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The Muddle Years – Why the California economy is destined for years of slow growth and declining home values. 10 charts showing California still deep in recession and no state budget as we enter September.


The anatomy of a housing bubble city – Pasadena California home prices expanded from $220,000 to $662,000 from 2000 to 2007. Why housing prices will correct in mid-tier California cities over the next few years.


Japan Iwato and Heisei stock and housing bubbles – How the U.S. is following in the path of Japan. Real estate lost decade, technology stock market bust, quantitative easing, and mania inducing monetary policy.


A History of the California Housing Gold Rush – The Financial Expansion of California Real Estate from 1850 to 2010.


Get Over It because there will be no Housing Boom This Decade – 5 Factors That Will Drag Housing Down in the Next Ten Years.


California Housing Market Forecasting Errors. Making Million Dollar Mistakes and Predicting the Future. 12 Percent of Mortgages with Balances Higher than 1 Million Dollars are now 90 days late.


Federal Reserve Fighting Inflation in the 1970s and Restraining the Housing Market. Today the Federal Reserve is Juicing the Housing Market Trying to Cause Inflation. Researching the 1970s and 1980s Mortgage Markets and how 30 Year Fixed Mortgage Rates went from 7.25 Percent to 17.5 Percent in one Decade.


California Housing Prices Then and Now: Foreclosures, Fast Money, and Deflating Economic Bubbles. Comparing 15 Counties with Household Income to Home Price Ratios from 1999 to 2009. Many Counties Still Over Priced.


Nothing Down Flamed the California Real Estate Bonfire: 40 Percent of First Time Buyers in 2006 and 2007 went with Zero Down in California. 4 out of 10 Purchases in California now Backed by Almost Nothing Down FHA Insured Loans.


Wall Street and Housing Neurosis: The Real Cost of California Homeownership. Extreme Foreclosures, Option ARMs, Renting Utility Costs, and Breaking the Financially Twisted Psychology.


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