Tag Archives: recession

Policy and Economy: Why Singapore's health care system beats ObamaCare

Singapore’s health care system is entirely different than anything the Democrats are trying to do. Singapore’s health care system is one libertarians should love, because people there pay for their own health care out of their own …

Calculated Risk: First-time Home Buyer Frenzy

In addition $8000 to the Federal tax credit, there are some state programs, as a nexample from Newsday.com: NYS rolls out tax credit for first-time home buyers – but most of the frenzy is being driven by the Federal Tax credit. …

Home sizes shrink for the first time in 15 years

If so, the data that we use to evaluate home sales could get complicated. In his book “The Subprime Solution,” economist Robert Shiller explains that in the past, home value appreciation appears to have been greater than it really was …

Report: St. Louis home prices down 10.1%, but signs that slump is …

The median price for a single-family home sold in metro St. Louis in the second quarter was $133600, according to data released today by the National Association of Realtors. And depending on how you look at it, that’s either good news, …