Category Archives: Real Estate

Why the Housing Market Hasn’t Hit Bottom Yet

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Jim

I posted the following in a comment over at Megan McArdle’s blog in response to her post “Why I Think the Housing Bubble Has Not Yet Bottomed” :   Investing genius Peter Lynch wrote a wonderful book back in the … Continue reading →

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Man Boarded Up Inside His House

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Jim

A Minneapolis man was boarded up inside his house by the folks at Fannie Mae. They thought the house had been vacated after it had been foreclosed upon, but no one bothered to actually check. If this had happened under … Continue reading →

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Real Estate Bubbles and Realtors

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Jim

For all the scorn and blame that has been heaped on mortgage brokers during the last year, realtors have surprisingly escaped getting their fair share of the blame for the recent unrealistic run-up in real estate prices. I have long … Continue reading →

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