Calculated Risk

I'm reminded of a post I wrote in May 2011: Employment: A dirty little secret [I]t really isn't much of a secret that Wall Street...

Economist Tom Lawler sent me the table below of short sales, foreclosures and all cash sales for selected cities in August. On distressed:...

From housing economist Tom Lawler: In a report released this morning, the National Association of Realtors estimated that US existing home...

Earlier from the FHFA: FHFA House Price Index Up 0.5 Percent in July 2016 U.S. house prices rose in July, up 0.5 percent on a seasonally a...

From the Kansas City Fed: Tenth District Manufacturing Activity Rebounded Moderately The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released the ...

Earlier: Existing Home Sales decreased in August to 5.33 million SAAR Inventory remains a key issue. Here is repeat of two paragraphs I w...

Update: Headline typo fixed. From the NAR: Existing-Home Sales Soften Further in August Total existing-home sales, which are completed t...

The DOL reported : In the week ending September 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 252,000, a decrease of 8...

From Black Knight: Black Knight’s First Look at August 2016 Mortgage Data: Prepayments Skyrocket, Fueled by Post-‘Brexit’ Activity, Hit High...

This is now the consensus view - one rate hike in 2016, most likely in December (but the November meeting is "live") ... From Merr...