From Bloomberg : Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — Investors worldwide are borrowing dollars to buy assets including equities and commodities, fueling “huge” bubbles that may spark another financial crisis, said New York University professor Nouriel Roubini . “We have the mother … Read More

Here are some comments worth reading for an understanding of the office and industrial CRE space from the Liberty Property Trust conference call. (ht Brian) Note: Liberty Property Trust owns both office and industrial properties. LRY: During the third quarter … Read More

From the NY Times: The Case for More Stimulus . Excerpt: … Washington is not providing a coherent plan for effective stimulus. The Senate has been hamstrung for nearly a month over the most basic relief-and-recovery boost: an extension of … Read More

In Orange County, banks can make loans up to nearly $730,000 and sell them to government-controlled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac or get the loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration. But the bigger limits expire on Dec. … Read More

From San Francisco Fed Senior Economist John Krainer: Recent Developments in Mortgage Finance As the U.S. housing market has moved from boom in the middle of the decade to bust over the past two years, the sources of mortgage funding … Read More

Update: The Reid/Baucus proposal is to extend the tax credit and phase it out over 2010. The credit would be $8,000 through the end of Q1 2010, and decline $2,000 per quarter after that … ($6,000 in Q2, $4,000 in … Read More

Each Monday, The Simple Dollar opens up the reader mailbags and answers ten to twenty simple questions offered up by the readers on personal finance topics and many other things. Got a question? Ask it in the comments. You might … Read More

Every other Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance book. Ever since I first gave it a sincere read-through in late 2006, The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing has been my go-to guide for investment advice , the first place … Read More

It will be a busy week … a few coming highlights: Tuesday: Case-Shiller Home Price Index for August (expect another increase). Wednesday: Durable goods orders and New Home Sales. Thursday: Q3 GDP (Consensus is 3.0%). *************************************** A few articles and … Read More

From Carolyn Lochhead at the San Francisco Chronicle: Experts see rebounding economy shedding jobs Forget a jobless recovery. The economy may be entering a recovery with job losses. … “It’s not even a jobless recovery; it’s a recovery with more … Read More