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Grim Housing Choice: Help Today’s Owners or Future Ones
The unexpectedly deep plunge in home sales this summer is likely to force the Obama administration to choose between future homeowners and current ones, a predicament officials had been eager ...
USD, Shaun Donovan, Obama administration, Clinton administration, Real estate finance, All keywords...
nytimes.com
10 hours ago
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House prices fall again in August, says Nationwide
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Martin Gahbauer: "More sellers have returned to the market." House prices fell for the second month in a row in August, ...
Martin Gahbauer, Nationwide, JavaScript, Chief economist, Prices, All keywords...
bbc.co.uk
22 hours ago
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Grinding to a halt : Loss of a credit collapses the market
THERE was always some concern that the Obama administration’s attempts to prop up the housing market with a generous housing-tax credit could end badly. Opponents of the policy—worth up to ...
Obama administration, USD, Congress, National Association of Realtors, All keywords...
economist.com
2 days ago
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On British universities, Myanmar, bubbles, American railroads, Brussels, Japanese society, Proposition 8 :
University challenge SIR – You were right that too many universities see the international student market as the panacea for their domestic ills (“Hustling spires”, August 7th). In a recent ...
Britain, Milton Friedman, European Union, Peter AinsworthManaging, Bodleian Library, All keywords...
economist.com
2 days ago
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Banks are lending but no one wants debt
Finally, nearly two years after they were bailed out by Congress, big banks are beginning to ease lending standards for individuals and small businesses. But it's not exactly having the ...
U.S. Federal Reserve, America, Congress, TransUnion, USD, All keywords...
money.cnn.com
6 days ago
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Grinding to a halt : Loss of a credit collapses the market
THERE was always some concern that the Obama administration’s attempts to prop up the housing market with a generous housing-tax credit could end badly. Opponents of the policy—worth up to ...
Obama administration, USD, Congress, National Association of Realtors, All keywords...
economist.com
1 week ago
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On British universities, Myanmar, bubbles, American railroads, Brussels, Japanese society, Proposition 8 :
University challenge SIR – You were right that too many universities see the international student market as the panacea for their domestic ills (“Hustling spires”, August 7th). In a recent ...
Britain, Milton Friedman, European Union, Peter AinsworthManaging, Bodleian Library, All keywords...
economist.com
1 week ago
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New-home sales hit a 40-year low
Sales of new homes dropped to their lowest level since the government started tracking the numbers more than four decades ago, offering an ominous sign for the direction of the ...
USD, Department of Commerce, Real estate market, National Association of Realtors, Wells Fargo Securities, All keywords...
washingtonpost.com
1 week ago
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American railways: High-speed railroading
In addition the freight railroads face a $15 billion bill for a new safety system to control trains on lines that also carry passengers or dangerous chemical cargoes. This system, ...
USD, Japan, California, Europe, America, All keywords...
economist.com
1 month ago
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New-home sales plunge 33% with tax credits gone
Sales of new homes collapsed in May, sinking 33% to the lowest level on record as potential buyers stopped shopping for homes once they could no longer receive government tax ...
USD, Department of Commerce, United States, Capital Economics, Paul Dales, All keywords...
usatoday.com
2 months ago
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Home Buyers Should Celebrate the Greek Debt Crisis
Here's what's happening. The European crisis is making investors nervous about buying bonds from countries across the Atlantic. So they're flocking to park their cash in US debt. High demand ...
United States, Freddie, USD, Lisa Margonelli, All keywords...
theatlantic.com
3 months ago
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Bubble, Bubble, China's in Trouble: The Mad Scramble for Chinese Real Estate
The Chinese dream, like the American dream, has taken shape around the promise that each new generation will live better than the one before it. In recent years, that has ...
China, United States, Real estate, Goldman Sachs, CHRISTINA LARSON, All keywords...
foreignpolicy.com
3 months ago
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Links: 2010-05-16 Oil spill disaster and Chinese bubble
Subscribe to Our News Feed If you would like to receive our links in real-time please follow me at@edwardnh. Must Reads on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the ...
Oil spill, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Global Macro Advisors LLC, Author, All keywords...
creditwritedowns.com
3 months ago
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Risk Off?
Asian stocks fell, extending the biggest slump in global equities in three months, while the euro and oil dropped on concern Europe 19s debt crisis is spreading. Yield premiums on ...
USD, Sydney, Europe, Oil, U.S. Treasuries, All keywords...
creditwritedowns.com
4 months ago
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Should I Buy A House and Take Advantage of Low Interest Rates
Every few months, someone wants to know if its a good time to buy real estate. A reader asked an interesting question: Interest rates are artificially low and we won ...
USD, Real estate, Real estate agents, Finance people, NYC, All keywords...
com
5 months ago
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