Report predicts more enrollment growth Increases likely to continue ‘even on to 2020-21,’ school board told

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Robert Schwarz, principal planner for RSP Associates, of Overland Park, Kansas gave Oswego School District Board members an updated one-hour long report Monday night on an enrollment study his firm made for the district last year. The report projects slower, yet ...

Lower Loan Limits Coming: Muted Impact?

Saturday, July 2nd, 2011 Posted in Micro News | No Comments »

A study released by George Washington University reveals that the Federal Housing Association’s (FHA) current loan limits are larger than necessary to serve its targeted market of first-time and low to moderate income borrowers.

Cash Investors Help Find a Housing Bottom

Saturday, July 2nd, 2011 Posted in Micro News | No Comments »

(Reuters) - Often blamed for helping to create the U.S. housing boom and crash by driving up prices, investors are now being welcomed as a key support for the battered property market.

Government Stays Glued to Mortgage Market!

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Falling prices are eroding consumer confidence and hindering job mobility by leaving millions of borrowers trapped in homes worth less than what they owe. A glut of bank-owned foreclosures has slowed residential construction, damping a major source of job growth. ...

House Prices May Not See Recovery Until 2014!

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

U.S. home prices won’t rise consistently until 2014 amid continuing structural problems in the housing market, an economist argues. Associated Press Foreclosures continue to weigh on home prices. In Capital Economics latest look at the housing market, economist Paul Dales ...

Canadians’ Indebtedness Continues to Rise!

Sunday, June 19th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Since inception, Running of the Bulls has highlighted the nutty Canadian housing market.  It is the position of this blog that home prices in Canada are bubbly, at least in some cities, and that The Canadian Housing Bubble will end like ...

Canadian Housing Bubble, er “Market” Update!

Sunday, June 19th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

In our never-ending quest to profit from the works of others, we here at Running of the Bulls present to you two papers on the Canadian housing market, which is a bubble, or kinda bubble-like, at least in some places. First ...

White House says needs to deal with housing problems

Sunday, June 19th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The struggling housing sector will not stop the country's economic recovery but the Obama administration needs to deal with problems in the market, a top White House economic adviser said on Sunday.

Pending home sales plunge in April

Sunday, June 19th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Pending sales of existing U.S. homes dropped far more than expected in April to touch a seven-month low, a trade group said on Friday, dealing a blow to hopes of a recovery in the housing market.

Fannie, Freddie cost government more due to housing ills

Sunday, June 19th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Mortgage losses and a still-sour housing market could drive the cost of taxpayer support for Fannie Mae (FNMA.OB) and Freddie Mac (FMCC.OB) above the previous estimate of $291 billion, the Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday.
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