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Housing Chronicles
http://www.housingchronicles.com
A blog from Patrick Duffy, an often-quoted, 20-year building industry consultant at MetroIntelligence Real Estate Advisors; commentary and news citations on regional, national and international economic and real estate trends.
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Limited blogging this week due to Real Estate Connect
There will be limited blogging this week due to my attendance at the Real Estate Connect conference in San Francisco. I will catch up on Friday afternoon and over the weekend, and normal blogging will resume next week....
Why a new home market rebound may be delayed
A funny thing happened on the way to the housing bust: rising foreclosures of newer homes, which are increasingly competing with homes offered by builders in both price and quality. In the past, the new home market often rebounded faster than exist...
SoCal home values down to 2004 levels, but not everywhere
There's a story in today's L.A. Times citing the latest Dataquick statistics, and of course the news remains grim: sales down by 13.6% from last June and median prices falling by over 29%:The median home sales price was $355,000 in June, down 29.3% ...
A primer on FDIC deposit insurance
Confused about FDIC insurance? You're not the only one, and have about 300 million other residents of the U.S. in equal company. I think that this country seriously needs to consider adding a Consumer Finance course to all high school curricula, bec...
Housing Chronicles hits 6 million headline views
Thank you to Blogburst for helping The Housing Chronicles Blog finally claw its way to 6 million headline views since February of 2008 distributed as follows:Top 10 Publishers (All History) for Housing Chronicles ...
