I mean, beyond some economics (but I grew up with an economist).  

Davey, Two blogs I enjoy reading are REwired (http://www.housingwire.com/blogs/1-rewired) and the national association of realtors economists outlook (http://economistsoutlook.blogs.realtor.org/).  

By the way securitization works, only 5% of CMO mortgages defaulted for a loss, the reason the CMO market crashed was because of the fear in the market that CMOs would fail, effectively making the demand zero which any economist will tell you makes the value zero.

“Housing markets are poised for their best year in a decade,” Freddie Mac Chief Economist Sean Becketti said.

I am no economist (in fact hated that class in school) but if you look at the amount of Federal debt, the fact that Social Security and Medicare are running out of money, that to keep the economy propped up the Fed just prints more money, I have to agree with these more fringe prognosticators that we are in for a correction in the near future.  

The activities of the GSE's as they de-risk their portfolios by selling NPL'sThe session was kicked off by Frank Northaft, Chief Economist at CoreLogic who presented a comprehensive overview of the US housing market.

Yesterday we discussed the overarching market trends according to CoreLogic’s Chief Economist Frank Northaft who presented his market overview in Manhattan this week.

I am an economist by trade but real estate entrepreneur by passion.Any help on where to look, who to contact, leads on properties, or just to chat is all appreciatedFeel free to respond here or pm meThank you!

This is hardly worth the price of entry to us.As for rates, I'm no economist by trade and I don't remember if you are since we haven't spoken in a while... but the US treasury is in no position to raise rates to 6% or 7% until government debt is substantially reduced.

Zillowtalk - by Spencer Rascoff & Stan Humphries (CEO & Chief Economist at Zillow respectively)I saw this book recommended to me on Google Play and then saw it on Audible again so I got it, I was intrigued by the tagline: List your home after March Madness but before Masters Week.