Housing Part III: Are We Back In The Bubble?
Joe Leider - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 20, 2:26PM CDT
In my initial article on house-price-to-rent ratios , I looked at how major US markets compared to each other in terms of one of my favorite real estate value metrics -- price/rent ( using Zillow's ZHVI/ZRI as a standin ). In part II, I examined ...
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2015 Housing Trends: Will The Echo Bubble Continue Expanding?
Charles Hugh Smith - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 12:36PM CST
Considering the reality that only the top 5% have benefited from the policies of the past six years, it's difficult to see how the Echo Bubble can continue expanding in 2015. After two years of bubble-type price increases, the big question for...
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November Housing Sales: A Detailed Look
Hale Stewart - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 3:00PM CST
By New Deal Democrat With all of the important housing sales reports in for November, let's take a detailed look at that market. Let me start out by quickly explaining why I pay so much attention to the housing market. It is because no other...
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Housing - Outside Of Prices, Not Much Recovery
Lance Roberts - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 04, 3:43PM CST
There has been much hoped placed on the "housing recovery story" over the last five years as it relates to the economy. With each passing month, all eyes have been glued to television headlines as the latest estimations of housing starts,...
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REITs easily outpace broad market in October
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 31, 11:49AM CDT
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Did U.S. New Home Sale Prices Fall In September 2014?
Ironman at Political Calculations - Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 30, 1:16PM CDT
Now that we've had to go to some effort to work out how the median household income in the U.S. has evolved over the last several months from payroll tax collection data, we're going to put those estimates to work today to get a better insight into...
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