Charts and Maps and Analysis, Oh My! A Veritable Cornucopia of Real Estate Data

I’m a chart junkie. Charts are just cool because (done right) they can provide an instant snapshot of a whole bunch of data. I’ve also loved maps ever since I can remember. As a kid, I used to spend hours pouring over the atlas (I know, what a geek. But that was before there were geeks. Heck, I’m old enough to remember when encyclopedias were bound books. And yes, I read them too…).

The Arizona Mortgage Guru, has a great post analyzing the historical correlation (or not!) of the federal funds rate and mortgage interest rates. It’s an excellent explanation, in terms even I can understand, of two “rates” you often hear discussed in the mainstream media. I shamelessly borrow his cool trend chart. Don’t stop with gazing at the pretty chart — make tracks post-haste for Shailesh’s super coverage.

Fed Funds and Interest Rate Trend - Courtesy of Shailesh Ghimire

Pink = Federal Funds Rate, Blue = 30 Yr Mortgage Rate

The Wall Street Journal Online posted some trend charts and a wicked cool interactive map of recent (since 2005) mortgage delinquencies and median home prices. There is a *boatload* of data contained in this map.

Broader Market Trends:

Screen Shot of Interactive Map (click map to open window for use):

Hat tip to Real Estate Zealot for the WSJOL Map.

Technorati Tags: Real estate trends, mortgage rates, federal funds rate, mortgage delinquencies

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{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Valorie Bradley 09.27.07 at 6:40 am: These are some great charts and maps. I’ll be checking out the Wall Street Journal Online next. Thanks for sharing!
2 R.Soto 09.27.07 at 9:31 am: I love the way you added the charts and maps also. Nothing beats good visual data for blog visitors. Now if I could only figure out how to add that on my blog.
3 Clifford 09.27.07 at 3:00 pm: This is good data! I don’t agree with the WSJ author’s summation of it however.

I’m going to steal parts of it for my next blog entry.

Great site!
4 Barry Cox 09.27.07 at 5:10 pm: I really enjoyed the chart. I think it’s going to be interesting to watch what happens to the 30 yr fixed rate over the next couple of months now that the fed has cut rates a bit.