More Housing Woes: Existing Home Sales Drop For The 7th Straight Month
Those counting on the long-awaited rebound in sales will have to wait some more because September home sales totally plunged. Here are the details…
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Mortgage Applications Tank As Interest Rates Soar
Weekly mortgage applications fell a whopping 7.1% as borrowing costs surged. Here are the details…
Continue readingMartenson & Richter In An Off The Cuff Discussion To Make Sense Of The Recent Market Gyrations
With turmoil in stocks, problems in the bond markets, and budding problems in housing and real estate, Chris and Wolf unpack it all to make sense out of it…
Continue readingMore Trouble For The Housing Market: Mortgage Rates Surge To A Seven Year High
With US consumers suddenly dreading to see the bottom line on their next 401(k) statement, they now have the housing market to worry about. Here’s why…
Continue readingThe End Is Now In Sight: Rising Interest Rates Start Popping Bubbles
After a year of gradual interest rate increases, rates are finally high enough to start popping bubbles. Here are just two examples…
Continue readingFund Manager: The Housing Market Goes Down The Drain
Dave Kranzler has crunched the latest numbers, and sales haven’t just dipped slightly. Sales are falling off a cliff and plunging. Here are the details…
Continue readingIs The Global Real Estate Bubble Starting To Pop?
Many of the world’s largest cities are in massive speculative bubbles. The question is has the global housing bubble started to pop? Here’s some insight…
Continue readingLynette Zang: Critical Threshold Breached, Ushering In The New Financial System Follows
Lynette says the old financial system died in 2008, and now that this critical threshold has been breached, we know what comes next. Here are the details…
Continue readingWhy Are So Many People Talking About A Stock Market Crash This October?
Historic market crashes have taken place in October (1929, 1887, 2008), but that’s not the only reason to be concerned about a crash next month…
Continue readingMortgage Rates Are Jumping (And Now The US Housing Market Is Starting To Fall)
All of the problems of the first real estate bubble are back, and now rates are up for the 4th week in a row. Here’s an update on the US […]
Continue readingNYC Home Sellers Are Slashing Prices “Like It’s 2009”
The New York City real estate market is now officially crumbling as sellers are slashing prices. Here are the details…
Continue readingWe’re All Speculators Now
When the herd thunders off the cliff, most participants are trapped in the stampede…
Continue readingWe Are Now In The Calm Before The Fed Storm, But The Markets May Just Get Interesting Anyway
SD Outlook: Do the metals take-out key moving averages, and does the stock market have a final surge to all-time highs left in it? Here’s some insight…
Continue readingHousing Bubble Watch: The Las Vegas Housing Market Is Booming (And That’s Not A Good Thing)
The epicenter of the housing bust that happened ten years ago is booming again, but economists say that’s a bad sign. Here’s why…
Continue readingFund Manager: It’s Been A Rough Ride Since 2011 But Zoom Out And Gold Doesn’t Look Bad
Dave Kranzler puts gold into perspective for us, and once it is in perspective, gold doesn’t look that bad at all. Here’s why…
Continue readingThe Next Financial Crisis (2019) Is Right On Schedule
Financial markets no longer reflect reality. Neither small businesses or the bottom 90% can afford the “greatest economy ever”. Here’s what happens next…
Continue readingFund Manager Asks: Will The Housing Market Fall This Fall?
Dave Kranzler says buy that house now if you must, but wait 6-12 months, and home prices will be lower for an even better home. Here’s why…
Continue readingEven Mortgage Lenders Are Repeating Their 2006 Mistakes
You’d think the previous decade’s housing bust would still be fresh in the minds of mortgage lenders, if no one else. But apparently not…
Continue readingNot If But When The Everything Bubble Pops, We’re Broke
The everything bubble will pop. Here’s how much can be expected to be lost in stocks, real estate, and even consumer durable goods…
Continue readingFormer Fed Insider: Only Precious Metals Will Not Fall As The Financial Markets Fall In Tandem
Danielle DiMartino Booth says there are many catalysts that could disrupt the markets, and the markets are in much worse shape than in 2008. Here’s more…
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