link s...

Last night 60 Minutes ran a piece on the housing bubble of China: Link to video I have written about the Chinese Housing Bubble at le...

While the economy has been recovering nicely from the Great Recession there are some interesting divergences which are popping up with this ...

Over the last few years during conversations with clients I've frequently been asked my opinion about the housing market and whether no...

Some reading material for you from my twitter stream: RT @edwardnh : Why the latest eurozone bail-out is destined to fail within weeks ...

One year ago I stated it would be a good time to refinance your home.  Once again the opportunity presents itself. The 30 year conventional...

Are home prices going up in a sustained manner anytime soon? No A recent presentation by Australian Professor Steve Keen  inspired me to ...

Does supply lead demand or the other way round? Attached is the year over year change in the Case-Shiller home price index and new housing p...

The home market appears to be taking another leg down after the tax rebate induced spike earlier this year. More details on home prices ca...

Barry Ritholtz clearly explains why this foreclosure mess is so important and how all the cutting of corners by the loan servicing organizat...

I have not commented on the foreclosure mess but considering how it may impact you, gentle reader, I thought it worthwhile to repeat. In s...

I have spoken before about how the supply of forced sale (foreclosed or short sale) inventory continues to increase but may be close to peak...

NPR (National Public Radio) has a great ongoing series about the mortgage mess.  As a centerpiece to the series they purchased a slice of on...

Now is a good time to consider refinancing your home if you have not done so already. As you can see from this graph mortgage rates are at g...

It has been a while since I have updated you on the bank lending situation in China.   This is not due to me slacking off (I'll admit to...

The good news is it appears the number of people with late home loans may have peaked.  From the data released by Fannie Mae and presented a...

From Chinadaily : BEIJING - More property developers have began to cut prices and adjust their business portfolios to cope with sluggish tr...

Patrick Chovanec has a good post on several topics but one passage really jumped out at me: Even before my plane landed in Changchun, I co...

A few months ago I commented on rising lumber prices and how in my opinion they were due to short term supply problems instead of demand.   ...