Comments on: Street Signs Housing Recovery Stalling? http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/street-signs-housing-recovery-stalling/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:55:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ravenchris http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/street-signs-housing-recovery-stalling/comment-page-1/#comment-188114 ravenchris Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:53:38 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=30436#comment-188114 Yun is simply a 'snake oil peddler' employed by the NAR. Yun is simply a ’snake oil peddler’ employed by the NAR.

]]> By: leftback http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/street-signs-housing-recovery-stalling/comment-page-1/#comment-188094 leftback Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:19:33 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=30436#comment-188094 Lawrence Yun and Jim Cramer should be locked in a room and forced to admire each other's housing bottoms. Stop all this nonsense and just let the bloody thing fall. The true housing crisis was the absurd run-up in home prices during the bubble. This is simply a sweet return to sanity. Lawrence Yun and Jim Cramer should be locked in a room and forced to admire each other’s housing bottoms.

Stop all this nonsense and just let the bloody thing fall. The true housing crisis was the absurd run-up in home prices during the bubble. This is simply a sweet return to sanity.

]]> By: Novemberrain http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/street-signs-housing-recovery-stalling/comment-page-1/#comment-188071 Novemberrain Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:15:58 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=30436#comment-188071 I think the housing market does not appear to have brightened in any way. Home sales still lag well behind the home sale numbers of a year ago.Reports indicate the number of foreclosures available for sale will increase in coming months. I think the situation would deteriorate even further since *Job losses have reached such a high rate that has not been observed in the last 50 years. *There Is No Demand *Since May, Mortgage Rates Have Gone Up *Too Much Supply * Option ARM – The Next Wave of Default * Market Psychology Recently read an article on a similar premise. <a href="http://www.housingnewslive.com/is-the-housing-market-recovering.php" rel="nofollow">Is the housing market improving</a> I think the housing market does not appear to have brightened in any way. Home sales still lag well behind the home sale numbers of a year ago.Reports indicate the number of foreclosures available for sale will increase in coming months.

I think the situation would deteriorate even further since

*Job losses have reached such a high rate that has not been observed in the last 50 years.
*There Is No Demand
*Since May, Mortgage Rates Have Gone Up
*Too Much Supply
* Option ARM – The Next Wave of Default
* Market Psychology

Recently read an article on a similar premise. Is the housing market improving

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