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  1. Not moving to where jobs are. WSJ.com - What Workers Lose By Staying Put on.wsj.com/LOpw78 5:08 PM May 25th via Tweet Button
  2. On state spend per capita: high cost of living in CA makes $1 go less. Fairer to compare vs income? @keynesianr 3:00 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  3. FHFA home price index UP 0.5% yoy using Fan/Fred loans but DOWN 1.3% using broader set of homes. Wonky details matter. 10:30 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  4. More home searches toward HIGHER unemployment areas than other way around, too. bit.ly/JVzBw1 @berubea1 10:24 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  5. New homes are small share of sales but the construction jobs they create help economic recovery. @NickTimiraos 1:05 PM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  6. Inventories typically 2.3% higher in Apr than Mar: bit.ly/yOWi8M NAR: NSA inv up 9.5% vs Mar. 7:53 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  7. Inventory & months of supply are not seasonally adjusted. So, compare yoy: 6.6 mo Apr'12 vs 9.1 mo Apr'11. 7:33 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  8. Median price changes do not adjust for the mix of homes sold, which is also changing. @RWhelanWSJ 7:14 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  9. Delinquency + foreclosure rate down from peak, but still only 37% of the way back to "normal" level. @diana_olick 2:28 PM May 21st via TweetDeck
  10. Bcz of error margins, take a longer view of home starts: bit.ly/Idx9S9 @DavidHilzenrath 11:43 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
  11. Men have made cooking a selfish act. WSJ.com - A Real Man's Place Is in the Kitchen on.wsj.com/KKnCBI 6:53 AM May 19th via Tweet Button
  12. Facebook effect on SFBayArea housing: be careful what you wish for! bit.ly/JU1Yco @NickTimiraos 5:18 PM May 18th via TweetDeck
  13. Job? What job? Home searchers are looking in markets with higher unemployment than where they live. bit.ly/JVzBw1 9:04 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
  14. People love space more than they hate sprawl. House hunters are looking toward the suburbs. bit.ly/JVzBw1 8:32 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
  15. Foreclosures down 29% in April yoy in non-judicial states, but up 15% in judicial states. realtytrac.com/content/forecl… 6:32 AM May 17th via web
  16. We really needed another example of housing policy falling short. Needy States Use Housing Aid Cash to Plug Budgets nytimes.com/2012/05/16/bus… 6:45 AM May 16th via Tweet Button
  17. @filipspagnoli @justinwolfers Builders needed strong signals from sales/invt/prices to have confidence in recovery. 6:02 AM May 16th via web in reply to filipspagnoli
  18. The real builders' confidence measure is the increase in construction starts: actions speak louder than words. 5:48 AM May 16th via web
  • Name Jed Kolko
  • Location San Francisco
  • Web http://jedkolko.org
  • Bio Chief Economist and Head of Analytics at Trulia, the online real estate site.
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