Some interesting comments from economist Saul Eslake regarding the Australian housing bubble:
470 more words“Rising house prices are not of themselves a reason for the market to drop.
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Australia: What housing bubble?
Still crazy after all these years: waiting for sanity to return to the real estate market
Sixteen years ago, I had this idea. I had a house in Tempe I didn’t like that much in a neighborhood popular with college students. I had lived there less than a year. 318 more words
U.S. Cities With The Biggest Housing Bubbles
This is how monetary policies have crushed the value of labor.
For the good folks who hope fervently that the Fed doesn’t have reasons to raise rates or unwind QE because there isn’t enough inflation, here is an update on one aspect of inflation – asset price inflation, and particularly house price inflation – where the value of your hard-earned dollars has collapsed over a given number of years to where it takes a whole lot more dollars to pay for the same house. 682 more words
A Review: The Big Short
The Big Short (2015) tells the story of the mid to late 2000’s economic crisis. While Wall Street, the big banks and firms, and pretty much everyone else were clueless a select few saw and capitalized on the crisis to come. 883 more words
Is there a bubble in Canada’s real estate market? The boom or the bust?
In 2008, the housing crisis in the United States left many people in a state of panic. The housing market collapsed and prices dropped. It took 5 years for the market to recover (for example, a unit in… 268 more words
58% Of Homeowners See A Drop In Home Values Coming
According to the recently released Modern Homebuyer Survey from ValueInsured, 58 percent of homeownersthink there will be a “housing bubble and price correction” 338 more words
