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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: redfish who wrote (27399)	2/23/2005 9:09:56 AM
From: Crimson Ghost	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

The vast majority is ALWAYS bullish at the top of any market -- whether stocks, real estate, or commodities.

To: redfish who wrote (27399)	2/23/2005 9:18:02 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

David Lereah told a meeting in Dallas that the current housing boom is likely to last through the decade. "The real estate market is still booming all across the U.S.," Mr. Lereah said. "You can't apply conventional wisdom to the real estate markets anymore. Isn't this the exact sort of thing which was said about the stock market right before it crashed?

To: redfish who wrote (27399)	2/23/2005 12:15:29 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 306849

RE:"Demographic pressures are so strong that the U.S. housing market will continue to grow even if interest rates rise, the chief economist for the National Association of Realtors predicted Tuesday." Fine, raise rates, see what happens. While your at it, rescind the 1996 tax act and see what happens...

To: redfish who wrote (27399)	2/23/2005 2:01:35 PM
From: Proud Deplorable	Respond to of 306849

"Even higher interest rates wouldn't end the boom, economist says" LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL HAHAHAHA

To: redfish who wrote (27399)	2/23/2005 2:05:02 PM
From: Proud Deplorable	Respond to of 306849

""In the last four years, the real estate boom generated $4 trillion in additional wealth," Mr. Lereah said. "The average household earned $50,000 [from housing investments] in this period. Can you do that in the stock market?" Easily if you are in the junior resource and oil and energy stocks. Watch Chesapeake Gold CKG triple by years end ;-)