Housing BubbleHousing bubble news and commentary on trends in real estate prices,investor behavior and home buyingForeclosures.com reports foreclosure activity in Chicagoland still high- July 1, 2003 Pace of foreclosures in the Chicago metro area continues at near epidemic levels says foreclosures.comhttp://housing-bubble.com/news/chicago-foreclosure-010703.html Construction falls 1.7 percent- July 1, 2003 Construction falls 1.7 percent, spending on new residential housing units falls 0.7 percenthttp://housing-bubble.com/news/construction-010703.html OFHEO releases Capital Classifications for Fannie and Freddie- July 1, 2003 Smaller interest rate shocks and recent years house price appreciation largely account for the growth in capital surpluseshttp://housing-bubble.com/news/ofheo-capital-class-010703.html Foreclosures.com - NJ market helps homeowners in default- July 1, 2003 Foreclosures.com say New Jersey's hot housing market helps homeowners in defaulthttp://housing-bubble.com/news/New-jersey-foreclosures-010703.html Foreclosures.com sees no relief in Bay Area foreclosure activity- July 1, 2003 Negative job growth and protracted unemployment will increase foreclosure activity in the second half of 2003http://housing-bubble.com/news/bay-area-foreclosures-010703.html |