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Housing: Back to 2000
Felix Salmon says there’s no end in sight for the housing bust, pointing to the latest edition of the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Housing prices are off 36 percent since their 2006 peak. Housing...
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How the Crash Continues to Reshape America
Writing in The Atlantic, I argued that the economic crisis was reshaping America’s economic geography, with big city centers and mega-region hubs like New York City, talent-rich regions like greater...
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Housing and the Crisis, Part I
Housing prices continue to fall nationally but the economic impacts of the crisis are being felt unevenly across the country. Housing values are off roughly a third from their peak in mid-2006,...
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“America Needs to Get Over Its House Passion”
On Morning Edition yesterday, I discussed the merits of owning versus renting your home with host Steve Inskeep. The ideal of homeownership is deeply ingrained in the American psyche. For the past...
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The Housing Seesaw
The big news last week on the housing price front was the jump in the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. Even though the bounce was rather slight – the widely cited index registered a...
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