
HyperLynx: Fundamentals of Purchasing a Home
I have been critical of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) for many things, but providing good easy-to-understand information is not one of them. The
I have been critical of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) for many things, but providing good easy-to-understand information is not one of them. The
Like the pig through the python, we are still seeing homeowners slowly going through the unpleasant process of foreclosure, seven years after the housing and
Portland-Metro’s 2014 RMLS™ stats bested 2013’s numbers in all metrics: New listings (37,654) were up 5.0%; Pending sales (28,220) were up 4.3%; Closed sales (27,752)
The last three months of 2014 have brought us some very good financial news. Here are the highlights of 4Q 2014 – together with potential
Quantitative Easing (“QE”) & Tapering. QE is a process whereby the Fed purchases large quantities of long-term securities held by big banks. The Fed prints
The RMLS™ Market Action Report just came out. Link is here. The Portland-Metro stats for November 2014 continued to show steady growth in almost all
Introduction. For the last several years, the concept of “equity” [i.e., the difference between the net proceeds received upon sale and the unpaid mortgage balance]
This is a “back-of-the-napkin” summary of the Portland-Metro real estate stats for October 2014, according to the RMLS’s™ Market Action Report, here. Closed sales at
Introduction. For most readers of my rants posts, it is no secret that I am a strong supporter of the “little guy;” the folks who
‘The former Federal Reserve chairman, speaking at a conference in Chicago yesterday, told moderator Mark Zandi of Moody’s Analytics Inc. — “just between the two of us”