The latest bubble warning: Swedish house prices

There is mounting evidence that bubbles are forming again everywhere across the globe as easy money makes itself felt in asset prices. The latest evidence comes from Sweden where Europe’s lowest home loan rates have pushed up the price of residential property. At issue is the extremely loose monetary policy in Sweden that is an outgrowth of both recession in Sweden and a massive exposure by Swedish banks to the Baltics which are presently in depression. Sweden’s central bank, the Riksbank, has

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Really? Hotel trouble from Aspen to Palm Beach

Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, “Really?” INFAMY LIVES ON: Bank that owns the shuttered Watergate Hotel in DC is in negotiations with a buyer. MORE HERE ! GOING DOWNHILL: Aspen’s historic Hotel Jerome faces foreclosure. MORE HERE ! STRIPPED DOWN: Lehman Bros. sued to block foreclosure sale of Vegas hotel. MORE HERE ! FLORIDA FOIBLE: Palm Beach boutique hotel falls into foreclosure-sale battle. MORE HERE ! OLD SCHOOL: Co

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Really? In a deep recession, architects aim higher

Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, “Really?” WE MESSED UP HERE. WHY NOT START OVER — ON THE MOON? A British architect has plans to erect permanent structures in the heavens. MORE HERE ! NEW YORK’S NEW ‘HOOD: North TriBeCa is the Big Apple’s newest neighborhood, according to two real estate professionals who say it’s time for a 20-block area to secede from the existing TriBeCA neighborhood. MORE HERE ! NOT MY DEFAULT: The Office of the Compt

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