Predictions for 2015 – Real Estate and the Economy

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Real Estate Predictions for 2015. Economic Predictions for 2015. Gold and Silver Predictions for 2015. The economy will not boost home sales, rather government stimulus and programs may do the trick. Interest rates will remain low as the Fed engages in “Quantitative Patience” and talks about raising rates only. Gold and silver demand will out Read More →

The False Housing Recovery of 2014

The False Housing Recovery. Housing Outlook for 2015. The False Housing Recovery of 2013 continued in 2014. After a few years of false starts, the housing market remains stalled. Existing Home Sales Down 3% in 2014. Housing Recovery? What Housing Recovery? The definition of recovery is a temporary period between sickness and wellness. The housing Read More →

The Housing Recovery that Never Was Is Over

the economy is being held up by QE which is ending

The Housing Recovery is Over Real Estate News The housing recovery has been limited to rising prices as existing home and new home sales remained depressed. Is the home price recovery coming to an end? There is a hole in the housing bubble balloon that can’t be patched. The one (and only) undeniable feature of Read More →

The Housing Recovery & the Law of Small Numbers

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The Housing Recovery And The Law of Small Numbers. The housing recovery is not as big as the press makes it out to be. Any gains are coming off historically low numbers. Check out the Smaulgld Gold Buying Guide Check out the Smaulgld Silver Buying Guide Real Estate News The Housing Recovery and the Law Read More →

Did China Warn the U.S. On QE and The Debt Ceiling?

Did China Warn the U.S. On QE? Buy Physical Silver Online Podcast Summary 0:00-2:36 Intro A Warning From China? 2:36-7:35 Discussion of the new direction that the Federal Reserve is taking. All the Fed Presidents have been making statements that they are determined to continue with the tapering of quantitative easing (QE), brushing off a Read More →

Economists and Weathermen

The End of QE? Buy Physical Silver Online The End of QE? Podcast Summary: 0:00-3:50 Intro Quantitative Easing Equals Bailonomics 3:50 -9:12 Discussion of Bernanke’s exit from the Fed Chair of the Federal Reserve and the value of the dollar as a safe haven in a crisis (even ones involving the US), emerging markets turmoil Read More →

Why the Housing “Recovery” is a Farce – Illustrated by Two Charts

The Housing Recovery is a Farce Home sales and new home construction are down. Home sales to first time home buyers are at historic lows, yet many believe there is a housing recovery. The charts tell a different story. Buy Physical Silver Online Real Estate News Since the start of Smaulgld.com we have been covering Read More →

Mortgage Applications Tumble – Just a Flesh Wound, Keep Fighting!

Mortgage Applications Tumble Mortgage applications tumbled 7% last week. Real Estate News The economic and housing “recoveries” are over and have been for months. Yet hope persists (the market has taken a slight “pause”!) that recent set backs in pending home sales, rising interest rates and lackluster job reports are mere bumps in the road Read More →

The False Housing Recovery of 2013 and How it Unraveled

The False Housing Recovery How To Buy Gold How to Buy Silver Update: The False Housing Recovery of 2014 “Declining housing affordability conditions are likely responsible for the bulk of reduced contract activity” Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist announcing that pending house sales plunged 5.6% in September The Decline and Fall of the 2013 Housing Read More →