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How cool is this?

A chart based on the percent change in cpi-adjusted quarterly median sales price from the prior year quarter using the “surface” charting function in Excel. Really!

I don’t know what the chart actually shows, but if I get it printed and matted or made into a quilt…I have an alternative art career if this appraisal gig doesn’t work out (so far so good, thankfully).

Ok, I’ll be on vacation next week, dreaming of defaults, housing prices and inventory.

Yeah right.

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[In Search Of Credit] Matrix Taking A Vacation

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• [Gettin’ Heavy] Real Estate Connect San Francisco 2008

Had to dust off my chart tools and re-visit Three Cents Worth, my erratic semi-regular but too infrequent posts on Curbed. This week I go tidal on listings and sales.

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Check out previous Three Cents Worth posts.

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[Curbed] Three Cents Worth: Manhattan Ebb & Flow

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• Outstanding On Our Soapbox: Bigger Is Not Always Better

In this week’s The Hall Monitor post in our other blog Soapbox called Bigger Is Not Always Better explores the idea that the multiple decades long trend toward larger house sizes may be over.

In other words, smaller housing size may matter more in the near future.

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Outstanding On Our Soapbox: Bigger Is Not Always Better

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• [Curbed] Three Cents Worth: Manhattan Ebb & Flow

I have had the pleasure of providing a monthly chart for the Economic Spotlight section of Crain’s New York Business magazine since September 2003. Here is the latest, which appears in the current issue of Crain’s New York Business.

Source: Crain’s New York Business

Go here for a complete archive of my Crains’s New York Economic Spotlight charts that have been published. They are organized by year.

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Crains New York Business Economic Spotlight Chart – May 2008

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• [Curbed] Three Cents Worth: Manhattan Ebb & Flow
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• Work-On-The-Boards: A-Predictor-Of-Construction-Demand

Periodically, I like to round-up some of my favorite recent blog posts that are housing market/credit/economy related. A lot of good information can be backed up in a Time Capsule.

Quote of the week…

The paperless society is about as plausible as the paperless bathroom.”
–Jesse Shera [librarian and author]

• <a href=”http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/05/12/the-price-of-land-vs-the-building/”The Price of Land vs. the Building [Real Time Economics/WSJ]

• Stopping The Bailout! [Paper Money]

• Are There More Than 50 People Blogging In Real Estate? [Bloodhound]

• The house that got away…. [360 Digest]

• As Greenwich Goes..? Maybe Rich Aren’t Immune In Housing Crisis [CNBC Realty Check]

• A Silver Lining To The Foreclosure Crisis: More Affordable Housing [Planetizen]

• Economic Stimulus Check Burned For Warmth [The Onion]

• It took 11 Hours for Someone to Point out the Obvious [Marginal Utility]

• <a href=”http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/05/ask_curbed_how_5.php”Ask Curbed: How Did a $20 Million House Sell for $57,000? [Curbed LA]

• Trulia, madly, deeply [Businessweek/Hot Property]

See more here:
[Housing On Fire] Blogoshere Hose-Down, Time Capsule Edition

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• Crains New York Business Economic Spotlight Chart – May 2008

First Quarter 2008: Graph of Homeownership Rates

Interesting how much homeownership rates vary by region. The midwest has the highest rate, yet they saw the least change in price appreciation during the housing boom. Markets in the west and northeast have the lowest rates (and the highest home prices).

Hmmm, let me see…. higher prices = lower affordability = lower home ownership rates = more creative financing.

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Homeownership Rates Slipping, Vary By Region

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Periodically, I like to round-up some of my favorite recent blog posts that are housing market/credit/economy related. And a good reason to mention Cinco de Mayo even though it has no connection with any of these posts.

Quote of the week…

In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that someone, somewhere is having fun with a computer on company time. Networks help alleviate that fear. – John C. Dvorak

• <a href=”http://www.themortgagereports.com/2008/05/the-2-reasons-w.html”3 Reasons Why Mortgage Rates May Fall in May [The Mortgage Reports]

• What Happens When You Over-Price Real Estate? [Searchlight Crusade]

• Envisioning Employment: Employment Situation April 2008 [Paper Economy]

• Another ride around the REO block [Inman Blog]

• The Future of Mortgage Brokers [RCG]

• How Do You Spell MLS? [Bloodhound Blog]

• BuildingSpotter: Know Your “Iron Man” Landmarks [Curbed LA]

• Reports from the Field: Putting the ‘Sex’ in Sexton [Behind the Mortgage]

• Ooh, I Feel So Stimulated! [My Open Wallet]

• Flashback: Sellsius Teams With Engadget [Sellsius]

• Task Force May Widen Federal and State Investigation into Mortgage Irregularities [Mortgage News Daily]

• Jose Canseco Exercises Free Housing Put Option [Housing Derivatives]

• Liquidity isn’t apple pie [interfluidity]

• U.S. Unemployment Rate [GREG MANKIW’S BLOG]

• Rebuttal To SmartMoney Housing Bottom Call [Mish]

See more here:
[Housing On Fire] Blogoshere Hose-Down, Cinco De Mayo Edition

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• [Curbed] Three Cents Worth: Manhattan Ebb & Flow
• [Housing On Fire] Blogoshere Hose-Down, 24-hour Edition