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News Archives
January 2008

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates, Like That's Going To Help (with )
ConnieTalk, Ohio

Houses Are Cheaper, But You Still Can't Afford One Report
Puts San Diego's Median Home Price at $440,000

KPBS, CA 

Sacramento home prices continue free-falling
In Greater Sacramento, the median price of a home was $285,140, down 4.7 percent from November and 21.5 percent from the prior year. The number of sales dropped 1 percent from November and 19 percent from the prior year.
Sacramento median home price drops 21 percent
Bizjournals.com, NC

Centex CEO sees more home foreclosures ahead
Reuters 

Tips to help you survive a recession
Scripps News, DC
Rosenberg expects home prices will decline 15 percent in 2008 and 10 percent more in 2009. He predicts that unemployment -- which jumped to 5 percent in ...

Experts predict more housing and jobs trouble into 2009
Medill Reports, IL

Economists paint bleak year for Inland area (California, Inland Empire)
The median value of existing single family homes is anticipated to drop another 12.5 percent after falling 5.4 percent in 2007, as lower mortgage rates fail to offset a burgeoning supply of foreclosed, newly built and resale homes hitting the market.
Press-Enterprise, CA

Will this crisis reshape mortgage industry?
Seattle Post Intelligencer

Housing slump catches up to Charlotte (North Carolina)
Charlotte Observer, NC

Most middle-class still can't buy a house
CNNMoney.com
Although home prices fell in 161 of those markets in the 12 months ending September 30, 2007 according to the study, home costs were still too high for

America's Most affordable Housing Cities
Pittsburgh ranks as the 28th most affordable housing market based on a median price of $123,000 in the third quarter of 2007 as recorded by the National Association of Home Builders.
The nation's cheapest housing prices -- $87,000 -- can be found in Davenport, Iowa, and Lima, Ohio.
Pittsburgh one of most affordable housing markets
Bizjournals.com, NC

Foreclosures Up In Mississippi
WLBT-TV, MS
Foreclosures on homes are up in Mississippi, but no where nearly as bad as in surrounding states. In 2007, Alabama had 7903, Arkansas 14310, Tennesee 45.834 ...

California Foreclosure Bill Fails
California's state senate narrowly defeated a bill Wednesday that targeted the growing problem of foreclosed homes sitting vacant for months, drawing squatters and creating blight.
The Associated Press

Ron Paul, Is America Really Going Bankrupt?
Nolan Chart LLC, VA 

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

US House passes stimulus package
MWC News, Canada
The United States House of Representatives has approved an economic stimulus package worth $150bn in a bid to prop up the nation's faltering economy

US home prices plunge 8.4%
Los Angeles Times, CA

Foreclosures in US climb 75% as home prices fall
Boston Globe, United States

Record plunge for new-home sales
Baltimore Sun, United States

As Fed meets, housing hits 'grim milestone'
Globe and Mail, Canada

Another South Florida home builder files bankruptcy
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL

In Los Angeles County and across the state, (California)
residential real estate market drops by record amounts (

Median home prices plunged by record amounts in Los Angeles County and across California during December as the sour mortgage environment continued to pummel residential real estate markets, an industry tracker said Tuesday.

Home prices continue fall
Long Beach Press-Telegram, CA

San Diego and most major cities show major price plunges
Case - Shiller Index

The Case-Shiller HPI for November (which includes home sales from September, October, and November) took a veritable beating. Prices for the high tier held up best, as usual, falling by 1.8% from the prior month. But the middle tier dropped by 3.9% and the low tier by 4.8% in a single month -- yikes!


November Case-Shiller HPI Gets Spanked
Piggington's Econo-Almanac

US 10-city home price drop a record in Nov: S&P
Reuters
Home prices in 10 major metropolitan areas fell a record 8.4 percent in the year through November, suggesting

Real-estate recession needs realistic sellers
Palm Beach Post,  United States

Home prices falling in Indiana too!
The Board of Realtors says average home prices slipped less than 2 percent in 2007.
However, buyers say they are finding bigger bargains. ...
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ndiana home sales down, foreclosures up
WTHR, IN

One Man's Foreclosure, Another Man's Steal (with )
CBS News, NY

OC Home Prices Drop in December (California)
Orange County Business Journal, CA

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Trying to Re-Inflate the Housing Bubble:
More Fed Rate-Cuts Ahead!

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So-called negative real interest rates represent an emergency strategy by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and are fraught with risks. The central bank would be skewing incentives toward spending, away from saving, typically leading to asset booms and busts that have to be dealt with later."
Fed May Cut Rate to Below Inflation, Risking New Asset Bubbles
Bloomberg


New home sales plunged in 2007 by the largest amount on record while home prices tumbled sharply in December. Analysts forecast more trouble in 2008 as housing tries to emerge from its worst slump in more than two decades.
New Home Sales Took Record Fall in 2007
The Associated Press 


Detroit and Vegas Leading in Foreclosure Frenzy!
The usual suspects top the list. Wayne County, Mich., home to Detroit, is first, with 10,622 homes in foreclosure with negative equity, 176 of which have more than $100,000 of negative equity. Clark County, Nev., where you'll find Las Vegas, has 4,278 homes in foreclosure with negative equity and lands at No. 2.
America's Hardest-Hit Foreclosure Spots
Forbes, NY

Meritage Homes swings to 4Q loss, sees 'challenging' 2008
Forbes, NY
'We have yet to see signs of stabilization in home prices, which we believe is necessary for buyers to regain confidence that their home purchase will ...

Mass. home sales and prices fall
Boston Globe, United States


Telegraph.co.uk
Subprime mortgages 'made Ohio a ghost town'
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom 

Time to Purchase a House?
U.S. News & World Report, DC
That said, even if they throw in granite countertops and a finished basement, your dream house may be no deal if home prices continue to fall, which remains ...

Residential Lending Crisis Trickling Down to Commercial Real Estate
San Diego Business Journal, CA 

US Government Rescue Plan is Too Little Too Late as the Liquidity Bubbles Burst
MarketOracle
 

Half of gold in central banks gone?
WorldNetDaily, OR
'What is the 'housing bubble,' and why did it burst?' 'What's really going on with the stock market?' 'Is America heading into a recession? ...

In America, land of the bubbles, the next pop will be the biggest
MarketWatch 

In Florida, real estate values fall dramatically
Chicago Daily Herald, IL

Here's how you can shape up your credit score
USA Today

Home foreclosures jump 614% in Washoe (Nevada)
Home foreclosures in Washoe County rocketed 614 percent in 2007 from a year earlier, a report Monday showed, as sales and prices of homes continued sagging in a trend observers expect to last through this year.
Reno Gazette Journal, NV 

Home sales stable, but show signs of decline (Pennsylvania)
phillyBurbs.com, PA
The median home price was $299000, down 0.3 percent from the year before. In the Philadelphia metro region (which includes Bucks), home sales were down 11.1

Debtors seek to refinance homes loan interest in refinance
News & Observer, NC

Santa Cruz Realtor is the Foreclosure King of the county
Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria

Monday, January 28, 2008

Huge Drop in Nation’s Home Prices Forecast!
Battered by the U.S. mortgage crisis, the average price of a home will depreciate 5.9% in 2008, which is believed to be the steepest decline in home values since the Great Depression, according to the new Housing Predictor forecast.
National Home Prices Forecast to Drop
HousingPredictor

Forclosure mess emptying Oceanside neighborhoods, (San Diego County, CA)
hurting those who've stayed
"I think there's more people that have lost their homes than actually still live here,"
North County Times, CA

US recession will dwarf dotcom crash (Contains quote of the week)
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
The US has more vulnerablility to a post-bubble shake-out today than it did seven years ago, and [more] than in the UK." The reason this crunch will be so ...

Number of homeowners who can’t afford payments escalates (Phoenix, AZ)
East Valley Tribune, AZ

Homes listed for $350000 and up slowest to move (Louisiana)
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA

Americans turn to support groups to keep homes
AFP 
With falling home prices and a credit crunch, the organizations are being flooded with stressed clients. "A year ago, we hosted a group of about 50 people; ...

'2nd-mortgage' delinquencies pound banks
Dubuque Telegraph Herald, IA 

Loan Adviser to Assist Bank Probe
Washington Post, United States

Murrieta leads county in homes lost to mortgage crisis (San Diego County, CA)
North County Times, CA
The deluge of foreclosures has also led the way in driving down home prices, with 14 homes December selling for 20 percent below the original listing price. ...
 
Trudging along
Asbury Park Press, NJ
"Home prices should continue to drift lower (in 2008), because the sales pace will not be enough to offset the inventory," Otteau said. ...

US slides into dangerous 1930s 'liquidity trap'
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
This will not gain much traction in the midst of a housing crash. "People have been drawing home equity out of the houses at a rate of $700bn or $800bn a ...

They Said Housing Prices Couldn't Fall. They Lied
SeekingAlpha

US presidential hopeful Ron Paul slams stimulus package, Fed rate cuts
LankaBusinessOnline

Ron Paul Can Fix US Economy Claims Reynolds
Gambling911.com, FL
As far as monetary policy reform goes Ron Paul would want Federal Reserve meetings televised, so they can be subjected to public scrutiny. ...

Friday, January 25, 2008

Bye-bye home-price myth: Commentary: Home-price decline douses long-held beliefs
MarketWatch

Greenspan Says Global Recession Is `Inevitable' After `Boom'
Bloomberg

House leaders back $625000 conforming loan limit
Inman.com (subscription), CA

Brunswick County home prices drop 29 percent (North Carolina)
The average cost of a Brunswick County home in December was about $260,000. A year earlier the average cost was more than $364,000.
WWAY NewsChannel 3, NC

National home price decline in 2007 called first drop since Great Depression
SanJose.BizJournals

The Mortgage Mogul and His Victims
National Ledger, AZ
They kept the housing bubble going. The American Dream propaganda machine provided the background music: Real estate was played a "must own" for all ...

Home prices in Lee plummet to end '07 (Florida)
The News-Press, FL
Lee County home sales ended a horrible year with a sharp two-month drop in prices, according to a report Thursday by the Florida Association ...

S. Florida home prices on downward spiral
MiamiHerald.com, FL
Miami-Dade's home prices fell 5 percent to a median of $362500. But in a dramatic turn in the condominium market, the median unit price plunged 10 percent ...

Lennar Posts Its Largest Loss Ever
New York Times, United States

Real Estate Foreclosure Crisis to Worsen
American Chronicle, CA
Home prices in the majority of US housing markets are falling. Some markets prices are falling at the fastest clip people can remember. ...

Don't Spend Your Stimulus Rebate!
Wall Street Journal
Economics 101 tells you this indirect Federal subsidy helped create the housing bubble in the first place by pricing mortgage loans below their true ...

Money for Nothing, Home Price Decline for Free
In my case, the chart helps explain the following: If my single-family home is priced at the 2007 median of $217000 -- a 1.8 percent decline from the 2006 ...

Elliott Wave, GA

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Fed Wants to "help" by trying to reinflate the bursting housing bubble
Why Bernanke Was Wrong
Motley Fool.

Realtors Deliver Harsh Reality: Drop Price Or Keep Home
MSNBC
Housing analysts predict home prices will continue to fall in the Bay area -- by as much as 10 percent more this year -- but will begin to rise gradually by ...


Select Few Are Helped By Rate Drop
Minyanville.com, New York 
In addition, falling home prices, tightening lending standards, and higher down payments will all take their toll on who can gain by refinancing. ...

State's foreclosures reach 20-year high in last quarter of 2007 (California)
Monterey County Herald, CA 
As a result, home prices aren't likely to depreciate as steeply. "We have strong demand for housing in our market and not enough housing," said Tinkey. ...

Foreclosures up 353% in SD County in 2007 (San Diego, California)
San Diego Union Tribune, United States
Today, the inability of borrowers to keep up with mortgage payments is putting downward pressure on median home prices, which have fallen 17 percent since ...

California Lawmakers Banning Risky Mortgages As Defaults Soar
HULIQ, NC

Housing meltdown sinks SunTrust in fourth quarter
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA
SunTrust set aside $356.8 million for credit losses, citing an increase in overdue mortgage loans and falling home values, Bloomberg reported. ...

US and World Economic Crisis
Kansas City infoZine, MO
The excess liquidity that blew up the housing bubble was the result of the Fed's clinging to reliance on its ability to move the federal funds rate and not ...

This Isn't Your Father's Recession
Nolan Chart LLC, VA - 8 hours ago
When the federal government and the federal reserve are both shower ing the public with cash in an attempt to stave off recession, it is already way to late ...

Locksmiths Business Is Booming During Foreclosures (California)
CBS 13, CA
Business for locksmiths has skyrocketed because of foreclosures, especially in Stockton, which has the worst rate in the country! On any given day, ...

Rampant foreclosures feeding thriving scam
KOMO, WA 
By Connie Thompson The rip-off: Someone gets you to sign your house away, under the guise of helping you avoid foreclosure. These scams are rampant and now

Is Jim Cramer Learning From Ron Paul?
Lew Rockwell, CA
Since then he has grown increasingly critical of the Federal Reserve. I think his interview with Dr. Ron Paul a month back has gotten to him. ...
 
Recession 2008: How bad it can get
CNNMoney.com
His biggest fear is that home prices could fall much further in the coming months. In fact, Goldman and economists at Merrill Lynch have both predicted that ...

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Fed cuts rate, but recession worries persist
Boston Globe, United States
Home prices will continue to fall into next year, putting more stress on consumers and spending. Some sectors, such as housing, are already in recession. ...

Lower mortgage rates alone won't revive the ailing real estate sector
Boston Globe, United States

Lower interest doesn't address housing woes
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA
This is what Japan did when they had their own housing bubble, and it took them decades to come out of their recession. The truth is that this housing ...

Merrill Lynch Predicts Home Price Declines of More Than 25%
Home prices are expected to decline by 15% in 2008 and by a further 10% in 2009, with more depreciation likely beyond the forecast period.
Merrill Lynch: Home prices to fall more than 25 percent
Baltimore Sun, United States

SoCal's Inland Empire Foreclosures Explode! (California)
Foreclosures soared to new records in Riverside and San Bernardino counties in the last month of 2007, with an increasing number of homeowners hard-pressed by mortgages resetting at higher rates and declining home values.

Default notices jump by more than 100 percent in both Inland counties in fourth quarter
Press-Enterprise, CA

US housing downturn much like tech crash
National Post, Canada
As homebuyers scrambled not to be left out, home prices jumped 130% from 2000 to 2006. While 40 years ago, a typical house might be purchased at a value of ...
 

Real Estate Crash: Fault of the Media?
"As to market conditions, 2007 has been an extremely challenging year," he said. "All the data says conditions are better to buy a home today than in the past, but still people are holding back. A lot of this is due to the media putting a pessimistic spin on the market conditions."
Realtors: Media to blame for current housing market
Vail Sun, AZ

Foreclosure rate sets another record, jumps 137 percent in the Bay Area! (California)
San Jose Mercury News,  USA

Fall in MB home prices forecast (South Carolina)
Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC
Despite staying strong in 2007, local home prices could be the next victim of a downtrodden real estate market, according to a report released this month. ...

Despite real estate woes, most can't afford houses (Florida)
Despite falling home prices in Palm Beach County since the Council's 2006 study of workforce housing here, the cost of the median-priced single-family home - $345,000 in November, down from $390,000 in the 2006 study - still remains out of reach for many households, the study says.
Palm Beach Post,  United States

Statewide Foreclosures Rocket 400% From Year-Ago Levels (California)
Underscoring the impact of falling home prices in California, foreclosures in the state rose more than 400 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier and default notice filings against distressed mortgage borrowers more than doubled, a report issued on Tuesday said.
California foreclosures, mortgage defaults soar
Reuters

Buyers Sue Agent For Inflating Real Estate Appraisal
The Consumerist, NY

Durango home prices slide in 2007 (Colorado)
The median price of a Durango home dropped 8 percent in 2007 to $389,000, down from a record high of $422,892 in 2006.
Durango Herald, CO

World stock markets plunge: Is this the big one?
Spero News
... and shopped-out, savings-less and debt-burdened American consumers who — thanks to falling home prices — can no longer use their homes as ATM machines ...

Home values drop but taxes don't (New York)
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com, NY

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Fears of a Recession Spark a Global Selloff; New Pressure on the Fed
Wall Street Journal

Ron Paul blames Federal Reserve for America's terrible crisis!
Paul blamed the Federal Reserve for the current economic conditions; stock markets worldwide fell Monday after Wall Street declined last week. On his Web site, he said the Fed has taken the United States "into a terrible crisis."
Ron Paul blames Federal Reserve for weakening economy
Dallas Morning News, TX 

The Coming Financial Collapse of America
 (and Why Today's Market Bloodbath is Only a Small Taste of Things to Come...)
Newstarget.com, Taiwan

Spotting opportunity in a down market
CNNMoney.com
And likely home prices are heading lower. So, if you're in the market to buy, now is the time to start the process. Start to look at markets you're ...

Florida home for half-price!
"I'm showing a three/two (bedroom/bathroom), 1,500-square-foot home in North Port that was selling for $250,000 in 2005," he said. "Now, you can get it for $130,000 to $150,000."

Landing a deal
Charlotte Sun-Herald, FL

Detroit sees over 17% median home price decline since 2004!
As The News reported, in 2007 the average drop in the price of a home in Metro Detroit was close to 11 percent. Since 2004, the median home price in the region has declined 17.3 percent, the sharpest decline since the early 1980s.
Declining property values require spending vigilance
DetNews.com, MI

Housing market hasn't hit bottom
Akron Beacon Journal, OH
When home prices are falling on a national average basis, as they are now for the first time since the Great Depression, the real cost of borrowing goes up. ...

Presidential election year may let down investors
phillyBurbs.com, PA 
Home prices in many of the nation's biggest cities are falling at record levels, while subprime borrowers are defaulting on their home loans at alarming ...

MARKETS PLUMMET
David Rosenberg, chief U.S. economist at Merrill Lynch, says U.S. house prices, which are already down 7%, could fall another 25% to 30%, far exceeding the 7% drop during the 1989 to 1992 U.S. real estate slump. The hit from lost housing wealth could top US$6-trillion, which, combined with plunging stock markets, will likely send the U.S. consumer running for cover.
National Post, Canada

Loose lending rules gave criminals chance to flourish
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH
Together, they doctored papers to inflate home values, forged signatures on mortgage applications and lied about buyers' incomes and abilities to pay. ...

End of sub-prime loan consumption
Hindu Business Line, India

Mortgage Rates Decline to Lowest Rate in 30 Months
Greek News, New York

Monday, January 21, 2008

California renter recalls Florida housing bust -- of 1928
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL
1929 when shoeshine boys started giving stock tips." During the recent housing boom in Southern California, "I sensed trouble when a homeless man told me he ...

Renting by choice goes from rogue to vogue
Allentown Morning Call, PA
Many of these renters by choice regard themselves as winners as they watch home prices fall in parts of the country and homeowners struggle to pay their ...


Worst Real Estate Market Forecasts in 2008
OpEdNews, PA
For the second year in a row Miami, Florida leads the list, which may be under going the worst housing crash in the nation's history. ...

Overvalued homes discourage buyers
Washington Times, DC
Home prices are falling at a record pace and are down by 6 percent or more from their peaks, but economists say that may be just the ...

the housing depression is nastier than worst real estate bear can think of
– but is the bottom in sight?

Home resales fell in December to lowest in twenty years
India Daily, NJ 

US Warning Signs Point Toward a Deep Recession
Wall Street Journal
... for more than twice as large a share of GDP as home construction does, will continue to post strong growth, easing the pain of the housing decline. ...

Why aren't home prices falling in Connecticut?
It's common and perfectly legal — homeowners give buyers cash back at closing to cover expenses such as closing costs, mortgage payments, taxes or even home improvements.
Truth About Home Prices
Hartford Courant, United States

Housing Slump Hits Long Island as Home Sales Drop 25% (New York)
Bloomberg
Long Island and Queens home sales dropped 25 percent in the fourth quarter and the inventory of properties surged as the housing decline ...

County foreclosures to impact economy : (Maryland)
Homeowners also affected in wealthier ZIP codes
Annapolis Capital, MD

Day of reckoning in the US glasshouse
Borrowers were told not to worry about their mounting debt. With prices going up year after year, the more they borrowed, the more they made. What was true was the more they borrowed, the more the mortgage brokers and the banks made. It was, in a sense, an old-fashioned pyramid scheme: prices simply couldn’t go on rising, especially as the real income of most Americans was actually declining. Low interest rates fed the bubble, but that was not enough: the Chairman of the Fed actually encouraged people to take out variable rate mortgages (where payments would go up as interest rates increased), just when interest rates were at an all-time low. They had only one way to go, and that was up.
Times Online, UK
 
2008 may be brutal again for real estate (Michigan)
DetNews.com, MI 
Metro Detroit's real estate market was socked hard last year, marked by the largest drop in home prices since the Reagan administration, ...

Refinancing is popular again
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX 
In other cases, falling home prices will make it tough for them to refinance. As the subprime-lending crisis continues to roil the housing and financial ...

New alarm: Option-ARM 'liar's loans'
Chicago Tribune, United States

How we cashed in before the housing crash
Los Angeles Times, CA
Friends thought he was nuts when a Times reporter sold his home and started to rent in 2005. But for him, the warning signs were just too hard to miss. ...

Why the Ron Paul Revolution Should Focus On The Federal Reserve System
Presidential hopeful Ron Paul is the only candidate who even talks about it (and makes sense about it!). Most people aren't even aware of it. The most important issue in the 2008 campaign is also the one most likely not to be recognized. It is the issue behind the issues, the issue that will drive the entire campaign. And yet, most discouragingly, it is the most important issue on which most Americans are likely to be ignorant on Election Day 2008.
Nolan Chart LLC, VA
 

'Blemished' borrowers face tough road
Chicago Daily Herald, IL
When the housing bubble burst in 2006, the chickens came home to roost in the form of mortgage defaults, which are rising to levels not seen since the ...

Foreclosed properties piling up (Milwaukee, WI)
After a record year for foreclosures, a stunning 1,000 Milwaukee County properties already have been scheduled for sheriff's sales in the first nine weeks of 2008, with a record 200 put up for sale in just one day earlier this month, records show.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription), WI

Mexican Housing Booms Despite US Crisis
The Associated Press 

Ron Paul vs the Fed Money Machine in Lego Land
USHousing Update / YouTube

Friday, January 18, 2008

Lenders walking away from home equity loans rather than foreclosing
BloggingStocks
With home prices dropping, even if they did foreclose, they probably wouldn't get much or any money out of it anyway. Many of these homeowners owe more on ...

American house prices Baby boom and bust
Economist, UK

Housing Prices Expected to Bottom in 2010, 21% Off '06 Highs

Metro home prices drop in 2007 (Minnesota)
The median sale price for a home in the 13-county metro area slipped 2-point-2 percent last year, to $225,000. That's the first time the metrowide sale price has fallen for the year since at least 1988.
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck, ND

Ahead of the Bell: Recession More Likely
Forbes, NY
East said home prices will fall at least another 10 percent from their current levels, and consumer spending will shrink in at least one quarter of 2008 as ...
 
US housing construction takes 27-year plunge
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Home prices have plummeted and foreclosures have spiked in the turmoil, while the glut of property for sale has further weighed on prices. ...

California home prices drop nearly 15 percent
MSNBC
The median price of a home in California tumbled nearly 15 percent amid a steep drop in sales in December, a real estate research firm said ...

Only Ron Paul can save America!
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FDIC: US "will step in" on subprime if needed
Reuters
If home foreclosures fail to abate, there will be greater downward pressure on home prices and an even bigger drag on growth to the US economy, Bair said. ...

Bay Area housing prices hit hard (CA)
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
... real estate market, Bay Area median home prices and sales volumes experienced significant declines in December, according to a report released Thursday. ...
 

US housing starts in 2007 plunge 24.8%, 2nd-biggest drop ever
Orlando Sentinel, FL
The cost of materials, land and labor boosted home prices just as market values were soaring from 2001 to 2005, pushing up appraisals and property taxes. ...

Appraiser Exposes Toxic Debt Tie to Inflated Values
Bloomberg

The Home Equity Crisis Ahead
BusinessWeek

Wells Fargo's profit slips to 6-year quarterly low Mortgage crisis ...
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA

Wealthy may be next in line in US home crisis
Reuters
Especially those who used their homes as ATMs, withdrawing cash via home equity loans. "For those who utilized home equity loans for five to ten years to ...
 
Home sales plunge to 2005 levels (CA)
San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Sonoma median home prices also dropped the most, from $525000 last year to $410000 this year. Contra Costa dropped down 11.3 percent to $505000, ...

2007: Year of the plunge (CA)
The median price for Stanislaus County homes sold last month was $281,250, while San Joaquin County's was $320,000 and Merced County's, $257,000. San Joaquin and Merced counties' numbers were down from December 2006 by 24.7 percent and 21.2 percent, respectively.
Modesto Bee, CA

WaMu accused of appraisal fraud
CNNMoney.com

Bay Area Has Worst Hit Ever As Housing Slump Continues (Tampa, FL)
Tampa Tribune, FL 
For the Bay area, prices are expected to fall even more during the coming year. Mike Larson of Weiss Research in Jupiter has said that Bay area home prices could drop as much as 10 percent in 2008.


US home building lowest in 16 years
The Australian, Australia
"For inventories to come down, home prices and housing starts must continue to fall." On a bright note, the government reported overnight the number of US ...

Stimulus Package Won't Do Very Much For Housing
CNBC, NJ

Home sellers' pain is renters' gain
Baltimore Sun, United States
Housing experts predict that many would-be home buyers may be forced to rent for years because the relationship between rents and home prices are out of ...

Foreclosure Crisis Worsens
OpEdNews, PA

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Americans Pay for Housing Boom's Excess
The Associated Press
JPMorgan is girding for home prices to decline further in 2008 by 5 percent to 10 percent; Citigroup's estimate of 7 percent falls within that range, too. ...
 
Home prices, sales plunge (CA)
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA 
Sonoma County’s housing downturn worsened in December as prices fell under $500000 for the first time in nearly four years, according to The ...

Is the press responsible for the real estate market?
Rocky Mountain News, CO 

10 reasons why a recession is coming
MSN Money 

Evidence of recession building
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA 
Already, consumer confidence has slipped significantly amid the spiral of oil prices, the sagging of home prices, the rising of mortgage defaults, ...

Home equity emerges as trouble spot for banks
MarketWatch

Kern's risk for plummeting home prices high (CA)
Bakersfield Californian (subscription), CA

Average home prices decline in county (Arkansas)
Benton County Daily Record, AR

Valley home prices down in '07
Allentown Morning Call, PA 

Southern California home prices tumble (PA)
Toronto Star,  Canada

Triad housing market takes a hit in fourth quarter (Texas)
"
Existing home sales dropped to 2,387, while the average home price declined 1.6 percent from the fourth quarter of last year, to $179,586, according to new data from the Triad Housing Report released by the Greensboro Regional Realtors Association. The inventory of homes was 8,193, which would take 12 months to exhaust....
San Antonio Business Journal, TX 

Economic decline may have arrived
Denver Post, CO
Chief financial officer Gary Crittenden predicted US home prices could fall 7 percent further this year and by a similar amount in 2009. ...
 
Region's housing market stays in 'midst of turbulence' (CA)
Press-Enterprise, CA
"I don't see a quick turnaround," Adibi said. "There's going to be further downward pressure on the market."
Home prices in Inland Southern California continued to fall in December, and sales numbers in Riverside and San Bernardino counties are down about 50 ...
 
More lenders dropping bad home loans
Marketplace, CA 
With home values sinking, in many cases it seems it's not worth the cost of foreclosing. I know what you're probably thinking, but as Marketplace's Steve ...
 
Mortgage meltdown: Now the rents
CNNMoney.com 
But before they could do that, the slump hit, and home values dropped. Instead of selling at a loss, investors of all stripes are now renting them out. ...

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

America: Deflation Time Bomb
Pacific Free Press, Canada
The housing bubble is deflating faster than anyone had anticipated. Overall sales have slipped more than 40% from their peak in 2005 whereas, ...

Housing Decline Hits Long Island, Queens as Home Sales Drop 25%
Bloomberg
The median price of an existing US home has fallen 8.7 percent to $210200 in November from a five-year high in July 2006, according to the National ...

Paulson Sees `No Evidence' Housing Decline Is Ending (Update3)
Bloomberg

SoCal median home price plummets
BusinessWeek 

Central Valley most likely to see lower home prices
Central Valley Business Times, CA
Central Valley cities are among the most likely places in the nation to see home prices decline in the next two years, according to a report Tuesday from ...

Experts wonder how low home prices can go
Bakersfield Californian (subscription), CA

Oops, It's a recession
Huffington Post, NY

Triad housing market takes a hit in fourth quarter
Bizjournals.com, NC

House prices drop 'at fastest rate in 15 years' (UK)
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

San Diego Housing Price Decline Intensifies:
Median sinks $65K Below Nov '06!

"
San Diego County housing prices last month tumbled 13.1 percent from those in December 2006, the biggest drop in 20 years of record keeping, DataQuick Information Systems reported Monday....
County housing prices down 13.1% from year ago
San Diego Union Tribune, United States

Will Countrywide Sink Bank of America?
Minyanville.com, New

Top Five Hot and Cold Real Estate Markets
Veros Real Estate Solutions released their quarterly review of forecasts for the ... “The heavy decline in the coastal markets, California and Florida, ...
thetruthaboutmortgage.com
 

Trader Made Billions on Subprime
Wall Street Journal
Upbeat mortgage specialists kept repeating that home prices never fall on a national basis or that the Fed could save the market by slashing interest rates. ...

Home Sellers' Pain Is Renters' Gain
Wall Street Journal 

Homebuilding skid varies across the metro (MN)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN

Mortgage bankers looking at two more years of decline;
plus some small numbers from December
San Jose Mercury News,  USA

Mortgage creation to drop below $2 trln in 2008: MBA
Reuters
Home prices are falling and will likely continue to decline." Average 30-year mortgage rates will rise slightly to 6.2 percent by the fourth quarter, ...

Get Top Dollar in a Tight Home Market
DentalPlans.com, FL

Drop in home wealth could hit US spending hard
Guardian Unlimited, UK

Fed Tries to Ease Impact of Mortgage Crisis on US Economy
NewsHour Extra 

Local housing prices continue to decline; tell us what you think (NY)
Poughkeepsie Journal, NY 

Taxes rising despite housing slump
Cincinnati Enquirer, OHThe decline in home values might be the result of a market correction, Fraley said. Clermont County residents could be stuck for the next three years with ...

The Federal Reserve Has Failed Us
Seeking Alpha, NY
And the only Senator in the United States that seems to be asking hard questions of the Federal Reserve is Ron Paul. Perhaps he is the only Senator that ...

Economists see down year for housing
Desmoinesregister.com
 

Monday, January 14, 2008

CORRECTION: King County Home Prices Slide Below December '06 (WA)
"The housing market in King County ended 2007 on a sour note as the median single-family house price last month fell 1.1 percent from December 2006. It was the first time in recent history that prices declined year-over-year. ..
Black Enterprise, NY 

Recession has arrived (CA)
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA
In Sonoma County, where home prices have declined 19 percent since peaking in 2005, people are becoming increasingly reluctant to pull money from their ...

Home sales to remain slow (AK)
Anchorage Daily News (subscription), AK - 20 hours ago
The financial turmoil in the mortgage industry and falling home prices nationwide have created anxiety for buyers and sellers in the Anchorage market, ...

Homeowners Angered by Declining Values (FL)
“I have seen offers of $300,000 on a home that was purchased for $450,000. If I knew, I would have not bought.  I would not have sold the three properties that I sold to clients here. Knowing my clients, this is not where they wanted to be.”
MyFoxOrlando.com, FL

York County housing prices drop (PA)
The Evening Sun, PA
At the same time, median home prices in the South Eastern School District decreased 5.1 percent to $224900, compared with $236900 in 2006. ...

Median Prices for North County Homes Continue to Drop, Realtors Report (San Diego)
San Diego Business Journal, CA
The year-end results are in and median sales prices for homes are down … way down. The countywide median single-family detached home price ...

FBI: Housing scams more than double
USA Today

The Countrywide Housing Scam!
In the days before its bubble burst, Countrywide was a paragon of optimism projecting ever rising housing prices. As long as everyone was making money, ...
When A ‘Rescue’ Is Not: Bank Of America Buys Countrywide
Media Channel, NY

USA's Economic Disaster Tsunami Is Under Way. Ordinary Solutions
Won't Work to Save Us

OpEdNews, PA

Ron Paul: Time for Fed to Get Out of Housing
efinancedirectory.com

Fed Behind Countrywide Deal?
seekingalpha.com

Worst Stock for 2008: Beazer Homes
Motley Fool

Concerned about the economy? End the war.
OpEdNews, PA
... the housing bubble and its associated refinancing spree, and the easy money that the government has been pumping into war-based industries. ...
 
Gilbert home prices drop of 10% in '07 (AZ)
Arizona Republic, AZ
Chandler and Tempe held up best, both seeing their median home price decline 3 percent. Mesa took the biggest dip in the number of homes sold, ...

Government efforts to stem foreclosures mean fewer chances
for people priced out of the market
Boston Globe, United States

Current market leaves home sellers nostalgic for 2006
Los Angeles Times, CA
Real estate tracker DataQuick Information Systems reports that the median price of a single-family, detached home peaked at $599000 in Los Angeles County in ...

San Francisco Prices Fall 4.6% in Just 3 Months
housingwire.com

Friday, January 11, 2007

Bank of America Credit Risk Increases on Countrywide Purchase
Bloomberg 

Median home prices in Scottsdale fall 20% (AZ)
AZ Central.com, AZ

Median home prices fall $11000 in December (Orlando, FL)
Bizjournals.com, NC 
The Orlando area last month saw a steep decline in median home prices, according to a monthly report from the Orlando Regional Realtor Association. ...

Mortgage rates are low, but homebuyers remain in hiding
Pioneer Press, MN 
Interest rates on the conventional 30-year fixed rate mortgage are at their lowest in more than two years despite a constricting ...

Real Estate Sector: Down And Out
Elliott Wave, GA

Mortgage meltdown spurs lawsuits, negotiations
Long Island Business News (subscription), NY 
By Claude Solnik The subprime meltdown is leading borrowers to fight back, suing for predatory lending practices and violations of the Truth in Lending Act. ...

Gold Rises to Record on Weakening Dollar; Silver Advances
Bloomberg


HISTORIC TURNING POINTS IN REAL ESTATE
urbanusrealestate.blogspot

Will foreclosures spark an arson boom?
MonryCNN

Fed Chief Signals Further Rate Cut
New York Times, United States
Mr. Bernanke cited high oil prices, plummeting home prices and the struggling stock market as factors that “seem likely to weigh on consumer spending as we ...

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Stocks Plunge in Wake of Countrywide Financial Bankruptcy Rumors
HNN Huntingtonnews.net,  USA

Recession may already be here
CNNMoney.com
Hatzius is forecasting that home prices end up plunging 20 to 25 percent below peak levels. And he said that a further sharp decline in housing prices will ...

Delinquency Rates On the Rise
BusinessWeek
And because home prices are falling, many of them were unable to tap into their home equity for additional funds as they might have in recent years. ...
 

Massive Evidence of Election Fraud in New Hampshire Primaries
as Establishment Looks to Silence Ron Paul's Support
!
Clear Evidence Of Widespread Vote Fraud In New Hampshire

TruthNews

Credit card debt soars as house prices plunge
EnerPub, TX
This is a remarkably rapid decline, especially since the soaring home prices of recent years translated dollar for dollar into additional equity. ...

The USA will likely sink into recession in 2008
Economist fears 'nasty' recession headed our way this year
USA Today

Why You Should Be Terrified
The yield curve has been inverted recently, which often foreshadows a recession or even a depression.
Motley Fool 

Banks, United Nations warn of impending recession
ABC Online, Australia
The bursting of a housing bubble in the United States last year and a crisis over subprime mortgages has caused uncertainty across financial markets around ...

UN sees risk of global economic recession rising - Part II
Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran

As Housing Slumps, Real Estate Agents Quit the Business
WIS, SC

A shakeout looms for the real estate industry
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX
The housing bust isn't affecting just builders, homeowners and investors. Thousands of Texans also earn a living selling homes, arranging mortgages, ...

Treasury chief says decline isn't letting up
"There is no evidence it is bottoming," Paulson said Tuesday of the housing decline. "The evidence would be that it has further to run...
Houston Chronicle, United States

Countrywide says foreclosures highest on record
Reuters UK, UK

How the Jobless Rate Affects the Housing Market
TheStreet

Top 5 Most Ridiculous Mortgage Borrower Stories of 2007
Housing Fear

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Record declines in home prices
"Data through October 2007, released today by Standard & Poor's for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show broadbased declines in the prices of existing single family homes across the United States, marking the 10th consecutive month of negative annual returns and the 23rd consecutive month of decelerating returns.
News-Democrat & Leader, KY

New year brings another false dawn for housing
Business Standard, India 
When home prices are falling on a national average basis, as they are now for the first time since the Great Depression, the real cost of borrowing goes up. ...

Buyer's market: Home prices dropping in city
"Desperate to get out from under two mortgages, he had already rolled back the price from $489,000 to $425,000. After he told two interested buyers that he would drop the price again, to $399,000 on Jan. 1, he expected someone would seal the deal....
Sun Publications Chicago, IL

KB Home posts loss, sees tough '08 for industry
Guardian Unlimited, UK

Economist fears 'nasty' recession headed our way this year
USA Today
... the slump in housing construction, turmoil in financial markets and a drop in home values, which makes people more nervous and less apt to spend. ...

Worst slump in nation (Boston)
Boston Herald, United States

UN sees risk of global economic recession rising - Part II
Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran
The housing bubble in the US and other developed countries is organically linked with the global financial imbalances that have developed over the past ten ...

Forecasters: No quick end to housing ills
Boston Globe, United States


BusinessWeek
Housing: A Fresh Jolt of Bad News
KB Home reports a huge loss and Countrywide fights off bankruptcy rumors. Looks like the U.S. housing sector is in for another tough year
BusinessWeek
Home sales dipped 9.7% last year in Indianapolis metro area (WASHINGTON)
Indianapolis Star, United States
With home prices down 1.8 percent, H. James Litten, who heads Tucker’s residential division, said he is not optimistic this year will see a shoring up of ...
 
Home sales dipped 9.7% last year in Indianapolis metro area (Indiana)
Indianapolis Star, United States 
With home prices down 1.8 percent, H. James Litten, who heads Tucker’s residential division, said he is not optimistic this year will see a shoring up of ...
 

Housing Outlook Takes a Grim Turn
Munster Times, IN
Mudd has suggested home prices have to fall by 10 percent to 12 percent from their 2005 peak before the housing market can rebound. ...

Tuesday Jan 8, 2007

New  Price Crashing Charts!
4 Cities With Plunging Home Asking Prices:
Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco

US Housing Update

Economist predicts Lee housing woes will last up to 4 years (FL)
The News-Press, FL

Economist says federal government 'bankrupt'
WorldNetDaily, OR 
"What is the 'housing bubble,' and why did it burst?" "What's really going on with the stock market?" "Is America heading into a recession? ..

Midstate housing prices best US average
The Patriot-News - PennLive.com, PA

Bakersfield, CA home prices plunge amongst nations most severe!
Median property values sink another $10000
“The median price of a home has dropped 20 percent since it's peak in 2006,” said Crabtree.
KGET 17, CA

Big slide in Big Island home prices, sales (Hawaii)
Bizjournals.com, NC - 5 hours ago
Sales of single-family homes on the Big Island fell by 20 percent last year, as prices slid 6 percent. Sales of condominiums fell even further, 31 percent, ...

Maui home prices fell 9% in 2007
Bizjournals.com, NC

Housing crisis considered at ‘halfway point’ (Kansas)
Lawrence Journal World, KS

No Housing Bottom in 2008
Piggington

Five problems ahead in 2008
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL
Real estate: The housing bust will continue to dominate economic news here and across the country. How it will end is anyone's guess, but I'm scared. ...

From New Orleans, Negative Notes on the Economy
"there was an overall consensus … that home prices may have to fall 20% to 30% before they bottom out and that the risks of an economy wide recession are high and rising."
New York Sun, NY

Howard Stern Likes Ron Paul!
Fight4Truth.com / YouTube

New Amazing Housing Blog:
HOUSING FEAR:
The Housing Bubble and Dollar Crash, Ron Paul 2008, US Inflation and Foreclosure Blog

 

Monday Jan 7, 2007

Top 10 Cash Flow Property Markets
NuWire Investor, WA

Reckless debt has led to our real estate woes
The News-Press, FL
As far as the housing market, for whatever it's worth I truly believe there is light at the end of the tunnel, and it's no longer the headlights of an ...
Second mortgage can leave you stuck
HeraldNet, WA 
Another risk of home equity loans is the threat of foreclosure. When you take out a car loan, if you don't make your car payments, the lender will repossess ...

HOA spat shrieks for mediation
Denver Post, CO
The association denies this, too, and it recently filed for foreclosure to collect. "It's not like we're trying to get him out," said Sheldon Fortenberry, ...

More Job Cuts Expected in Mortgage Banking
Reuters

What will we do if Fannie and Freddie go bust?
optionarmageddon.blogspot.com

Jobless Rate Is Up; Home Sales Continue Their Bleak Decline (FL)
The Ledger, FL 

Feldstein Says US Recession Odds More Than 50% After Job Data
Bloomberg 

Only a Housing Crash Will Wake Up the Fed
TheStreet.com (subscription), NY

Case Shiller Housing Index Too Optimistic
seekingalpha.com

Friday Jan 4, 2007

Zero-down loans drying up
Pioneer Press, MN
Many of the homeowners that ended up in foreclosure financed their homes with zero-down products. "To allow people to purchase homes with little or nothing ...

L.A.'s San Fernando Valley median home price
sinks down to 2005 levels!

"
The median price of a previously owned single-family house fell an annual 6.3percent, or $37,500, to $557,500, said the Southland Regional Association of Realtors. It's the lowest median in 32 months, or the start of the 2005 second quarter....
Home prices at lowest level in 3 years
Los Angeles Daily News, CA

Home prices need to fall "considerably"
"
U.S. home prices "likely would have to fall considerably" over the next five years to bring them into line with their historical relationship with rents, according to a study by one former and two current Federal Reserve economists....
Home prices need to fall
San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription), CA

New Year Brings Another False Dawn for Housing
Bloomberg
When home prices are falling on a national average basis, as they are now for the first time since the Great Depression, the real cost of borrowing goes up. ...

A Million in Foreclosure
Free Market News Network, FL
In just the last six months, about 800000 homeowners have entered foreclosure. That's right: 800000 people who have or are about to lose their homes, ...

Top 10 Cash Flow Property Markets
NuWire Investor, WA

Housing construction continues to slump
Arizona Republic, AZ 

Amid subprime mortgage meltdown, bankruptcies on rise across state, US
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN'


KLEW
Media Hype Boosts 'Subprime' to Linguists'
'Word of the Year'
NewsBusters
"‘Subprime' has been around with bankers for awhile, but now everyone is talking about ‘subprime,'" said Wayne Glowka, a spokesman for the group and a dean ...

Conde Nast Portfolio

When Boom Turns to Bust
Forex Hound, NY 
The greatest debtor nation on Earth (USA)
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL
Our debt is paying out interest now at the rate of $46 million an hour. We were the greatest creditor nation, but now we are the greatest debtor nation on ...

Detroit Area Foreclosures Increase 108 Percent in 2007
PR.com (press release), NY 


CNNMoney.com

Borrowers: Victims or Accomplices?
OpEdNews, PA 
Once the housing bubble began to really puff up, lenders even bristled under the minimalist restrictions of low-doc loans. They whined about it and, ...

A Lesson From the Last, and Next, Recession
AlterNet, CA
Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan appears to have gotten away with a similar trick, as the housing bubble that bloated up on his watch continues to deflate, ...

Thur Jan 3, 2008

It is a National Real Estate Crash
HULIQ, NC
I say that from 2001 to 2006 we had a National Real Estate Bubble and we are now having a National Real Estate Crash. It goes beyond California, Florida, ...
 
San Francisco Super Price Slashing Begins:
Median home asking price plunges $50,000 in 2 months!
HousingTracker.net: Median Home Asking Price & Inventory Data for San Francisco, California

Housing Tracker

Home Prices Must Fall Far To Be In Sync With Rents
Wall Street Journal
The study tracks rents and home prices back to 1960 and found annual rents fluctuated at around 5% to 5.25% of home prices until 1995. ...

Home Prices Fall, But Taxes Going Up? Yup!
CNBC, NJ
Despite the fact the home prices/values are falling pretty much nationwide, your tax assessment may in fact be going up. The Washington Post today reports ...

Stocks tank on recession fears
CNNMoney.com

Differing thoughts on 2008 housing market
North County Times, CA 
The median home price in North County has fallen 9.4 percent from its June 2006 peak to $589000 as of November, according to a report by North San Diego ...
 

Building is down 32% for 2007
Pahrump Valley Times, NV

Inglewood takes on mortgage meltdown (Los Angeles, CA)
Los Angeles Wave Newspapers, CA

O'ahu Dec. median home price down slightly to $610K
Honolulu Advertiser, HI 
Both the the median sales price and volume of sales for single-family homes on O'ahu fell in December from the same month a year earlier. ...

Another Dose of Housing Hogwash
Motley Fool

Vacant homes vex neighborhoods (TX)
El Paso Times, TX

2008: The Beginning or the End?
"The current equivalent to the 1929 stock market crash was the real estate sub-prime mortgage market debacle in 2007. This crisis will continue to plague us because not only the sub-primes but many adjustable rate mortgages will foreclose in 2008 as well...
Huffington Post, NY

Weds Jan 2, 2008

Bush pushes bills to expand home refinancing options
BloggingStocks

Defaults on insured mortgages hit record level
Bizjournals.com, NC

US home prices likely to fall 10 percent
United Press International 
Falling home prices could exacerbate foreclosure rates, economists said. The more home prices fall, the greater will be the number of recent buyers whose ...
 
Misunderestimating homelessness and the mortgage mess
Bay Area Indymedia, CA - 3 hours ago
So huge, that one real estate pro in Atlanta says fully 40 percent of the homes in his neighborhood are vacant due to foreclosure. In California, people are ...

What The "Subprime Crisis" Really Means For Your Business
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel, NJ
As of the third quarter of 2007, approximately 16% of outstanding subprime mortgages are in default, and almost 7% are in foreclosure - rates far higher ...

Short sales and your credit score
HULIQ, NC 

Submit your foreclosure story
The Coshocton Tribune is working on an upcoming series dealing with the issue of foreclosures. We are looking for people to submit their stories on this ...
We're looking for foreclosure stories
Coshocton Tribune, OH

The anatomy of the United States housing crisis
Portsmouth Herald News, NH
Home foreclosures are the highest since record-keeping began 35 years ago. 1.69 percent of all outstanding mortgage loans have entered the foreclosure ...

Jim Cramer's 10 Predictions for 2008
"Returning to his lament over governmental and Fed policies, Cramer predicts that the victims of foreclosure will lead a march on the White House and lay siege on the Fed....
Seeking Alpha, NY


Sun-Sentinel.com
Single-Family Home Prices Plunge 15% In November
Tampa Tribune, FL
The median sales price of previously owned, single-family homes in the Tampa Bay metro area plunged 15 percent to $189100 in November, the worst drop among ...

Risky loans harder to find but still available
North County Times, CA

The Impending Destruction Of The US Economy
By Paul Craig Roberts
Coastal Post, CA

 

 

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