Category — Heard On The Block

ONE INDICATOR FOR REAL ESTATE is domestic population growth.  U- Haul provides the latest trends and the top 10 growth states.  Via Instapundit.

THAT’S NO ANGRY MOB; THAT’S MY MOM: Team Obama’s Assault On The Tea Party is a new book out by Michael Graham.

The news media, blogs, and social media are now abuzz with Congressional Democrats and the Prez himself saying their scared of death threats, spitting, and racial epithets  from angry violent Tea Party mom protesters.  However, when journalists and bloggers check out these stories… no evidence can be found!  For example the brick allegedly thrown through the office window of a Cincinnati Congressman Rep. Driehaus. Sounded good.  Except his office is on the 30th floor of a high rise office building.  What an arm that mom has.

The evidence coming from police reports is of vandalism damage done to Republican Congressional leaders like Michelle Bachmann, (R-MN), and Eric Cantor (R-VA) with a bullet through is VA office window.

But I agree with Scaredicrats.  There is nothing scarier than a really angry mom.
The complaining Scaricrats like Harry Mitchell (D-AZ) all share something in common I noticed.  They are all Democrat Congressional incumbents 12-18% behind in the polls.  Yeah, they’re scared of losing their jobs!  Generic Republicans are ahead in 100 Scaredicrat Congressional Districts, and in ten Senate races!

So, if you should see a Mom out in an SUV, be wary.  That Mom is probably a wild eyed  racist  clinging to her guns… err maybe her vote!

Run Scaredicrats, run!  I’d be scared too.

UNEMLOYMENT is so high in real terms it is unlikely California will recover by 2012, or in the foreseeable future.  Via Pacific Research CalWatchDog.

Nothing new here folks.  Everything in CA is okay…  move along.

AustinBusinessNews reports downtown expected to boom.  Jobs available in comparative government economics.

Related: Top Ten Metros Creating and Sustain Jobs from the Milken Institute. Austin, Fort Hood, Salt Lake City, McAllen (TX), Houston, Durham, Olympia, Huntsville, Lafayette (TX) and Raleigh.  Silicon Valley Whoopadaisy.

CA STATE SENATE just passed a bill to impose sales taxes on Californians purchasing on Amazon.  Assembly is to follow.

More anti-tech, anti-job, and pro get out of CA actions from CA government.

The Failed State state of denial.   Austin, TX anyone?

THE S&P/CASE-SHILLER home price index for July moved up including San Francisco.

3 Oceans has the story, and a roundup of mortgage market news, including interest rates going up next month.

The upward move in home prices in July is very temporary.  Lower inventory spawned the price increase and seasonal buying.  But lenders are holding thousands of REOs off the market, the Shadow Inventory.

Housing Needs Stabilization