70 zip codes in Northern Calif make top 500 By madhaus posted 1 year ago: Burbed's Most Expensive Zip Codes in NorCal series is complete with publication of today's last entry in the six-part series. This is based on Forbes' 500 Most Expensive Zip Code article, which was published back...
Sawbuck's Market Health Rating: Useless! By madhaus posted 1 year ago: Sawbuck is a real estate search site with MLS listings. They have this "Market Health" measure that looks like it means something, but it's really not of much value. I contrast it with Altos' Research's...
FICO Now Predicting Mortgage Walkaway Likelihood By madhaus posted 1 year ago: http://www.burbed.com/2011/11/ Not only is FICO modeling the likelihood of strategic default, Moody's is bearish on jumbo mortgage securities. Half of all current jumbo mortgages are underwater. It all leads to more pain coming.
Forbes Screws Up on 500 Most Expensive Zip Codes feature By madhaus posted 1 year ago: http://www.burbed.com/2011/10/ Forbes 500 Most Expensive Zip Code feature has bad data in every detail item. All have Days on Market (DOM) set to 200 and Inventory set to actual DOM from their own big table....