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Upbeat News

Good news on housing seems like an oxymoron to most people but today brought two examples. The front page of the Wall Street Journal carries a story, “Stunned Buyers Find the Bidding Wars on Back.”  Yes, the Journal blames the competition on a supply shortage rather than excessive demand, but if there’s anything likely to [...]

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What Next for Home Prices

Next Tuesday, January 31st, will see the next S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices report with data for November 2011. Coming off some signs that the economy is strengthening combined with mixed reports on housing, attention will focus on home prices. Bullish sentiment will point to the preliminary 4th quarter GDP report released on Friday, January 25th. [...]

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U.S. economic forecast: it’s not over yet

Just as some good news finally came our way in June, increasing our hopes that the soft patch in the economy may finally be behind us, the government’s payrolls report on July 8 indicated that it isn’t over yet. Automatic Data Processing’s (ADP’s) June private payrolls survey had showed that employers had added a solid [...]

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Liquidity is a key focus as the recovery for U.S. homebuilders remains elusive

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services’ base-case outlook for credit quality in the U.S. homebuilding sector is generally stable through the balance of 2011 despite a disappointing spring selling season. Our cautiously stable outlook for 2012 could tilt in a negative direction if our baseline forecast for a modest housing recovery again fails to materialize and [...]

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