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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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52807“The strength in home sales, if it persists, could keep the economy growing fastTravis_Bickle4/26/2006
52806>>How can months supply drop by almost a month IN a month?<< LOL, tpatron_anejo_por_favor4/26/2006
52805<I>Sweeney, a retired schoolteacher and grandmother of six whose husband igpowell4/26/2006
52804I think this is a pretty weak report. Housing isn't falling off a cliff, buCalculatedRisk4/26/2006
52803Who do ya think? Fortunately, starting boards carries little financial consequenpatron_anejo_por_favor4/26/2006
52802I can't imagine why the media isn't telling us that the mean and median Think4Yourself4/26/2006
52801Thanks CR....I see the March y-o-y sales are down, despite all the bullish end zpatron_anejo_por_favor4/26/2006
52800GRAPHS For March New Home Sales: 1.213 Million calculatedrisk.blogspot.comCalculatedRisk4/26/2006
52799Thanks for the alert. Just added to that position myself.Think4Yourself4/26/2006
52798RE:"Can someone try and put a positive spin on it?" Not falling off aJim McMannis4/26/2006
52797Very impressive. Best of all worlds! Housing just slowing at best. DOW at all tiJim McMannis4/26/2006
52796JOE is certainly relatively weak today, might add some myself.Travis_Bickle4/26/2006
52795I added JOE. Looked at it last night and they looked like they are headed for bThink4Yourself4/26/2006
52794Look at those sales prices! Huge drop for one month but total inventory still cThink4Yourself4/26/2006
52793I added to WCI. Whatever the rest of the country is doing, Florida and particulTravis_Bickle4/26/2006
52792Investors bought up a lot of new homes with the steep discounts before the end oJohn Vosilla4/26/2006
52791Prices are down so margins are compressing. No?Paul Kern4/26/2006
52790Just shorted some MTH at $68<g>John Vosilla4/26/2006
52789<pre> =DJ Table Of Data On New Home Sales From Commerce 04/26/2006 Dow Paul Kern4/26/2006
52788Something seems wrong there. How can months supply drop by almost a month IN a Think4Yourself4/26/2006
52787=DJ DATA SNAP: US Mar New-Home Sales Up More Than Expected <pre> =======Paul Kern4/26/2006
52786Those durable goods numbers were excellent. Unfortunately that is very bad newsThink4Yourself4/26/2006
52785Didn't last long, already fading. Anyone bought at the open is in a world oTravis_Bickle4/26/2006
52784I guess with still record low foreclosures last quarter in CA and accrued intereJohn Vosilla4/26/2006
52783Welcome to the world of momentum investing for real estate. Appreciation figuresJohn Vosilla4/26/2006
52782"Is there a difference between loose credit and low interest rates???"John Vosilla4/26/2006
52781"Wow, that's quite an extreme exurb, since it's like 70 miles away John Vosilla4/26/2006
52780FED going nuclear. Earnings: biz.yahoo.comTravis_Bickle4/26/2006
52779LOL, I'm definitely sympathetic to this woman and her neighbors. The railroOblomov4/26/2006
52778>>>loose credit combined with historic lows in interest rates<<&lChanceIs4/26/2006
52777Mick Mormony,re:"Realtor 'Study'...slowly". You don't needJohn Chen4/26/2006
52776Housing Strength Shifts to New Markets As Real-Estate Boom Slows on the Coasts,Doughboy4/26/2006
52775"..there is something very un-natural going on in the markets- something arJohn Vosilla4/26/2006
52774"..all I can say is people sometimes need to be held accountable for their John Vosilla4/26/2006
52773"Thats because this is a bear/70s kind of stagflation-y market. We can'John Vosilla4/26/2006
52772My mom is the same way with the guilt trips. It is the child's responsibiliThink4Yourself4/26/2006
52771<pre> *DJ US MBA Market Index Falls 3.7% To 548.6 From 569.6 *DJ US MBAPaul Kern4/26/2006
52770Condo construction halted; lender files for bankruptcy By Pat Beall Palm Beach Travis_Bickle4/26/2006
52769Realtor Study Says Market May Be Cooling, but Slowly By VIKAS BAJAJ Published:Mick Mørmøny4/26/2006
52768Wow, that's quite an extreme exurb, since it's like 70 miles away from PDoughboy4/26/2006
52767O she has powers of persuasion over her children that I can't begin to fathoDoughboy4/26/2006
52766<i>You said you made some good investments in RE. It certainly sounds likeDoughboy4/26/2006
52765As I've said, if your brother-in-law can't sell the homes quickly by droElroy Jetson4/26/2006
52764then tell your Mother-in-law to bail him out! Scary thought that a teacher has Broken_Clock4/26/2006
52763Arizona City is in what I'd call the "extreme exurbs" of Phoenix-Tpatron_anejo_por_favor4/26/2006
52762Thanks Patron. I look at Arizona City on a map, and I have no idea what is out tDoughboy4/26/2006
52761Really, some very good advice. Thank you. I know my better judgment tells me wDoughboy4/26/2006
52760Apple Valley is a really nice area, in the foothills on the way to the ski areasbentway4/26/2006
52759we import 50% of our oil in the US, and prices are up 3.x-fold in the past few yLizzie Tudor4/26/2006
52758Home Builders Lose Confidence in Market (April 18, 2006) -- Rising mortgage rLizzie Tudor4/26/2006
52757If US had left Iraq and Iran alone, there would be plenty of cheap oil for everyCaBum4/25/2006
52756and here come the auctions! <b>Beautiful Home in Apple Valley to Be Sold Lizzie Tudor4/25/2006
52755I think this is definitely true. <I>• High-end upgrades don't necessaLizzie Tudor4/25/2006
52754<i>DHI had a better quarter. I</i> DHI's stock has gone straighorkrious4/25/2006
52753Not much on the MTH earning. Affirm guidance this year, both unit sales and saleXoFruitCake4/25/2006
52752Average home prices are supposedly still rising in Palm Springs, . . . but actuElroy Jetson4/25/2006
52751Anyone have a take on the Meritage Homes (MTH) numbers out after the close? SeeThink4Yourself4/25/2006
52750That was definitely interesting. Wonder if the city will just sell the land theThink4Yourself4/25/2006
52749I love stories like the one you posted. sfgate.com Railways have a lot of titlElroy Jetson4/25/2006
52748Interesting story: sfgate.comOblomov4/25/2006
52747You're just lagom, the ultimate Swedish compliment. I think good salespeopleElroy Jetson4/25/2006
52746<i>I would suggest you not try to become a real estate agent, because yourmishedlo4/25/2006
52745They oughta make the BubbleBench a national landmark...it just wouldn't be rpatron_anejo_por_favor4/25/2006
52744Banks love bankrupt people even better under the new bankruptcy rules. As longElroy Jetson4/25/2006
52743I need more WCI leaps: Home Sales Plunge Across Florida The Florida realtors hTravis_Bickle4/25/2006
52742Don't worry, there is zero chance that the guy will take my advice. He'lGraceZ4/25/2006
52741<b>There is one big problem. The way things are going there will not be enMary Cluney4/25/2006
52740>>>He was getting credit card offers again almost immediately.<<&ChanceIs4/25/2006
52739The infamous bubble bench: photos1.blogger.com This is a bench outside a condoTravis_Bickle4/25/2006
52738Globalism simply dissolves without cheap oil. How are they gonna ship all that cpatron_anejo_por_favor4/25/2006
52737Leave it to you to find a way to <u>maximize</u> your taxes. You alElroy Jetson4/25/2006
52736There is one big problem. The way things are going there will not be enough oilThink4Yourself4/25/2006
52735Funny...I grew up in Doylestown early onSkywatcher4/25/2006
52734<b>We are going to be seeing lower wages as competition from India and ChiMary Cluney4/25/2006
52733Strange Story of the Year Woman with 97 cents tries to buy a house, and surprisLes H4/25/2006
52732Ka-ching$$$ Payday!Think4Yourself4/25/2006
52731WCI is clinging to 25 for dear life. I can't wait for them to report and teTravis_Bickle4/25/2006
52730A homeowner paying 9% interest on their mortgage is entirely believable. Some rElroy Jetson4/25/2006
52729He also has to pay taxes, insurance, PMI, and closing costs when he sells. His Think4Yourself4/25/2006
52728Let's examine these three facts: 1.) He has only about 10% equity; 2.) he Elroy Jetson4/25/2006
52727<I>The Dow never drops more than 50 points at a time anymore.</i> TLizzie Tudor4/25/2006
52726Bears are hopeful! Sliding down that slippery slope of hope... I'm a bear GraceZ4/25/2006
52725I haven't, it's on my reading list, along with Faber's book and Kennpatron_anejo_por_favor4/25/2006
52724Could be, but it feels like the market is trying it's best to ignore everythThink4Yourself4/25/2006
52723patron, Have you read Rogers' book "Adventure Capitalist"? I'Cactus Jack4/25/2006
52722Excellent advice. jpgCactus Jack4/25/2006
52721"Feel the same way, and have for many months. Thought it was just me."damainman4/25/2006
52720re: "my gut feeling is there is something very un-natural going on in the Think4Yourself4/25/2006
52719<i>my gut feeling is there is something very un-natural gong on in the marGraceZ4/25/2006
52718I am not worried about losing. My puts are Jan 08's. The markets play psycThink4Yourself4/25/2006
52717When I was young and single I used to do that- now I make small steady gains thadamainman4/25/2006
52716Now is not the time to second guess, when something really starts to work you doGraceZ4/25/2006
52715>>They have had Jimmy Rogers making sense for a long time. He has been shopatron_anejo_por_favor4/25/2006
52714I live in Phoenix, so I have some insight as to what's happened with RE herepatron_anejo_por_favor4/25/2006
52713There are lots of folks here shorting the lenders - imo lenders and mortgage insdamainman4/25/2006
52712And making a handsome profit from it.Travis_Bickle4/25/2006
52711why don't you guys short some lenders. The HBs are candidates for short squLizzie Tudor4/25/2006
52710A little voice in my head keeps telling me to hedge a little as these hb's hdamainman4/25/2006
52709<I>We are going to be seeing lower wages as competition from India and ChiLizzie Tudor4/25/2006
52708Selling Homes Becomes a Harder Task Selling a Home Means Adopting Different TacMick Mørmøny4/25/2006
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