Outside the Beltway

The housing market has changed over the past five years, and that’s a good thing.

And even more bad news.

All in all, not looking like it will be a fun summer.

Real Estate prices continue to fall, but where are the buyers? Maybe they’re acting sane this time.

Three years later, there are no signs that the real estate market is anywhere close to recovering.

The U.S. housing market is a long way from the glory days of the housing bubble, and that’s a good thing.

The continuing chaos in Libya could have a serious impact on the U.S. economy, especially if it spreads to other oil producing nations.

Some people in the D.C. area are worried that the Federal spending gravy train may be coming to an end. They should be.

As things stand right now, the dynamics don’t look good for President Obama in 2012

Banks are faced with a huge number of foreclosures and that resources they’ve allocated towards handling them was woefully inadequate.

After several months of bad housing sales, politicians in Washington are starting to talk about bringing back one of the worst public policy programs of the last two years.

For many reasons, the housing market is unlikely to fully recover for the foreseeable future.

The housing market that existed from the late 1990s until 2007/08 was an historical anomaly, and anyone expecting a return to those days is fooling themselves.

Lenders and Borrowers seem poised to make the same mistakes that brought about the last Housing Bubble all over again.

Those with million dollar plus mortgages are defaulting at almost twice the rate on those smaller loans. Are the rich more ruthless?

There are a whole lot of reasons to be concerned about the economy.

The real estate market is returning to normal after being artificially stimulated by a tax credit.