http://www.stephenheise.com Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:40:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If nonfarm employment can be relied on as an indicator, then the U.S. is already in a recession. Even a cursory glance at this employment graph (click for larger version) generated at the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED2 web site using data they obtained from the Current Employment Statistics survey speaks ... http://www.stephenheise.com/2008/07/18/us-2008-recession-looms/ An active bug in Google Adwords is letting spammers create ads that display your URL but redirect to a spam site of their choosing, cloaking the redirect so Google can't tell what's going on. To see a sploaker in action, search Google for "Canon Rebel". You'll find this ad that falsely claims to be ... http://www.stephenheise.com/2008/05/26/is-somebody-stealing-your-identity-on-google-adwords/ California and Nevada home prices are on track to return to normal levels by September 2008. While Florida made a good showing-- lopping 5% off average home prices in 3 months-- prices there are not likely to reach sanity until Christmas. These states, along with Massachusetts (expected to ... http://www.stephenheise.com/2008/05/22/us-real-estate-correcting-fast-sanity-by-september/ Blogger's Note: In response to reader demand, I have decided to make this animation a regular feature. The next installment will coincide with the May 22 data release. Homes in The West from Washington state to California to Texas continue to sell at prices well above the long-term inflation-adjusted trend. ... http://www.stephenheise.com/2008/02/26/mainland-us-home-price-heat-map-q4-2007/ As a way of whetting your appetite -- with just fifteen days to go until the next OFHEO House Price Index data release -- I thought it would be neat to compile an Overprice Index using the same data set I used to generate the popular U.S. house price heat ... http://www.stephenheise.com/2008/02/11/top-300-most-overpriced-cities-in-q3-2007/ Inflation adjusted analysis of mainland U.S. same home sales shows a cooling across Michigan and Massachusetts. For your enjoyment I have generated an animated heat map indicating the states that are burning above (red) and below (blue) the historical price trend for that area. The chart runs from 1975 through ... http://www.stephenheise.com/2007/12/17/us-real-estate-market-cooling-down/