Manhattan Loft Guy

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a rumination on value, leading to taking stock(s) of analogies to apartments

Dec. 19, 2006

Categorized in: economic "analysis"

Tagged with: analogies, economix, fair market value, leonhardt, stock market

one more try at getting Dave Leonhardt’s complaint about home sales data out of my craw, hoping something good may come of it (The David Leonhardt Economix column in the NY Times business se... [Read More]

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value, prices & data / theory, flaws & spin in Manhattan apartment prices

Dec. 12, 2006

Categorized in: economic "analysis"

Tagged with: economix, leonhardt, matrix, miller, ny times, ofheo

bothered by smart guys The David Leonhardt Economix column in last week’s NY Times business section, What Statistics On Home Sales Aren’t Saying, has been bothering me. I blogged about... [Read More]

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data are limited (point taken), but what next / NY Times column about the flaws in reported housing data

Dec. 8, 2006

Categorized in: Market Trends

Tagged with: economix, leonhradt, matrix, miller, ny times, ofheo, sales data

Economix mixes data and opinion to complain about data David Leonhardt’s thoughtful “Economix” column this week in the NY Times highlights the conundrum of home price statistics,... [Read More]

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a rumination on value, leading to taking stock(s) of analogies to apartments

value, prices & data / theory, flaws & spin in Manhattan apartment prices

data are limited (point taken), but what next / NY Times column about the flaws in reported housing data