housing bubble: VIDEO: On CNBC discussing "shadow inventory" and negative equity - 05/06/09 06:09 PM
Here's the Fox Business News clip which talks about negative equity. Unfortunately I can't embed the FBN clip.
And here's CNBC...
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housing bubble: Existing home sales... rise!? - 03/23/09 11:42 AM
Don't get too excited. It's foreclosure sales that are driving the results.
But is it possible that inventory levels are peaking? Please say it's so...
Existing Home Sales 03-23-2009 Publish at Scribd or explore others: Literature Research
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housing bubble: The Rise in Mortgage Defaults - 03/17/09 01:34 PM
Here is an interesting paper from the Federal Reserve about mortgage defaults. Chris Mayer from Columbia is the lead author. Chris is one of the smartest experts on the housing crisis. He's top notch.
The paper hopes to answer the simple but critical question: what caused the recent increase in … (3 comments)
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housing bubble: Innovative Proposal to Stem Foreclosures: Pre-packaged Chapter 13 Bankruptcies - 03/09/09 12:15 PM
Chapter 13 Pre Pack Publish at Scribd or explore others:
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housing bubble: Making Home Affordable - 03/05/09 11:08 AM
Baffled by the specifics of the Obama housing plan? Me too. So is everyone.
My friends over at ZillowBlog spent hours sorting through the details though, and here's a concise explanation of what it means to you and to your clients: "Making Home Affordable".
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housing bubble: My thoughts on the housing bailout plan - 02/18/09 09:34 PM
Prepping for my CNBC appearance tonight forced me to dig into the housing bailout plan in a way that I might not otherwise have found time to do. I find this stuff really fascinating because it's at this beautiful intersection of several of my favorite disciplines: politics, economics and real estate. … (42 comments)
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housing bubble: Some resources to explain the current financial & housing crises - 09/25/08 06:17 PM
Like much of the country, I've been consumed and fascinated by the financial bailout discussions over the last few weeks. It's pretty amazing how all roads are leading back to housing prices, something that I spend a lot of thinking about at Zillow.
Here are some good, academic resources in case … (2 comments)
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housing bubble: Radio interviews about housing prices - 05/07/08 11:11 AM
I spent 6 hours today (from 3am until 9am my time!) doing radio interviews about house prices around the country – Columbus, Akron, Tampa, Pittsburgh, New York, Portland, Grand Rapids, Boston, Denver and several others. Here are some observations:
While nationwide homeprices are down 8% y-o-y, there are obviously huge … (8 comments)
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housing bubble: Home prices continue to slide - 05/06/08 11:22 AM
Zillow released our Q1 Home Value Report today -- a comprehensive look at what's happening to house prices nationwide. And it's grim. Here are some highlights (or lowlights):
- nationwide, home prices declined 8% year-over-year, the 5th quarter in a row of declining prices and the … (37 comments)
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housing bubble: The internet's impact on the housing downturn - 04/21/08 11:09 PM
Obviously there are many more online resources available to buyers, sellers, homeowners and agents now than at any time in history. These tools have proliferated rapidly -- it's hard to believe, but only a few years ago homeowners couldn't get home valuations; sellers had to rely solely on the MLS to … (9 comments)
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