Where Have All the First Time Buyers Gone?

Mortgage rates are still low and the housing recovery still appears to be moving along. But in many markets around the country, fewer potential buyers are making that first step toward buying a home. Although the reasons for their absence from the housing scene is as...

Does the American Dream Hurt Growth?

Owning a home has long been a part of the cherished “American Dream” – a place to raise a family and grow old in comfort and security. But a controversial new study by a couple of economists is challenging that notion with some surprising findings about the...

Is the Gold Standard Slipping?

Good as gold, the saying goes. But – no so much these days? The price of gold continues to fall, reaching its lowest levels in over two years, a drop that’s causing chaos in money markets around the world. The plummeting price of gold comes as the Federal Reserve...