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Gloomy Fannie Sees a Flat Fall
Fannie Mae's economists see 2.5 percent overall growth in the second half of 2010 but forecast housing will be flat for the remainder of the year due to a greater than expected number of sales being pulled forward into the second quarter by the homebuyer tax credit.
Home Prices Heading for a Second Dip
By: Steve Cook; Fri, Jul 30, 2010
Recent gains in home values are temporary and markets are poised for a 5 percent dip during the balance of 2010.
Restoring Default Risk to Pre-Bubble Levels Will Take Five Years
By: Steve Cook; Wed, May 26, 2010
The risk of borrowers defaulting on their mortgages today is much less than in 2006 to 2008, but it will take at least five years for risk to return to pre-bubble levels, a leading expert on default risk told Real Estate Economy Watch.
Ready for a Housing Shortage this Year?
By: Steve Cook; Mon, Feb 15, 2010
With healthy inventories, 3 million foreclosures, more and more short sales, falling values, rising vacancy rates, shrinking rents and one third of all homeowners underwater, could we possibly be heading for a national housing shortage this year?
Mortgage Giant Predicts Strong Housing Recovery Next Year
By: David Lereah; Thu, Dec 17, 2009
Housing activity is expected to be brisk in the New Year according to Fannie Mae's recently released December Housing Forecast.
Fitch Ratings Sees Better Times for Builders in 2010
By: Steve Cook; Tue, Dec 15, 2009
A four-year downturn has evidently come to an end for U.S. homebuilders, according to Fitch Ratings in its outlook report for the sector.
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Moody’s Economist Sees Ten-Year Housing Recovery
By: Steve Cook; Tue, Sep 22, 2009
It will take more than a decade for housing markets to regain the ground that has been lost since 2006 predicted a top economic researcher with Moody's Economy.com yesterday, the second leading housing economist to issue a gloomy recovery forecast in the past week.
Can We Wait for the Echo?
By: Steve Cook; Mon, Jun 22, 2009
It's clear the "echoes" will spawn a record number of households and boost housing demand but it's not such a given that they will become homeowners, at least right away. In fact, in the near term, demographic forces favor the rental over the for-sale market.
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By: Steve Cook; Mon, Aug 16, 2010
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