Dr. Housing Bubble Blog » alt-a http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com How I Learned to Love Southern California and Forget the Housing Bubble Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:56:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The new American Dream of renting – 5 reasons why renting is a better economic choice than buying a home in 2012. The benefits of renting are rarely promoted unlike the large lobbying groups for home buying through the banking industry. http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/new-american-dream-of-renting-5-reasons-why-renting-is-a-better-economic-choice-than-buying-a-home-in-2012/ http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/new-american-dream-of-renting-5-reasons-why-renting-is-a-better-economic-choice-than-buying-a-home-in-2012/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:23:01 +0000 drhousingbubble http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/?p=5309 http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/new-american-dream-of-renting-5-reasons-why-renting-is-a-better-economic-choice-than-buying-a-home-in-2012/feed/ 44 A new model of real estate – Economic recovery driven not by residential real estate sector. Are lower real estate values helping the economic recovery? http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/new-model-real-estate-economic-recovery-driven-outside-of-real-estate-lower-home-prices-good-for-jobs/ http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/new-model-real-estate-economic-recovery-driven-outside-of-real-estate-lower-home-prices-good-for-jobs/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:31:08 +0000 drhousingbubble http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/?p=5304 http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/new-model-real-estate-economic-recovery-driven-outside-of-real-estate-lower-home-prices-good-for-jobs/feed/ 33 Malibu housing correction – 2005 saw 50,000+ million dollar home sales in California. In 2010 it was roughly 20,000. Malibu REOs listed at 15 but shadow inventory above 100+ in a prime SoCal beachfront city. http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/malibu-housing-correction-malibu-reos-big-price-cuts-prime-socal-luxury-million-dollar-california-homes/ http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/malibu-housing-correction-malibu-reos-big-price-cuts-prime-socal-luxury-million-dollar-california-homes/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:13:08 +0000 drhousingbubble http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/?p=5298 http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/malibu-housing-correction-malibu-reos-big-price-cuts-prime-socal-luxury-million-dollar-california-homes/feed/ 32 REO-to-rentals another Fed subsidy for big investors and select banks. Federal Reserve looking to engineer yet another bailout for key banking allies. Fed acknowledges 12,000,000 homes with negative equity. http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/reo-to-rentals-fed-subsidy-for-big-investors-and-select-banks-federal-reserve-reo-business/ http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/reo-to-rentals-fed-subsidy-for-big-investors-and-select-banks-federal-reserve-reo-business/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:30:31 +0000 drhousingbubble http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/?p=5290 http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/reo-to-rentals-fed-subsidy-for-big-investors-and-select-banks-federal-reserve-reo-business/feed/ 40 The rise of the investor and affordable home buyer class – Southern California has hit a lost decade when it comes to nominal home prices. Median home price of Southern California back to 2002 levels. Record number of absentee investors purchasing homes. http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/rise-of-investors-fha-buyers-california-2012-prices-back-to-2002-levels-reos-cheap-real-estate-dominates/ http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/rise-of-investors-fha-buyers-california-2012-prices-back-to-2002-levels-reos-cheap-real-estate-dominates/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:58:33 +0000 drhousingbubble http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/?p=5267 http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/rise-of-investors-fha-buyers-california-2012-prices-back-to-2002-levels-reos-cheap-real-estate-dominates/feed/ 47