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Hedge-fund manager Steven Cohen and Michael Bloomberg are among those ruing the day they bought the crushed shares of the UK bank touted as a “bargain.” By Nick Corbishley, for WOLF STREET: … Read more
by academiaadvice Source: NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index | www.nahb.org/research/housing-economics/housing-indexes/housing-opportunity-index.aspx | Adjusted for inflation using CPI-U: www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/consumer-price-index-and-annual-percent-changes-from-1913-to-2008/ | Tools: Excel; Datawrapper
by Shaun Richards The credit crunch has in many ways been a story of the banks and a major banking crisis. All these years later after a proliferation of promises … Read more
by visualcapitalist Over the last year, home prices have risen in 49 of the biggest 50 metro areas in the United States. At the same time, mortgage rates have hit seven-year … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter With Seattle’s economy still strong, the downturn isn’t caused by layoffs & defaulting mortgages. The fabulous bubble has run out of steam on its own. Inventory … Read more
by howmuch Wealth and income inequality are growing areas of concern. A report from Oxfam found that 82% of all wealth created throughout the world in 2017 went to the top 1%. 8 … Read more
via confoundedinterest: Since 2007, the inventory of existing homes sales has generally declined while median prices have skyrocketed. And home price growth has been exceeding wage (earnings) growth by around 2x-3x. … Read more
WSBTV reported: A sting on the sex-trafficking trade in metro Atlanta netted dozens of arrests and the rescue of dozens of children forced into sexual servitude, the FBI announced this … Read more
by Ruby Henley We need to thank District Court Judge Richard Scotti, who has ruled that videos and documents from October 1, 2017 be released by the Vegas Metro Police. … Read more
This hadn’t popped up on the local Fox yet www.clickondetroit.com/news/metr…aud-scheme It was a nation wide takedown with 6 MI docs involved. “More than 400 people across the country were charged … Read more
by Amna El Tawil Unlike his predecessors, the incoming president Donald Trump, will not be featured on the DC Metro’s special Inauguration Day card. Instead, the card has a … Read more
