[whitedog57]

More debunking of the housing recovery myth,

[null and void]

So far I’ve been able to document over 95,000 laid off since the election.

That doesn’t count anyone from any company too small to fall under WARN act requirements.

That doesn’t count anyone from the scores of restaurants and boutiques that have closed since then. For some reason they are only reported as store closings, with no enumeration of lost jobs.

I wouldn’t be the slightest bit surprised to find the 400,000 number is low.

[tacticalogic]

Is a “rut” anything like a “malaise”?

[Timocrat]

Mortgage purchases applications rose 2.66% while refinancing applications fell by 3.24%. On a non seasonally adjusted basis, purchase applications actually fell 11.27% and refinancing applications fells 12.91%.

Amazing what you can do with an adequate amount of fairy dust.