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• Foreclosures: Chicken or Egg?
  
  It’s a classic chicken-and-egg question: are foreclosures a cause or a symptom of the slumping housing market? and Director of the Real Estate Research Council of Southern California . Carney was speaking at the research council’s most recent quarterly luncheon, where foreclosures were the topic of the day. One Southern California economist believes they’re clearly a symptom. “I I think there were troubles to start with; that’s what caused the defaults and foreclosures,” said Dr.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• California Consumers Hit the Skids
  
  Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., The report cites concerns about the housing market, gasoline prices, the job market and the volatility of the stock market as key to the negativity among consumers about present and future economic conditions. According to the Chapman report, consumer spending on big ticket items — like housing — is expected to drop precipitously over the next six months. Analysts at the A. are reporting consumer confidence among Californians at the lowest level recorded since it began
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
  
  If California’s economic indicators stay at their present course, 2007 should be a very good year for investing and purchasing foreclosure properties at bargain prices. At Wednesday’s Opening Session of California Realtor EXPO 2006, Leslie Appleton-Young, Chief Economist for the California Association of Realtors, presented her housing forecast for next year , calling for the state’s median home price to drop for the first time in 10 years and the pace of home sales to continue to decrease. LONG BEACH, Calif. — The CAR forecast also calls for a 2 percent drop in the state’s
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• You Too Can Predict the Future...Maybe
  
  Although he believes the $152 million economic stimulus package President Bush and Congress approved last month will help somewhat, Engle, a professor at New York University, is disappointed in the performance of the housing sector enough to blame it as the chief reason that a recession is likely. “What I’m hoping is that this sector of the economy doesn’t get legislated away. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. Time to dust off those Ouija boards and take out the tea leaves. The way things are going nowadays you too have about
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• Mid-Year Report: Nation Not Over the Hump Yet
  
  But real estate — housing prices to be precise — is the sign that forecasters at the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University are looking to lead the way back to prosperity. Forecast article for 2008-2009 is entitled, “The Recessionary Outlook: Housing Prices Will Determine Its Length and Intensity.” As it has in times past, real estate has led this nation into recession, and it will lead us out as well — when the signs are there for a recovery. We’re now mid-way through 2008 and the signs aren’t there
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  Still, on a yearly basis existing home sales were down almost 24 percent from February 2007, and the national median sales price for all housing types for the month was down 8.2 To add insult to injury The Conference Board released the news that its monthly Consumer Confidence Index revealed a lack of consumer confidence about the nation’s present situation and future prospects for economic recovery. When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything. When reports of telltale economic indicators are released, if
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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