Peter Buchsbaum's (peterbuchsbaum) Blog

Hello, and welcome to Real Estate Reality Radio. The most important hour of radio every Friday from 9 to 10 on WBCB 1490 am. Thank you for joining Vince and me. For those of you who are not familiar with the show I am the guy with a bow tie and a bit of an attitude and Vince is the fun affable be...

Market Focus: Next week brings data on home sales, consumer confidence, weekly unemployment claims and a reading on manufacturing activity in the Chicago area. Stocks have been supported recently by signs of improvement in the U.S. economy, including declines in initial claims for jobless benefit...

Hello, and welcome to Real Estate Reality Radio. The most important hour of radio every Friday from 9 to 10 on WBCB 1490 am. Thank you for joining Vince and me. For those of you who are not familiar with the show I am the guy with a bow tie and an attitude and Vince is the fun affable best friend...

The economy is struggling. The labor market is ailing. The Real Estate market is reeling. And Congress (who collectively has done absolutely nothing) needs to take a holiday break. Seriously? I could care less about party affiliation. Red or blue, left or right give me a break. Cut payroll taxes ...

Market Focus: This week should be “choppy”. With one eye still on Europe looking for a downgrade of France the eye will be blinking from low volume volatility. Lots of housing numbers in the wake of higher financing costs beginning January (see next blog). Monday: Housing Market Index: The Nation...

Hello, and welcome to Real Estate Reality Radio. The most important hour of radio every Friday from 9 to 10 on WBCB 1490 am. Thank you for joining Vince and me. For those of you who are not familiar with the show I am the stuck in the mud guy with a bow tie and an attitude and Vince is the fun af...

Market Focus: After Mondays slow start showing a bigger deficit the week picks up steam with lots of reports including sales, inventories, Fed decisions, and costs. Don’t forget about Europe (dejavu all over again). Monday: Treasury Budget: The U.S. Treasury releases a monthly account of the surp...

Hello, and welcome to Real Estate Reality Radio. The most important hour of radio every Friday from 9 to 10 on WBCB 1490 am. Thank you for joining Vince and me. For those of you who are not familiar with the show I am the guy with a bow tie and a bit of an attitude and Vince is the fun affable be...

Brought to you by the RightSideUp Center. Everything at your fingertips. Realtors, lenders, lawyers, credit repair, County Assistance. That’s right all in one place. This is an opportunity to get answers to questions people have but are afraid to ask. All of this is available to anyone who can co...

Market Focus: With week light of market moving reports the focus will be back to Europe and a look back at Fridays drop in unemployment to analyze how and why the big drop with a small increase of non-farm payrolls. Monday: ISM Non Mfg Report: The non-manufacturing ISM surveys nearly 400 firms fr...