Archive for the 'banking' Category

A mortgage with every college graduation – Student debt to stifle home buying prospects of younger Americans – In 2000 student debt made up 2 percent of all household debt. Today student debt is up to 7 percent of all household debt and growing.


What would it look like if you were able to see the entire shadow inventory for Beverly Hills with actual loan balances? The myth that foreclosures only occur in poor neighborhoods.


The housing confidence game – West takes major hit in housing prices in the last 12 month period. More aggressive pricing of distressed inventory through REOs and short sales.


Judgment day for housing shadow inventory already here – Foreclosure inventories reach an all-time high. FHA and GSE loans only game in town.


Reinventing Japan’s economic lost decades in the United States: Seven charts tracking the parallels between the lost decades in Japan and our approach to a first lost decade. Young adults moving back at home reflecting societal changes experienced in Japan.


Canceling out a generation of future home buyers because of massive student debt – In 1980 a median priced home in California would purchase 330 years of a UC education. Today it is down to roughly 20 and student loan debt is creating a new class of indentured citizens.


The oxymoron of Southern California real estate – Two of the most affordable counties in the state are here in Southern California? Acknowledging that household income is the most important driver in stable housing markets. Two lost decades in home prices.


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