Home Prices – An Update

Apr 6th, 2009 Posted in Home Management, home | no comment »

The August 27, 2008 comment about the price-to-rent ratio of homes (the price-to-earnings equivalent metric for homes ) concluded that home prices were still at elevated levels as of the second quarter of 2008. …

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Home Prices – An Update

Economic Reports – New Home Sales, Durable Goods Orders …

Feb 26th, 2009 Posted in Home Management, home | no comment »

Sales of new single-family homes fell 10.2% in January to an annual rate of 309000 units, a new record low (see chart 1).

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Economic Reports – New Home Sales, Durable Goods Orders …

Existing Home Sales Maintain Downward Trend

Feb 25th, 2009 Posted in Home Management, home | no comment »

Sales of all existing homes declined 5.3% to 4.49 million units in January. Purchases of single-family homes fell 4.7% to an annual rate of 4.05 million units, which is 36% below the cycle peak in September 2005 (6.34 million units). …

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Existing Home Sales Maintain Downward Trend

Michelle Malkin » Rest of the story: Obama’s discount home loan

Feb 19th, 2009 Posted in Home Management, home | no comment »

According to Judicial Watch’s original FEC complaint, filed July 8, 2008, Obama reportedly received a home loan of $1.32 million at a rate of 5.625 percent, although the average going rate on that day according to two different surveys …

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Michelle Malkin » Rest of the story: Obama’s discount home loan