US housing market update from patrick.net

House Price Index shows Double Dip (calculatedriskblog.com) Discuss 

Are home sales slumping because lenders refuse to lend? (irvinehousingblog.com) Discuss 

Strategic defaults could get very ugly (marketwatch.com) Discuss 

Las Vegas halfway through housing downturn? (vegasinc.com) Discuss 

The Fed may deny it, but Americans know prices are rising (newsweek.com) Discuss 

Expectations with respect to Inflation and interest rates (patrick.net) Discuss 

$368/month for gas (patrick.net) Discuss 

Commodities Plunge, Stocks Slump, Dollar Strengthens (bloomberg.com) Discuss 

Europeans back off Rate Hikes; US Dollar Up Sharply (Mish) Discuss 

Prediction of ‘Hundreds of Billions’ in Muni Defaults (bloomberg.com) Discuss 

Can Obama Use bin Ladens Death to Help Fix the Economy? (time.com) Discuss 

Who Rules America at the Local Level? Growth Coalition Theory (sociology.ucsc.edu) Discuss