Dr. Housing Bubble Blog » mainstream-media 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 Baby boomers and the 4 million seriously delinquent loans – 10,000 Americans turn 65 years of age each day and this trend will go on for nearly two decades. Housing starts and completions reach record low in 2011. http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/baby-boomers-4-million-seriously-delinquent-loans-down-size-real-estate-housing-reos-shadow-inventory/ http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/baby-boomers-4-million-seriously-delinquent-loans-down-size-real-estate-housing-reos-shadow-inventory/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:06:56 +0000 drhousingbubble http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/?p=5274 http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/baby-boomers-4-million-seriously-delinquent-loans-down-size-real-estate-housing-reos-shadow-inventory/feed/ 73 Trifecta of keeping the housing bubble inflated in pocket markets –Senate votes to reinstate big loan limits, pushes visas for wealthy foreign home buyers, and artificially slams rates lower to hammer savers. http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/trifecta-of-keeping-the-housing-bubble-inflated-in-pocket-markets-%e2%80%93senate-votes-to-reinstate-big-loan-limits-pushes-visas-for-wealthy-foreign-home-buyers-and-artificially-slams-rates-lower-t/ http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/trifecta-of-keeping-the-housing-bubble-inflated-in-pocket-markets-%e2%80%93senate-votes-to-reinstate-big-loan-limits-pushes-visas-for-wealthy-foreign-home-buyers-and-artificially-slams-rates-lower-t/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:19:08 +0000 drhousingbubble http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/?p=5041 http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/trifecta-of-keeping-the-housing-bubble-inflated-in-pocket-markets-%e2%80%93senate-votes-to-reinstate-big-loan-limits-pushes-visas-for-wealthy-foreign-home-buyers-and-artificially-slams-rates-lower-t/feed/ 131 The arrival of housing purgatory – Why is housing experiencing one of its worst sales years even with the 30 year fixed rate mortgage breaking into the 3 percent range? A case as to why housing will remain a poor investment deep into 2015. http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/arrival-of-housing-purgatory-housing-bad-investment-until-2015-low-mortgage-rates-make-debt-cheap-yet-no-income-growth-jobs-household-formation/ http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/arrival-of-housing-purgatory-housing-bad-investment-until-2015-low-mortgage-rates-make-debt-cheap-yet-no-income-growth-jobs-household-formation/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:56:19 +0000 drhousingbubble http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/?p=4986 http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/arrival-of-housing-purgatory-housing-bad-investment-until-2015-low-mortgage-rates-make-debt-cheap-yet-no-income-growth-jobs-household-formation/feed/ 84 The California problem of making too many renters into home owners – Home ownership rate back to levels last seen in 1993. From 2000 to 2010 population increased by 10 percent but owner-occupied housing jumped by 25 percent. Prime Encino zip code with 6 MLS foreclosures but 96 properties in the shadow inventory. http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/california-home-owner-problem-making-renters-into-home-owners-shadow-inventory-ca-home-ownership-rates-encino-foreclosures/ http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/california-home-owner-problem-making-renters-into-home-owners-shadow-inventory-ca-home-ownership-rates-encino-foreclosures/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:15:07 +0000 drhousingbubble http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/?p=4970 http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/california-home-owner-problem-making-renters-into-home-owners-shadow-inventory-ca-home-ownership-rates-encino-foreclosures/feed/ 40 The California contradiction – Record high unemployment and highest home prices in the nation. Share of Californians employed at record low levels and July home sales forecast dire home price cuts moving ahead. During bubble years July home sales came in at over 60,000 for the month while last July they came in at 34,000. http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/california-contradiction-record-high-unemployment-highest-home-prices-in-nation-july-2011-home-sales-near-record-lows-shadow-inventory-jobs/ http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/california-contradiction-record-high-unemployment-highest-home-prices-in-nation-july-2011-home-sales-near-record-lows-shadow-inventory-jobs/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:10:21 +0000 drhousingbubble http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/?p=4890 http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/california-contradiction-record-high-unemployment-highest-home-prices-in-nation-july-2011-home-sales-near-record-lows-shadow-inventory-jobs/feed/ 82