Category Archives: Foreclosure

Miami Hype Machine: “Sales Pace Slows Dramatically”

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Jonathan Miller

Since housing bust began, Condo Vultures has led the way with distressed new development information on Miami, a housing market that became branded for foreclosures and stalled new development activity after the mid-decade crash. Their name suggests someone who is… Read More

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Ignore The False Positives, Foreclosure Sales Are Rising Again Now

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Jonathan Miller

,br> [click to open RealtyTrac Report] RealtyTrac released their Q3 2012 U.S. Foreclosure & Short Sales Report which shows a pretty clear recent trend: A timeline that counters the national “recovery” discussion over the past year. Record low mortgage rates… Read More

Posted in Foreclosure | Tagged Realtytrac, Short Sales | 13 Comments

[In The Media] BeastTV – The Number with Dan Gross 10-4-12

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Jonathan Miller

Starting to be a regular (monthly) guest with Dan for a quick segment on “The Number”. Today we talked about: Presidential Debates, pro cyclical, Manhattan housing, “sticky on the downside” “being a real estate pornographer”, “housing is back, baby”, single… Read More

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Low Housing Inventory Is NOT A Sign of Housing Recovery

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Jonathan Miller

I wrote “The Decline In Inventory Right Now is NOT a Good Sign” back in February, but there has been a more refined discussion about low inventory recently. Back then my orientation was more about the “robo-signing” scandal causing a… Read More

Posted in Foreclosure, Market Reports (US) | Tagged David Rosenberg, Stan Humphries | 9 Comments

Visualizing US Distressed Sales – Katrina Edition

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Jonathan Miller

The WSJ presented a series of charts on US distressed properties based on information from the St. Louis Fed (most proficient data generators of all Fed banks) and LPS. Here are the first and last maps of the series. To… Read More

Posted in Boom Bubble Bust, Foreclosure, Market Reports (US) | Tagged Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Hurricane Katrina | Leave a comment

[The BBQ Interview] Rick Sharga of Carrington Mortgage Holdings – “Why is REO Volume Down?”

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Jonathan Miller

I was looking for guidance/insight on the issue of future REO volume because I had anticipated a faster pickup in REO volume once the state AG agreement was signed with the major servicers (ie being held back after robo signing… Read More

Posted in Distressed, Foreclosure | Tagged Carrington Mortgage Holdings, Rick Sharga | 5 Comments

Podcasts

09/23/2012

[The Housing Helix Podcast] Barry Ritholtz Part 2

Video

05/13/2013

Bloomberg Surveillence TV with Tom Keene, Sara Eisen and Adam Davidson

Had a fun interview with Tom and Sara this morning on the always MUST watch/listen Bloomberg Surveillance. We talked housing, rentals, vacancy and inventory. An added bonus was the addition of Adam Davidson – co-founder and co-host of Planet Money... Read More