It Doesn’t Matter What Your Position Is Right Now, You Can Do Better
An obviously upset Sam writes in: You think your world is all rainbows and puppies. Guess what? Karma will eventually bite you in the [rear]. Seven months ago I got fired from my job for no fault of my own the company was going under. Now I cant pay…
Your city’s share of distressed homes …
On Monday we showed cities with high and low shares of distressed properties in the Orange County market, according to a bi-weekly analysis by Steve Thomas of Altera Real Estate. Here are all cities: . City Active Listings Foreclosures and short sales % of Active Listings Aliso Viejo 215…
Trade Deficit increases in May
The Census Bureau reports : [T]otal May exports of $152.3 billion and imports of $194.5 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $42.3 billion, up from $40.3 billion in April, revised. May exports were $3.5 billion more than April exports of $148.7 billion. [May] imports were $5.5 billion…
Sagging Global Growth Requires Us to Act
From the Financial Times : Sagging Global Growth Requires Us to Act By Nouriel Roubini and Ian Bremmer It looks as if the global economy is heading for a serious slowdown this year. Emergency austerity programmes in some countries will put a drag on growth. Inventory adjustments will run…
Reverse mortgage market hits $2.7 billion
Although a number of prominent lenders have left the market over the last eighteen months due to the global financial crisis, a new study has found that the reverse mortgage market continues to grow with total loans now exceeding $2.7 billion. The SEQUAL report found that reverse mortgages increased…
Stress Tests: EU Concerned about "pockets of vulnerability”
From James Kanter at the NY Times: European Ministers Weigh Details of Stress Test European Union finance ministers met Monday to start two days of discussions partly aimed at deciding how much information to reveal after they complete [stress] tests … “The European banking sector is, over all, resilient,” Olli…
Distressed Sales: Sacramento as an Example, June 2010
The Sacramento Association of REALTORS® has been breaking out short sales for over a year now. They report monthly resales by equity sales (conventional resales), and distressed sales (Short sales and REO sales), and I’m following this series as an example to see mix changes in a distressed area. Click…


