tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post7869210399296439316..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: Weak housing starts? Permits are a better indicatorScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-20634958813870285492013-05-17T01:20:59.309-07:002013-05-17T01:20:59.309-07:00The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (... The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased 0.4 percent in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 1.1 percent before seasonal adjustment.<br /><br />That's down 0.2 percent in March and down another 0.4 percent in April. Right now, we are in deflation. <br /><br />Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-5680254594249890632013-05-16T20:33:25.846-07:002013-05-16T20:33:25.846-07:00I think we have long, long rally in housing.
Als...I think we have long, long rally in housing. <br /><br />Also, what other investment can you leverage to buy, live in, have your interest payment be tax deductible, and then get capital gains free and clear (if over age 55 when you sell).<br /><br />The tax code artificially gooses house prices at all times. (When damning federal involvement in housing, people always forget to mention the tax Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-67469655733187818832013-05-16T14:54:43.583-07:002013-05-16T14:54:43.583-07:00Note that April 2013 marked the lowest level of th...<i>Note that April 2013 marked the lowest level of this ratio in the past 13 years.</i><br /><br />And did March 2013 mark the highest level of this ratio in the past 13 years?<br /><br />Flip, flop on the start or permit indicators.marmicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277071086056574486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-18311302585372227602013-05-16T12:40:46.711-07:002013-05-16T12:40:46.711-07:00Housing construction was one of the few organic gr...Housing construction was one of the few organic growth activities in the US economy through until the economic crisis began in 2008 -- I regret that housing may never fill that vital organic role in the future of the US again -- that the America would trade housing construction for military-industrial manufacturing, public services, and financial services is one of the outrages of our time -- McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com