American housing - Map of misery - reviewed by Tom Grey

American housing - Map of misery

Economist | May. 8, 2008 (Special Report)

SOUNDING more like a cartographer than a central banker, Ben Bernanke this week showed off the Federal Reserve's latest gizmo for tracking America's property bust: maps that colour-code price declines, foreclosures and other gauges ... Full Story »

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by Tom Grey - Oct. 1, 2008

It's an important story, well done and informative. But if the story is correct that housing price falls are concentrated in a few states, the big picture includes more comparison between essentially different markets. The difficulty of choosing an index to get good info was very well done.