Monthly Archives: February 2014

Why the cure for high prices is high prices

Investor demand, large and small, put a floor on home prices after the housing crash and ignited a recovery. While institutional investors made up a small percentage of those home buyers, they have garnered the most attention because of the … Continue reading

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60 Minutes: 100,000 homes for the homeless

Giving apartments to homeless people who’ve been on the streets for years before they’ve received treatment for drug or alcohol problems or mental illness may not sound like a wise idea. But that’s what’s being done in cities across America … Continue reading

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With monetary “easing” like QE who needs tightening?

All the talk, talk, talk, about Central Banks “saving” the economy and consumers getting stronger and “taper isn’t tighter”…one might easily get the impression that consumer spending constraints have been loosening the past year. And yet incomes have continued to … Continue reading

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