Making the decision to move can be an exciting time, whether you’re moving across town or across the country. But it can also be a milestone surrounded by uncertainty: am I making the right decision? How will my kids adjust to a new school? Will I like my new neighborhood? According to the US Census, […]

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 […]

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. Click to view post. Check out previous Three Cents Worth posts. Read the original: [Curbed] Three Cents Worth: Manhattan Ebb & Flow

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. See original here: Outstanding On Our Soapbox: Bigger […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]