by Jim Crowder | Sep 15, 2015 | HOUSING MARKET
There’s a new book out by Bethany McClean — Shaky Ground: The Strange Saga of the U.S. Mortgage Giants — published by Columbia Global Reports, and focused on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Kai Ryssdal interviewed Bethany, and it’s available as a...
by Jim Crowder | Sep 14, 2015 | HOUSING MARKET
Boral Limited, a multinational company founded in Australia, focused on building and construction materials, thinks the financial markets are making too much out of any Fed rate hike. According to their CEO, Mike Kane, points out that “consumer confidence is...
by Jim Crowder | Sep 11, 2015 | HOUSING MARKET
We’ve been reporting for a while that many sectors of the housing market seem to have fully recovered, and almost all are doing well. However, the recovery in mortgage applications through Q1 seems to have stalled. Brena Swanson for Housing Wire gives a nice...
by Jim Crowder | Sep 10, 2015 | HOUSING MARKET
Normally this blog covers topics directly related to the real estate and mortgage industries, with a few homeowner tips thrown in. However, sometimes it’s good to step a little outside of the same-old same-old. Yesterday, The Street published an article on how...
by Jim Crowder | Sep 9, 2015 | HOUSING MARKET
Well, that’s it. Summer is over. OK, not technically for another week or two, but now that we’re past Labor Day, the kids are back to school, and that means — clutter. Organizing expert Marie Kondo provided some great tips to the Huffington Post on...
by Jim Crowder | Sep 8, 2015 | HOUSING MARKET
This blog recently reported on the tremendous up-tick in investment in housing by foreigners; however, at the same time that increased investment is happening, foreign governments are cutting back. Now, foreign governments typically own very little property; however,...
