Friday, November 30, 2012

Latest Scholarly Publication

I'm a contributor to the upcoming Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought, coming soon from SAGE Publications.

I'll be providing the entry on Conservatism.

At $350.00 per multi-volume set, you'll be needing a copy for your night stand.


Friday, November 9, 2012

More clippings from today and yesterday

Boulder County, state foreclosure filings on pace for lowest year since 2006(Daily Camera)
"Completed foreclosures continue to head down at a steady pace," said Ryan McMaken, economist for the Colorado Division of Housing. "As home sales and home prices, rise, it's getting a little easier to avoid that final foreclosure sale through a short sale or even a conventional sale." Weissmann noted that Boulder County saw just six such sales last week while many other Colorado counties are recording double digit auction sales each week.
County foreclosure sales see big drop(Ft. Collins Coloradoan)

“Larimer County continues to see improvement in employment, foreclosures, home sales, vacancies and rents (from an owners’ perspective),” said Ryan McMaken, economist for the Colorado Division of Housing. “Looking at all of that and the fact that Fort Collins/Loveland has low unemployment, it’s not terribly surprising that the foreclosure situation continues to improve.”
Fewer homes auctioned off(Pueblo Chieftain)
Ryan McMaken says foreclosure sales fell nearly 24 percent in the first three quarters of 2012, compared with the same period last year. There were about 12,000 foreclosure auction sales through September, down from 15,000 in the first nine months of 2011, the agency said. 

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Latest foreclosure data release, Nov. 8

I released the state's foreclosure data today.

9News picked it up:


Also, The Den Post:
Foreclosure sales in Colorado down 23.6 percent so far this year  
Foreclosure auction sales through September were 11,898 compared to 15,565 in the first nine months of 2011."Completed foreclosures continue to head down at a steady pace," said Ryan McMaken, economist for the Colorado Division of Housing. "As home sales and home prices, rise, it's getting a little easier to avoid that final foreclosure sale through a short sale or even a conventional sale."