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This Month - 2009

01/09 - The Shortest Great Depression on Record   Greg Brooks, BSCi

02/09 - Jumpstarting the Housing Market   Greg Brooks, BSCi

03/09 - Okay, the End Is Near. But For Whom?   Greg Brooks, BSCi

04/09 - The Kids Are All Right (Pultex, Maybe Not)   Greg Brooks, BSCi

05/09 - Wild in the Streets   Greg Brooks, BSCi

06/09 - The Twilight Zone Economy   Greg Brooks, BSCi

07/09 - Green Shoots? Maybe Green Overshoots   Greg Brooks, BSCi

08/09 - Irresistible Force Meets Immovable Object   Greg Brooks, BSCi

09/09 - A Few Remaining Obstacles...and Then What?   Greg Brooks, BSCi

10/09 - All Shook Up   Greg Brooks, BSCi

11/09 - The Not-So-Big Housing Recovery   Greg Brooks, BSCi

12/09 - Can Craftsmanship Make a Comeback?   Greg Brooks, BSCi

This Month - 2010

01/10 - America Gets Its Mojo Back   Greg Brooks

02/10 - The More Things Change...   Greg Brooks

03/10 - Night of the Living Deadheads   Greg Brooks

04/10 - Handicapping the Recovery   Greg Brooks, BSCi

05/10 - All Clear (For Now)   Greg Brooks, BSCi

06/10 - Not-So-Great Expectations   Greg Brooks

07/10 - Stalked by Shadow Inventory   Greg Brooks

Market Data

Flow of Funds Report   Federal Reserve

NAHB Housing and Interest Rate Forecast   National Association of Home Builders

Web Resources

Core Mortgage Risk Monitor   FirstAmerican Core Logic

Market Data

Brookings Metro Monitor 2009 (quarterly reports)   Brookings Institution

Brookings Metro Monitor Summaries (Excel)   Brookings Institution

Case-Shiller Home Price Index   Standard & Poors

Econo-Matrix spreadsheet   Al Sherman, LBM Research

Economy.com Housing Projections Thru 2012   Economy.com

FHFA House Price Index   Federal Housing Finance Agency

Foreclosures By State, 2006 - 2009   RealtyTrac

House Prices in America (3Q2008)   IHS Global Insight

Housing Vacancy Rates, Q1 2009   U.S. Census Bureau

Presentations

LPS Mortgage Monitor   Lender Processing Services

Market Data

Median Home Prices, 4Q 2009   National Association of Realtors

MSA Price Trends, 2Q 2007 - 2Q 2009   Federal Housing Finance Agency

Negative Equity Report, 4Q 2009   First American Core Logic

Permits Plus building permit data   Tom Sanford, Price-Log Systems

Research Reports

Budget and Economic Outlook: 2010 - 2020   Congressional Budget Office

Credit Suisse Foreclosure Projections, 2009-12   Credit Suisse

Fiscal Monitor: May 2010   International Monetary Fund

Industrializing the Residential Construction Site, PATH, 2000 (PDF)   Greg Brooks

State of the Nation's Housing 2010   Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies

Why Don't Lenders Renegotiate More Mortgages   Boston Federal Reserve