The shortage of supply, increases in costs, and millennials finally catching the home ownership bug has median prices jumping. Nationwide, “the median was $316,200 last year versus $240,900 in 2005.”
Millennials See White Picket Fences
“Virtually all major builders are migrating away from the luxury homes that dominated the early years of the economic expansion and are focusing on lower price points to cater to this burgeoning clientele,”
Las Vegas Housing
The home market is still highly sensitive to interest rates. Employment/building permits is an interesting ratio that for the moment looks good, but could flip in a hurry.
Bankers, the Last to Know
It seems Lord Keynes had one thing right when he wrote, “Banks and bankers are by nature blind. They have not seen what was coming…
Suddenly has Arrived
Despite nine full years of zero-to-slight interest rates, “suddenly” has arrived. “Total US bankruptcy filings by consumers and businesses in March spiked 40% from February
Getting Small Will Mean Sellin' with Yellen
No doubt it’s time. Grant’s Interest Rate Observer points to the Fed’s 111.7 to 1 leverage ratio this week and quips “the central bank’s financial documents come to look like exhibits from some Delaware bankruptcy-court proceeding.”
No Need For Government Force Legal Pot Will Make Higher Wages
McCurdy should notice what’s going on in Denver. “Colorado’s restaurant labor market is in Defcon 5 right now, because of weed facilities,”
More Houses, More Squatting
While economists are worried about too few houses being built, squatting in vacant homes has become an epidemic in Las Vegas,
Big Boom and Big Bust, Jiggle Lives On
As John L. Smith wrote, “Few have enjoyed as much success combining skinny girls and whiskey as Jack Galardi.”
Old Fed or New Fed, Rates are Headed Up
does the Fed really set interest rates or follow the market?
Trading Bad Paper Helps Underwater Homeowners
In the short term Gov’t Sachs is looking to satisfy its debt to society, but in the long run they think they can make some money at this.
Buyers Buy, When Lenders Lend
So why the rosy scenario? Americans figure the coast is clear, their jobs are safe, America is gonna be great again.
Las Vegas: Too Many Dealers, Too Much Bad Credit, Just the Right Number of Lawyers
Boohoohoo, we’re lightly burdened with Legislators at 11 percent, Urban regional planners at 42 percent, and Social scientists at 45 percent.
Grexit Spells Trouble For Trump's Bubbleland
Investors may have forgotten that the U.S. market swoons when Greeks get handouts. July will be here soon and the Greeks owe a $7.42 billion bond payment they have no hope of paying.
Lawyers Cry Crocodile Tears, While Their Clients Dance On
“They’re a hard demographic to represent,” lawyer Leon Greenberg told Allie Conti of vice.com. “The girls who are into it are making a lot of money, so it’s easy to say, ‘Oh, we’re getting $500 or $1,000 or a couple of thousand dollars for a day or night’s work.’
Clouds Over 2018
t’s as the Austrian economists predict: when the monetary accommodation ends, it’s time for the cleansing of malinvestments to begin.
Wall Street Depression Takes Another Life
Perhaps world markets are on the edge of crashing and those on the inside know it and don't want to be around for the carnage.
Mary Wilson: Still Hustling to Prove Herself
The grandmother of eight sang an eclectic mix of tunes she said had meaning in her life. She’s still out to prove she can sing more than the ooo’s and ah’s she did backing up Diana Ross.