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To: Ramsey Su who wrote (44379)	10/27/2005 2:07:45 PM
From: loantech	Respond to of 110194

Our business has taken a dive in retail in Oregon

To: Ramsey Su who wrote (44379)	10/27/2005 2:19:02 PM
From: ild	Respond to of 110194

I track inventory in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. In all three the inventories have grown, but they are still lower than as this time in 2004. I see that Sacramento's inventory has grown faster, but I have no 2004 numbers. Sacramento 7/15 5393 7/19 5576 7/28 5776 8/1 6007 8/23 6869 9/05 7513 10/03 8461 10/11 8701 10/27 8912 I use realtor.com to get numbers The big difference is that in 2004 inventory here in Orange County peaked in August and was steadily coming down till July 2005. Now it's steadily going up. I'll ask my realtor if she has noticed any sharp slowdown. OTOH any slowdown can be labeled as "temporary seasonal" one. EDIT: Fair to notice that for instance no inventory build up in LV Las Vegas 7/15 14752 7/19 14856 7/28 14935 8/1 14803 8/23 15040 9/05 14962 10/03 15031 10/10 14984 10/27 15082

To: Ramsey Su who wrote (44379)	10/27/2005 9:16:01 PM
From: russwinter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

SPF 3Q highlights: revenue: 3Q: 936.7 2Q: 952.3 inventories: 3Q: 2.916.6 2Q: 2.539.4 cancellation rate: 3Q: 18% 2Q: 14% biz.yahoo.com Elsewhere: Centex Corp. offers discounts on certain homes Wed Oct 26, 2005 07:46 PM ET yahoo.reuters.com NEW YORK, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Centex Corp. (CTX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said it is offering a 5 percent discount plus up to $20,000 in additional incentives on certain homes in its Atlanta market financed through its mortgage unit, CTX Mortgage. CTX Mortgage will also waive the 1 percent loan origination fee. The price breaks are good on certain homes that are marketed under the names Centex Homes and Fox & Jacobs. The offer requires the sales to close by Dec. 29. "It's not necessarily a sign of a problem there," said Avondale Partners analyst Barbara Allen. "It's just that they want to get some inventory through the system in a short time. We have not seen that in the last few years. That is the thing that's different."