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The World Is Not Flat At The Bottom

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Tim Freund

CNBC  reporter Diana Olick blogged today that a poll came out reporting a general consensus amongst housing experts that the market would remain struggling through 2011.  Wow, now there’s a news flash.  The predictions are explained thus: as long as … Continue reading →

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Gad Zooks! The October Home Data

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Tim Freund

Well there’s no way to sugar coat the data that came out yesterday on the Southern California housing numbers; they stunk.  Sales activity was very low for this time of year and prices were essentially flat – increasing at the … Continue reading →

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QE2, Bonds and The Fed’s Real Plan

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Tim Freund

For those of you that have been following this blog, you’ll recall a couple of weeks ago I suggested that QE2 would either cause rates to go down or cause them to go up, so in either case, you would … Continue reading →

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Bubble, Bubble, Toil And Trouble

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Tim Freund

I watched the most insightful interview on CNBC today.  It was an interview with Jeremy Grantham, and investment adviser and someone, if you had to look to for crystal ball-like predictions, you would be fairly safe entrusting.  Grantham is very … Continue reading →

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Playing With Numbers

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Tim Freund

In my real estate office, my manager regularly gives us an excel spreadsheet detailing the numbers of sales year to date as well as the inventory. It’s broken down by month, has data at various price ranges and provides the … Continue reading →

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No Double Dip

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Tim Freund

One of the things economists love to do is make predictions.  Two of the most respected economic analysts, Abby Joeseph Cohen of Goldman Sachs and Lackshman Achuthan of the Economic Cycle Research Institute have independently come out stating that there … Continue reading →

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