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Economic Headwinds from Real Estate Moderate
Written by Steven Hansen This week we have seen various real estate releases. What these releases are whispering is that the headwinds are abating – but in perspective, the real estate industry remains a mere shadow of its former self. … Continue reading
Mortgage Settlement Plan is More Bank Bailout
Guest Author: Yves Smith, author of the best seller “Econned” and founder of the widely read blog Naked Capitalism, where this article first appeared with the title: Quelle Surprise! Taxpayers Will Be Paying for Part of Mortgage Settlement The whole … Continue reading
Posted in Banking News
Tagged Banana republic, Banking industry, Credit markets, Legal, politics, real estate, Regulations and regulators, Yves Smith
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Real Estate: Not the Big Overinvestment Problem in China
by Michael Pettis Before starting on the subject of debt I wanted to make a quick reference to something sent to me by Charles Horner, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. I am glad to say that the overinvestment … Continue reading
Posted in China, macroeconomics
Tagged consumption, crash, debt, infrastructure, malinvestment, michael pettis, overinvestment, real estate
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What is Dubai’s Secret?
The World Economy Stalls; Meanwhile Dubai Bounces Back: So what’s The Secret? by Guest Author Andrew Butter One of the few interesting things about Dubai is that it serves as a barometer for economic activity that happens largely outside of … Continue reading
Incentives and Debt in China
Michael Pettis says that what matters is the level of debt, whether or not its growth is sustainable, and the kinds of contingent structures that are embedded. He argues that all three measures are worries in China. Continue reading
China: Unsustainable Rise in Debt?
An unsustainable rise in debt is, for me, one of the key indicators that the investment-driven model has passed its useful life and is generating negative growth while posting positive growth numbers. Examples of this are the financing of the copper import trade, real estate financing and local government asset transfers that force haircuts on private bond holders. Continue reading
Posted in China
Tagged bonds, China, copper, debt, government asset transfers, growth, hot money, real estate
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CoreLogic Sees Short Sales Growing 25% in 2011
Short sales are an important part of the healing process of the real estate process. However, there is suspicious behavior noticed. Is fraud involved? Continue reading
Posted in Home Sales and Home Prices
Tagged CoreLogic, flipping, investors, real estate, short sales
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Explaining the Housing Bubble
In the simplest terms, the housing bubble was caused by a flood of liquidity chasing mispriced risk. Continue reading
Posted in Banking News, Home Sales and Home Prices
Tagged Adam J. Levin, affordable housing goals, CMBS, community reinvestment act, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, GSE, housing bubble, housing finance, informational asymmetries, irrational exuberance, MBS, mortgage, PLS, real estate, RMBS, securitization, standardization, Susan M. Wachter
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