United States: News Archive

MAY 2008

• Banks tightening mortgage standards - CNN Money
• Bulletproof housing markets get hit - CNN Money
• The foreclosures tax credit: Blessing or curse? - NuWire Investor
• As foreclosures rates rise so does fraud - Realty Times
• Covering thy neighbor's condo - New York Times
• New York property market suffers downturn amid global financial crisis - Property Week
• Interest rates: On second thoughts - The Economist

APRIL 2008

• The subprime bust in microcosm: The saga of a failed mortgage security - IHT
• Housing prices might fall more than in the great depression - NuWire Investor
• 60 per cent won't buy a home anytime soon - Orlando sentinel
• Administration pushes mortgage help expansion while Democrats seek a broader housing rescue - IHT
• US mortgage crisis to cost 945 bln dlrs worldwide: IMF - Yahoo News
• S&P cuts U.S. mortgage insurers, housing outlook dims - Reuters
• McCain wants home buyers to put more money down - Miami Herald
• Mortgage fraud: same basic scams with a few new twists - Los Angeles Times
• Call of action on US housing market - Financial Times
• Free of planners in the land of the free - The Globe and Mail
• Bill thin on aid to homeowners - Houston Chronicle

MARCH 2008

• America's Riskiest Real Estate Markets - Forbes
• Investors focus on distressed real estate - Financial Times
• With economy tied to Wall street, New York braces for job cuts - New York Times
• Mortgage lendersto pump US$200 billion into markets - Reuters
• Real estate tax rate increase proposed: - Washington Post
• Catering to the foibles of celebrity real estate - IHT
• Foreign companies become NYC landlords - New York Times
• Property in Florida: How the sun kissed Florida dream fell apart - Daily Telegraph
• Bonehead deal haunts house Obama built - Times Online
• Major US homes lender near bankruptcy - Times Online
• Citigroup winds back mortgage business - Dow Jones
• Home price declines could make matters worse - Reuters
• Ninja' loans explode on sub-prime frontline - Daily Telegraph
• The Federal's Reseres rescue has failed - Daily Telegraph

FEBRUARY 2008

• Forecast anticipates 31% drop in single-family housing starts this year - Inman Real estate Ne
• The dangerous protectionism of Barack Obama - VOX
• Jackson faces Neverland auction - BBC
• US recession danger as house prices tumble - Daily Telegraph
• In Mortgage Crisis, Church Offers Financial Counseling - New York Times
• Foeclosures in America: searching for Plan B - The Economist
• Renting Beats Buying (or Not) - New York Times
• Manhattan: A League of Their Own - New York Times
• This isn't the year for broad property tax relief - The Olympian
• A glimpse of how presidential candidates live - http://www.marketwat
• Connecticut's Property Taxes In State Of Crisis - The Day

JANUARY 2008

• America's most overpriced suburbs - Forbes.com
• Expat housing, without the perks - IHT
• Steady Growth in Portland Real Estate - Nu Wire Investor
• Housing slump hits Columbia - The State
• Bill Clinton touts wife's plan to address mortgage meltdown - The Californian
• Citigroup loss raises anxiety over economy - New York Times
• What's next for New York? - New York Times
• What a difference a market makes. - New York Times
• A note to the unconverted. - New York Times
• how far will it fall in 2008? - Real estate Journal
• Manhattan prices still surging, but will it last? - WSJ

DECEMBER 2007

• States eye ways to rein in property tax - The Honolulu Adverti
• Blighted houses coming down - InYork.com
• Forks to increase property tax - The Morning Call
• New York condos lure deal-seeking Europeans - IHT
• Aspen, check. Whistler, check. Where to ski next? Alaska? - IHT
• Homeowners fret over rising property taxes - CNN Money
• Report: Manhattan Retail Reat Estate Prices Jump 26% - The New York Sun
• In Paramount, California, home sales are frozen - IHT

NOVEMBER 2007

• Not yet a 'Minsky Moment' - VOX
• Texas: Home sales plunge in El Paso - El Paso Times

OCTOBER 2007

• Dollar plumbs new low versus euro - BBC News
• Fed tipped to deliver US rate cut - BBC News
• Brooklyn beckons in New York property war - Telegraph UK
• Bankers wary of investment rescue fund - Economic Times
• Mortgage rates flat - CNN Money
• A beckoning ’golden age’ of architecture - IHT
• America’s Priciest Property Taxes - Forbes
• Is the US headed for double bubble trouble? - VOX

SEPTEMBER 2007

• Investors still receiving bad news from the mortgage meltdown - IHT
• White House softens on mortgage rule changes - IHT
• Housing stalls -but don?t expect a crash - Times online
• New Jersey- Prices fall, properties languish - The Record (NorthJer
• Housing woes hit title insurers: Report - CNN Money
• Real estate doldrums drive U.S. agents away - IHT
• Fed Sees Credit Crunch Hurting Housing - CBS News
• Mortgage crash not expected to hit local real-estate market - The Daily Times
• Investors a big share of home defaults in 4 states - Turkish Daily News
• Real estate ownership has become definition of American Dream - San Francisco Chroni
• Bush cites new tax relief for homeowners - Yahoo News

AUGUST 2007

• Bush offers help to troubled homeowners - CNN News
• Home sales still weak, in California and throughout country - San Francisco Chroni
• Manhattan Gets Taste of Real Estate Crunch - New York Post
• Cutbacks Mount in Real Estate Industry - The Washington Post
• A view -- and price -- to take your breath away - LA Times
• A Sleepy Mill Town Coming to Life - New York Times
• Program offers loans to spur lead removal - Chicago Tribune
• Wyoming bucks housing slump - Star Tribune
• U.S. seeks to make foreign bases home for spouses of deployed soldiers - IHT
• Crunch set to prolong US housing slump - Financial Times
• California town is epicenter of mortgage earthquake - IHT
• A woman sees the home in a house - LA Times - LA Times
• How the gears jammed in the housing machine - IHT
• Housing needs - Baltimore Sun
• High-risk mortgages become toxic mess - Miami Herald
• Worries over U.S. housing market grow - LA Times
• Texas: Local real estate doing well - The Facts.com
• You call this a home? - Business Week
• Franco is still dead, and housing is still bust - Bloomberg.com

JULY 2007

• New Housing on Resort Islands - The New York Times
• Stockton,CA:Rental housing also is a big investment - Recordnet.com
• Long Beach, CA: Condo Conversion Boom Slows With Housing Market - Gazette Newspaper
• Housing minsky moment: 3 Factors. Prime contagion, record foreclosures, and publicity - Dr. housing Bubble
• Already baked in and contained? - Wall Street Examiner
• US home sales decline sharply, prices dead in the water - eFinanceDirectory.co
• Straight talk on the housing market - CNNMoney.com
• Why buy when you can rent for a fortune? - Business Week
• Countrywide’s woes deepen - Business Week
• Divorcing in a down market - HeraldTribune.com
• Foreclosures flood California housing market - npr
• Domain Names: 21st Century Real Estate - New York Times
• Rego Park, Queens -Yes, There Is a Place Named ?Real Good? ? New York Times - New York Times
• Riskiest U.S. housing markets - Forbes.com
• America’s fastest growing suburbs - Forbes.com
• Real estate investors turn focus overseas - Chicago Tribune
• Honolulu home prices still rising - Pacific Business New
• Investors and homebuyers turning to hot foreclosure market for bargains - www.prnewswire.com
• In-house art gallery is among NYC’s real estate amenities - IHT
• Is Mexico paying for U.S. housing downturn? - Reuters
• New Orleans homeowners, already burdened by Katrina, could be hit with higher property taxes - IHT
• Hawaii: Brace for mortgage rate jump, state says - Star Bulletin

JUNE 2007

• When ’Unaffordable’ Is Good - Washington Post
• U.S. Tightens Rules on Subprime Mortgages - The New York Times
• Bad-Loan Woes Hit American Home - Business Week
• Homeowners upbeat dispite housing slowdown - AZ Central
• Shared sale of Hawaii properties hits market - The Honolulu Adverti
• Real-Estate Investors Head Overseas - Wall Street Journal
• Americans still confident in home values: survey - Yahoo News
• When does a housing slump become a bust? - IHT
• Price it right and it will sell - Pensacola News Journ
• Bargain Hunting for Condos - CNN Money
• Florida: Legislature passes property tax-cutting package - Herald Tribune
• A Woman?s Market Is in the Second Home - New York Times
• Most Resilient U.S. Real Estate Markets - Yahoo News
• A woman’s market is in the 2nd home - IHT
• Real estate price collapse escalating all over United States and is threatening the economy
• Drop in U.S. home sales, prices likely to accelerate - Bloomberg
• Arkansas: Realtors, Banks Reach Out To Hispanic Home Buyers - The Morning News
• Housing prices rise, but slowly - Cincinnati Journal N

MAY 2007

• Washington DC: Home price appreciation in region ahead of national average - Baltimore Buss. Jour
• The feds miss an opportunity to explain teaser rates - Business Week
• Soaring prices on Wall Street fuel Hamptons real estate market in New York - IHT
• April’s blue-light housing sale - Business Week
• Survey suggests homeowners view renting in new light - Multi-housing News
• New York senator introduces bill to protect affordable housing - Multi-housing News
• New York: Condos Tighten the Rules - NY Times
• Connecticut: Adding Bargains to the Housing Mix - NY Times
• Baltimore Buyers keep small edge in housing market - Examiner
• Thirty-Year Rate Dips on Jobs Report - Washington Post
• Guam?s future looks bright - Asia Property Report
• Brownfields: How to spot and avoid the risks - Multi-housing News
• Studying a multi-housing niche - Multi-housing News

APRIL 2007

• The housing boom and bust - npr
• Tri-City apartment market heating up - Tri-City Herald
• Maui property owners call for equitable taxes - Honolulu Advertiser
• The mortgage market: What happened? - npr
• A New Shade of Green in D.C. - Washington Post
• A retreat on the road to Hana - International Heral
• Condo market waning again - Palm Beach Post
• US mortgage rates unchanged on Friday - BestInfo
• Subprime `Debacle’ Will Delay U.S. Housing Recovery (Update5) - Bloomberg
• A Village Is Thinking Beyond Cabanas - NY Times
• America’s Most Overpriced Real Estate Markets - Forbes.com
• When good real estate goes bad - Business Week
• The new geography of luxury real estate - Business Week

MARCH 2007

• Hot Air at the Hawaii State Capitol - Hawaii Reporter
• Global Commercial Real Estate: $900 Billion Invested During 2006 - Bonton/SF
• Florida property taxes: a guide for our readers - Brandenton Herald
• Hawaii bill would add tax to short-term home buys - Star Bulletin
• Subprime tsunami threatens to extend housing downturn - Inman Real Estate Ne
• Troubles hit real estate at the high end - IHT
• Housing market steady as other areas in nation slump - Rapid City Journal
• Condo market goes cold - Florida Today
• House-price growth steadies - Inman News (subscrip

FEBRUARY 2007

• UK House Prices continue to Rise whilst the US Housing Market Slumps - Goldseek
• Do fence me in - LA Times
• Economic boom not over, say local gurus - commercialappeal.com
• Housing Market Heats Up Again in New York City - New York Times
• U.S. Economy: Home Starts Plunge to Lowest Since 1997 (Update4) - Bloomberg
• Recovery, but US is still buyers? market - Fly2let
• Largest US government-subsidized rental housing complex sells for $1.3 billion - IHT
• Vacant Homes for Sale Cloud - Real State Journal
• Prediction: More pain for homeowners - CNN Money
• Area house prices fall but inventory shoots up - toledoblade.com
• Renters will dig deeper in 2007 - USA Today
• Most agree: Housing crunch isn’t over yet - USA Today
• Ocean real estate: The next boom? - CNN Money
• More and more Californians defaulting on mortgages - the Standard
• Mortgage rates surge; highest since October - CNN Money
• Mortgage demand grows, even as the average 30-year mortgage rate rises - USA Today
• Pending Home Sales - Real State Journal

JANUARY 2007

• On Long Island, More Are Priced Out of the Housing Market - New York Times
• Buyers Scarce, Many Condos Are for Rent - New York Times
• Luxury Real Estate Snapshot: Florida - Business Week
• Manhattan’s Housing Market - Real Estate Journal
• 2007 Predicted to be Poor Real Estate Year - San Francisco KCBS
• Price of apartment in Manhattan tops $1.1 million. - IHT
• U.S. Homeowners Grappling With Debt - United Press Interna
• The latest on the U.S. housing market (Winter, 2007) (pdf) - Ernst & Young

DECEMBER 2006

• subprime subsidence - The Economist
• While America’s housing market cools, property elsewhere is still hot - Economist
• Home price climb finally over - Honolulu Star Bulett
• As Prices Fall, U.S. Home Buyers Benefit - WOIO
• Honolulu Hawaii’s Real Estate Boom Contributes to Homeless Problem - PRWeb
• US agents point to brighter future - Fly2let

NOVEMBER 2006

• Home prices down 1.2% in third quarter - CNN Money
• Signs That Inflation May Be Less of a Threat to the Economy Help Push Mortgage Rates Lower - Realty Times
• Global housing boom - CNN Money
• Living the Good Life in New Port Beach - Monterey Herald

OCTOBER 2006

• Lower Home Prices Entice Potential Buyers - Realtor Magazine
• Buying a First Home Is Tough, Poll Finds - Realtor Magazine
• Where To Worry About Real Estate - Forbes
• Mortgage Rates Fall But Housing Market Still Looks Weak - Forbes

SEPTEMBER 2006

• Booster sees cooling in city housing boom - Philadelphia Busines
• Housing market still all about location - Denver Post
• Checking the thermostat - Economist

AUGUST 2006

• Housing Slowdown: Bad But Not Bust? - Forbes
• Market unease: Home prices fall 3.5% - The Boston Globe
• Demand for multi-family rental property rises on slowing home sales - Axcess News
• Major realty firm accused of racial discrimination - CBS2
• Tech booms, real estate busts? - Red Herring
• Builder’s confidence in condo market dips again in Q2 according to new Multi-Family Index - NAHB
• Toll Brothers profit slumps as US housing boom ends - Bloomberg
• Hawaii mortgage rates to 6% - Pacific Business New
• Mortgage rates fall for 4th week in row - Detroit Free Press
• Housing market slowdown hits S.B. County - Daily Bulletin
• Housing boom now at a whisper - Kansas City Star
• Most expensive rental markets in America 2006 - Forbes
• Housing slump hits big in some states - Business Week
• Most Expensive Rental Markets In America 2006 - Forbes.com
• Emigrant Realty Finance closes $1 billion of real estate loan transactions in nine months - RIS Media
• American Land Lease announces Q2 2006 results - MSN Money
• Cooper panned over new property U-turn - Business Online
• Are housing prices headed for a big fall? - MSNBC
• HUD, EPA and US attorney in Minnesota announce legal settlement with Minneapolis landlord - HUD
• Mortgage rates slide for second straight week - CNN Money

JULY 2006

• Fears as US house prices to dip for the first time ever - Business Online
• Housing: It’s a buyer’s market - ABC News
• Fears as US house prices to dip for the first time ever - The Business Online
• Real estate market projections - The San Diego Union-
• Greater phoenix resale numbers for June show signs of weaker market - Arizona State Univer
• The Root Cause of the Housing Bubble - oftwominds.com News

MAY 2006

• Housing Prices and ?Use Value? - PrudentBear.com
• House sales hit new peak - CBS News
• Housing Takes Breather, but Strong Year Still Expected - Realtor Magazine Onl
• The Growl of a Housing Bear - Businessweek Online
• Real Estate: The Going Gets Tough - Businessweek Online
• Buying Property Minus the Hassle - Businessweek Online
• For the Money: Knowing REIT from wrong - Businessweek Online
• Flipping houses is harder than it looks - msn real Estate
• Between bears and hawks - Economist.com
• US rates raised to five-year peak - BBC News
• How many foreclosures will hit the market? - charles hugh smith

APRIL 2006

• Caution: Slowdown ahead - The Boston Globe
• Did someone say bubble? - U.S. News & World Re
• U.S. housing woes may bode ill for Canada - ReportonBusiness.com
• Home-sales forecast not easy - washingtonpost.com
• What $500K buys in real estate elsewhere - cbs5.com
• Electronic giants nurture San Diego as a new Silicon Valley - IHT
• Buyer (And Seller) Beware - Business Week Online

MARCH 2006

• An island home with international appeal - IHT

FEBRUARY 2006

• Getting hip to home buying - Business Week

JANUARY 2006

• Don’t listen to your realtor, housing bubble is real - PrudentBear.com
• Residential Rental Property (pdf) - Internal Revenue Ser

JUNE 2005

• Global House Price Boom: The greatest BUBBLE in history - Finfacts Ireland

MAY 2005

• Frienzied Froth - Economist.com