Are the City of Vancouver’s financial troubles due to COVID-19 solvable? Yes they are, and here’s how.

The real estate cycle continues, so we can benefit from seeing where we are on the timeline.

Their silence and protestations of ignorance aside, logically, the Federal Reserve must know the value of US land.

Land is the most precious physical gift we have. “Real Estate for Ransom” shows how real estate speculation is responsible for the decline in culture and human society.

How much do we spend on nature? On land under our homes, on the farmland portion of our food, on the oil portion of our gasoline? Not even the pros are sure.

The real estate cycle is on track for the next crash.

The recovery so far has really only got us back to the starting blocks. The race will start now, and run into the middle of the next decade.

We need to understand the real estate cycle to prevent the next depression.

Mason Gaffney is keenly aware of the effect that land has on the economy and well-being. He has dedicated his life to teaching about it.

Almost all economists, financial analysts, journalists, pundits, bloggers, and armchair cynics will scoff at this prediction. But the cycle exists because people don’t believe it.

The steep dive of the recession is beginning to level out, which means the economy will begin to recover soon

The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) gives some house buyers an interest-free loan for buying a house.

The real reason for favors to mortgage holders

Even economists can separate out the value of buildings

As in previous real estate booms, house builders overbuilt in the hot markets. Why don’t they learn? Because they expect a bailout.

The fundamental causes of the Panic of 1907 were the flawed monetary and fiscal systems of the United States

Because few speculators and investors understand the real-estate cycle and its relation to the business cycle, they have great uncertainty about where the economy is headed

Fannie Mae has been in the news recently, as its executives manipulated the company's accounting to fulfill goals that awarded large bonuses