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Trulia just released some very compelling charts and graphs based off of recent opinion research suggesting it might be the end of the McMansion -- the huge, mass-produced housing form associated with sprawl.
Their data, together with the drop in lot sizes for single family homes I wrote about last month, might point to a slackening in the demand for homes with lots of square footage... Read On

The question of what to do about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- the two government-created enterprises that have backed massive loans to the housing market -- involves much more than finance or real estate. It marks the end of an era. The relentless promotion of homeownership as the embodiment of the American dream has outlived its usefulness... Read On

Did the proliferation of low-down-payment, low-documentation loans cause the housing bubble? Last week, I discussed one core problem with answering that question - we don't really know what happened to approval rates or loan-to-value levels over time... Read On

You may remember Walk Score - the service that calculates the walkability of a neighborhood or location (shown above). Specifically, it measures and rates the number of destinations, including libraries, parks and coffee shops, within walking distance of a home, using a a 100-point scale...
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be abolished rather than reformed as part of the Obama administration's planned overhaul of the government's role in housing finance, Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services committee, said on Tuesday... Read On

This morning I was on the Brian Lehrer show talking about the Obama Administration's conference on the future of housing finance. You can listen to the interview here.  One thing that came up during the interview was this concept of renting...
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