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Predicting Home Prices Is Now Impossible

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article When Robert Shiller, co-creator of the SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices , speaks, he tends to make headlines, and yesterday was no different. Claiming that he wasn’t making any predictions, he predicted … Continue reading

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Foreigners Make Run on US Housing Market

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article Falling home prices may be plaguing the US economy, but they are candy to foreign investors, who already have a weak dollar on their side. Buyers from overseas spent roughly $41 … Continue reading

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New Push to Unload Bank-Owned Properties Squeezes Out Investors

Page 1 of 4 | Next PageShow Entire Article As big banks and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac [ FMCC 0.373  +0.0145 (+4.04%) ] push foreclosures through the pipeline, the inventory of REO (bank-owned) properties is rising. That pushes distressed and … Continue reading

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Short Sales Surge, But No Thanks to Government Program

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article Any time I see a 74 percent jump in anything, I hear alarm bells, so when the Treasury Department reported just that big a jump in its Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives … Continue reading

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Predicting Home Prices is Now Impossible

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article When Robert Shiller, co-creator of the SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices , speaks, he tends to make headlines, and yesterday was no different. Claiming that he wasn’t making any predictions, he predicted … Continue reading

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