Housing Archive:

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Interactive results of a survey of 54 economists, on a number of indicators and issues. Updated Monthly. Related article.

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I would have added a deadlier swine flu or terrorist attack.

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In this case, the map view seems not very useful, but the chart view is well done, allowing a view of quarterly data from 2000 as well as annual from 1970. The links to the raw and meta data at the bottom is a nice touch I hope to see more often from everyone. Related article.

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Updated June 24th. The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”.

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From the NY Fed. Data available by county.

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Produced by the NY Fed, this is an interactive map of non-prime mortgages. You can zoom down by zip code, view either the current or 6 month change, and pick from an assortment of loan-type indicators.

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Despite what the NARs talking heads spout to the MSM at every data release, housing has not turned a corner.  The related article includes a good explanation of what the charts show. For discussion check out Ritholtz’s post on the same article.

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Hehe

In: Housing Humor US Economy

26 Jun 2009

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This one from Kiplinger. Pretty standard stuff – a color-coded summary and charts for each of six components. Uses a pretty weak (but easy to understand) recovery threshold: “When at least three of the six indicators go fully positive — with a check mark from us — it’s more than likely that the recession has ended.” The "watch for" section of each indicator are interesting.

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Monthly interactive survey of 54 economist on a number of indicators and issues.

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A good chart of US bubbles. The print version (p.A8, 6/18/09) had much better aesthetics. but the data are the same. Related article.

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Not too bad. of course, these numbers are affected by all kinds of factors (people not listing because they’re underwater, etc). Source: Infectious Greed.

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AP added to an already good interactive chart this month – you can now click through different periods with the slider at the bottom. The map displays unemployment, foreclosures, bankruptcy, or a composite “stress index”, by county. In the upper right you can change the period the %-change is calculated for. Double click on a region to zoom in; click&hold to move around.

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