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- Fed: Delinquency Rates Rose Sharply in Q1
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The Federal Reserve reports that delinquency rates rose sharply in Q1 in all categories - except agricultural loans (higher food prices helps)….
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- You lost. Go away.
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At this point, I seriously don’t understand what she’s doing or what she’s thinking. Is she staying in the race just so she can raise money from suckers to pay off her debt? …
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Congresswoman "Walks Away"
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From Capitol Weekly: Foreclosure tale shows that nobody is immune from crisis (hat tip too many to mention - thanks all!)
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Town of Taos News Brief #46 May 21, 2008
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1) Added Loop Route Stop for Chile Line Memorial Day Weekend ‘Special’: Yesterday the Chile Line Division distributed a map and schedule for this special circular route this weekend. Please replace it wit the attached. The attached includes 3 stops – an added one at the Town of Taos free parking lot on Kit Carson at Quesnel. Other two stops are Ledoux Street at Ranchitos and Taos Center for the Arts (TCA) parking lot at Kit Carson Park.
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Is the MBA Purchase Index Useful Again?
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The Mortgage Bankers Association releases a Weekly Mortgage Application Survey. I used to follow the MBA index closely, because the index was a reasonable early indicator of house sales.All that changed in early 2007 as the MBA index and house sales diverged. There were two reasons for this change: 1) many homebuyers were applying multiple times for loans (the MBA just counts applications), and 2) many lenders were going out of business - and most of these smaller lenders were not in the MBA sample. For more, see this post from May 2007: I…
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- The foreclosure ‘blob’ and why a bailout won’t work
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Worthwhile reading: "Why a Housing Bailout Won’t Help," an interesting piece from the Wall Street Journal’s Holman Jenkins Jr.
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- The foreclosure "blob" and why a bailout won’t work
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Worthwhile reading: "Why a Housing Bailout Won’t Help," an interesting piece from the Wall Street Journal’s Holman Jenkins, Jr.
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Dear Subprime and Option ARM Borrower: You Disgust Me with Your Loan Modification Form Letter.
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Some of this stuff you simply cannot makeup. At this point, I think the majority of folks have come to realize that any legislation trying to help homeowners and lenders is guided by politics rather than good economics. There is a fascinating incident that occurred where our favorite CEO appears to have replied to the wrong e-mail. Whoops! We have all witnessed this type of e-mail in our working lives. I recall being Cc’d (carbon copied) on an e-mail with a dozen or so other’s about a colleague’s retirement. One of those on the Cc list accidentally replied to all and wrote “thank god this bi— is out!” clearly intending the e-mail go to one of her contacts on the list and obviously not to the main retiree. Hilarity ensued after that.
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- A Shooting Star
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Shooting Star — Bad Company
Sometimes when you see an egregious case of HELOC abuse, you have to ask, “On what did you spend the money?” On many of the properties we profile, the owners at least put some of the money into the property and outfitted it with pergraniteel. Apologists offer the possibility of health issues or investment, but it seem pretty obvious that most of these people just blew the money. It is living like a shooting star, you burn brightly, but it can’t go on forever, and when your equity has burned up, you just fade away. Today’s featured property took over $400,000 out of their home, and it is being offered for sale as a fixer upper. So I ask again, “On what did you spend the money?…
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Camping in Taos Canyon - Map & Video Spot #2
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In my trek to get the various spots for picnics, camping and hiking in the site with maps and videos, this is the second spot in Taos Canyon. I’m numbering from Taos through to Angel Fire. This is Las Petacas Campground, and a popular area just off the highway.
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Picnic & Camp Around Taos, NM - Taos Canyon #1
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This is the first area to park and hike just entering Taos Canyon from the end of Kit Carson Road. You’re only 5 minutes from the Plaza, but you can take a calming walk along the Rio Fernando. Map and video below.
Park and Walk the Rio Fernando
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Fed Out of Bullets
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The Federal Reserve minutes showed that the members of the board are unlikely to act with further monetary policy easing even if weakness continues or worsens. Is the Fed officially out of ammo or are they just putting rate cuts behind “break in case of emergency” glass?
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Fed Minutes Suggest Rate Cuts Are Done
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From the WSJ: Fed Signals Rate Cuts Are Done, Lowers Growth Forecast for 2008 The Federal Reserve on Wednesday appeared to shut the door to the possibility of further interest rate cuts, saying in April meeting minutes that the last rate cut was a “close call,” and that many officials think future reductions are unlikely even if the economy contracts….The Fed also released updated quarterly economic forecasts with the April minutes. The central tendency of officials’ forecasts is for gross domestic product to rise between just 0.3% and 1.2% this year, down from the last forecast of growth between 1.3% to 2%. Officials also raised their forecasts for the unemployment rate and both headline and core inflation as measured by the price index for personal consumption expenditures. …
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Update: Congresswoman denies foreclosure report
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Update: California Congresswoman Laura Richardson today denied a published report that her $535,000 Sacramento home had slipped into foreclosure, saying she has renegotiated her loan to keep the home.
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Report: California congresswoman walked away from $578K mortgage
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Capitol Weekly reports that U.S. Rep. Laura Richardson of Long Beach walked away from the mortgage on her $535,000 Sacramento home, letting the house slip into foreclosure and disrepair less than two years after she bought it with no money down.
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Skyrocketing Gasoline Prices
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Skyrocketing Gasoline Prices. Housing units where working people live which are far from jobs are being affected by high gasoline costs. Prices are now experiencing further downward pressure due to high commuting costs to jobs. Think Lancaste, CA or Prince William County, VA, and Pahrump, NV….
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Taos Real Estate - Vegas de Taos Subdivision
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The Vegas de Taos Subdivision isn’t a named area of the Taos Real Estate MLS. Below is a map of the area, as well as a video. This is a well-maintained subdivision about a five minute drive from Taos Plaza.
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Revisiting the Distressed Sellers Index
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I have now been tracking the Distressed Sellers Index for a full year, and since I haven’t mentioned it on here since way back in October, I thought it now would be a good time for another update.
Please keep in mind that I do not claim the DSI to be in any way scientific or statistically rigorous, but rather I provide it as a point of general interest. It uses an original and proprietary algorithm to measure the ratio of listings using “distressed language” compared to the total number of listings.
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Photo of the Day
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Kristin took this photo in Death Valley recently. Because it’s Death Valley, it doesn’t really count, but it does set a new upper limit for prices. For now. Send your gas station photos to the P…
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Name that bank
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How well do you know your local bank?Here are the share prices of three UK banks, starting from January 2007 to earlier this week. Can you put a name to each share price?You can find the answer by clicking on the comments link just below this post….
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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