Okay, that’s it… I’m convinced… Ben has never actually been to a “troubled community.” Would someone in Washington D.C please take him on a tour of pretty much anywhere Southeast will do… Minnesota Avenue, Lincoln Heights, I’m sure Anacostia... (Continue reading)
Housing prices may someday be high again, like the way they were a few years ago, but that's a subject for the next generation, or even the one after that. It's not something for me, at 49 years old...... (Continue reading)
The Beige Book, as it’s commonly known, is a report published eight times each year. Each of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks, which are located throughout the country, “gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its District through reports... (Continue reading)
Adjusted down to a rate of 267,000 annual sales was the worst month on record. That "rate," and I do love the way they report monthly numbers as an "annual sales RATE," means that 22,250 new homes were... (Continue reading)
Mandelman Matters Presents: ARE YOU READING THIS STUFF? What am I supposed to do? I read constantly and it’s painful. I figured that maybe by sharing it with you, I would know I wasn’t alone, and it would stop me... (Continue reading)