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Opinion: Look Who's Winning Under Obamanomics

By John MerlineOct 25th 2010 – 5:43AM
Jim Mone, AP

Jim Mone, AP

(Oct. 25) -- Throughout his presidential campaign and into his first two years in the White House, President Barack Obama portrayed himself as a champion of the middle class, ready to wage battle with big business and Wall Street fat cats to make sure the wealth got "spread around." Back in March 2008, at a speech given...

Contra Washington Post, Americans Likely to Save More, Not Less

By Paul WachterAug 31st 2010 – 8:23AM

(Aug. 31) -- Robert Samuelson, The Washington Post's economics and politics columnist, surveys the country's lingering economic malaise and points his finger at consumers. He wrote Monday: Why is the recovery faltering? There are many explanations: a depressed housing market; weaker-than-expected exports; cautious...

Report: High 'Walkability' Rating Boosts Home Values

By Broderick PerkinsJan 28th 2010 – 4:02PM

(Jan. 28) – If your home offers pedestrian-friendly proximity to common daily destinations, chances are it's worth much more than a similar home without "walkability" – as much as $34,000 more. A study, "Walking the Walk: How Walkability Raises Housing Values in U.S. Cities," suggests adding "walkability" to...

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THE HUFFINGTON POST - BUSINESS

Celebrity Names Have Little Effect On Home Prices

By The Huffington Post May 21st 2012 - 02:47PM

In this real estate market it takes more than a famous name to bump up the price of a home.

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  • 06/02/12 Home prices drop in China Source: China News.Net Home prices in China dropped 1.53 percent from a year earlier in May, the China Index Academy said.
  • 05/31/12 Home prices lowest since 2002 Source: NBC - KETK 56 - Tyler TX Home prices hit new post-bubble lows in March, according to a report out Tuesday.
  • 02/20/12 China: Home prices edge lower, but tentative signs of... Source: FXStreet.com Home prices continued to edge lower in January, but there are tentative signs of stabilization.
  • 10/06/11 Home prices Source: Northern Nevada Business Weekly - Reno NV Home sales prices throughout Nevada during August were 12.4 percent below year-earlier figures, says CoreLogic, a California-based analysis firm.

Background on home prices

Real estate pricing deals with the valuation of real estate and all the standard methods of determining the price of fixed assets apply.

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