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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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53007well I suggest you read up on the car dealership industry because it was JUST LILizzie Tudor4/27/2006
53006<I>In conclusion, If you want a full service agent with a local presence tLizzie Tudor4/27/2006
53005I assume this was really directed to me. I dont know anything about used car sadeeno4/27/2006
53004DJ Freddie Mac 30-Yr Fixed Rate 6.58%, Highest Since 2002 NEW YORK (Dow JonePaul Kern4/27/2006
53003"Uhh, its pretty easy to reconcile. What are you kidding? I don't even deeno4/27/2006
53002Lenders are particularly fierce today.Travis_Bickle4/27/2006
53001Michigan caps tax increases at 3% annually until the sale of a property.orkrious4/27/2006
53000Q. Why do estate agents in the UK earn roughly the same as real estate agents inElroy Jetson4/27/2006
52999Out of control property taxes hikes will encourage more people move to CA &George84/27/2006
52998*DJ Freddie Mac 30-Yr Fixed Rate 6.58%, Highest Since 2002 *DJ Freddie Mac 15-Paul Kern4/27/2006
52997Condo projects falling by the wayside "There are 60,000 condominium and 19Les H4/27/2006
52996New lending program on foreclosures. foreclosuresdaily.comJim McMannis4/27/2006
52995When I worked for treasury an auto extended warranty company came to us and askeTravis_Bickle4/27/2006
52994Funny: Don’t believe the hype By Sonny Nevarez Jr. I've noticed the nTravis_Bickle4/27/2006
52993Now lets look at car dealers, new car sales NEAR Palo Alto. I will be <u>Lizzie Tudor4/27/2006
52992"The 6% always got me here, back in the UK it was typically 1 1/2 to 2%&quodeeno4/27/2006
52991<I>How do you reconcile those two statements? Inefficinties? Ok what do yoLizzie Tudor4/27/2006
52990<RE:"He returned buyers' deposits, which amounted to 20 percent of tBWAC4/27/2006
52989RE:"He returned buyers' deposits, which amounted to 20 percent of theirJim McMannis4/27/2006
52988so as I read your comments. The income personally generated by the agent is findeeno4/27/2006
52987<b>Bernanke issues fresh warning on inflation</b> APR. 27 10:16 A.MLizzie Tudor4/27/2006
52986the "understatement" is you, David Jones, and gpowell grossly misrepreLizzie Tudor4/27/2006
52985Property taxes up 42% in 5 years syracuse.comLes H4/27/2006
52984I only covered 30% and liquidated all long positions in other areas. The actionThink4Yourself4/27/2006
52983<i>Just imagine a tech company warning like CTX? It would have gapped downGraceZ4/27/2006
52982Dozens of buyers at the failed 1390 Brickell Bay condominium tower have filed a Travis_Bickle4/27/2006
52981Seems like every single day one or the other of those is raining on my parade.Travis_Bickle4/27/2006
52980Yet the levetating lender portfolio of LEND,DSL,CORS and FED is up big today negJohn Vosilla4/27/2006
52979I just added to my already Patronesque LEND position at 55.55. When boom boom sorkrious4/27/2006
52978<i>but the question will be how fast will they roll up current ops, lay ofGraceZ4/27/2006
52977Bernanke on housing: "Based on the information in hand, it seems reasonaCalculatedRisk4/27/2006
52976Covered the most beaten up of the builders this AM. Mr market doesn't take John Vosilla4/27/2006
52975"My rental business has never been better, and continues to improve." John Vosilla4/27/2006
52974"Just how WOULD someone buy land with options anyways? I don't understaJohn Vosilla4/27/2006
52973Don't let him put the guilt on you. It's not like the guy needs money foGraceZ4/27/2006
52972Sweet! CTX is one I partially unloaded as well. Want to have some ammo to profThink4Yourself4/27/2006
52971Got my CTX covered at 56. JOE is paying off like crazy, imo they are going to hTravis_Bickle4/27/2006
52970This was TOO easy. Had to sell a few puts that I bought in yesterday's maniThink4Yourself4/27/2006
52969<i>Nearly all of the builders don't file cash flow statements as part orkrious4/27/2006
52968Industry is just full of good news today! Countrywide 1st-qtr profit falls Thu Think4Yourself4/27/2006
52967China's Central Bank Raises Lending Rate Thursday April 27, 7:40 am ET ChiChanceIs4/27/2006
52966Beazer earnings out. Orders dropped 19% in last quarter. Centex and Pulte homeThink4Yourself4/27/2006
52965David: Holding on to rental properties that I purchased long ago has been an exMicawber4/27/2006
52964Pulte Homes (PHM:NYSE - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) reported a 20Travis_Bickle4/27/2006
52963Centex Hits Hard Times By Nicholas Yulico TheStreet.com Staff Reporter 4/26/20Travis_Bickle4/27/2006
52962You refuse to believe/comprehend that the fewer that can purchase the more tenanDavid Jones4/27/2006
52961The cash flow issue continues to bother me....I think Doughboy is correct that tpatron_anejo_por_favor4/27/2006
52960<i>Centex was stupid enough to buy back 2.5 MILLION shares at $70 last quaPerspective4/27/2006
52959Sorry, I wanted to pose a philosophical question, and all you want to do is takeDoughboy4/27/2006
52958Strangely enough in the UK, the car dealers always had the monopoly - cheaper toTheLineMan4/27/2006
52957The 6% always got me here, back in the UK it was typically 1 1/2 to 2%. But the TheLineMan4/27/2006
52956Chinese Leaving Vancouver ! "Re 'rich foreigners': my wife is ChinProud Deplorable4/27/2006
52955No, I don't want to try it "together". Either you are too dull toLizzie Tudor4/26/2006
52954<i>The advice I was given earlier by others was that I shouldn't proviWyätt Gwyön4/26/2006
52953Doughboy - cash flow on homebuilders has been negative for a long time. Centex mishedlo4/26/2006
52952cheeeesh you did it again. get a grip. you already agreed "Nobody thinks deeno4/26/2006
52951Same here. The builders use options to obtain first rights to buy land in the fThink4Yourself4/26/2006
52950I believe the advice of almost everyone was to not throw good money after bad, nThink4Yourself4/26/2006
52949Good luck. I only know the Hawaii market and I can say with certainty that CenteBroken_Clock4/26/2006
52948Hey, nice use of the British pound symbol; I have no idea how to do that. So yDoughboy4/26/2006
52947We don't need to make it any easier. The way I feel about RE is that if yoGraceZ4/26/2006
52946With all due respect, homebuilders and oil services are whole different beasts. Doughboy4/26/2006
52945Centex is sitting on a new project here in Hawaii that will go nowhere most likeBroken_Clock4/26/2006
52944Imagine what would happen to the economy if transaction costs for RE were slasheJohn Vosilla4/26/2006
52943We have a Centex bull on your board? Amazing<g> "Centex forecast fiJohn Vosilla4/26/2006
52942FL has to be the worst state in the country to become a RE agent.John Vosilla4/26/2006
52941"What would HB earning look like if 30% of their sales just vaporized?"John Vosilla4/26/2006
52940Everyone has their mantra, belief or agenda. Key is to be flexible. We are cerJohn Vosilla4/26/2006
52939"Every decade produces a slew of books predicting some looming crisis"John Vosilla4/26/2006
52938Seems like the specialists make a point out of running the builders up hard everJohn Vosilla4/26/2006
52937Puts I bought today were 07 on JOE. I'm small time so my buys just seem to sBroken_Clock4/26/2006
52936I think the real payoff for housing short is when the IO/Neg Amt/stated income gXoFruitCake4/26/2006
52935I totally agree.Broken_Clock4/26/2006
52934Doughboy Try taking a look at TDW back around 98 during the last OSX boom. TDW pBroken_Clock4/26/2006
52933"For 30K you can buy a low end mercedes. Its more than 3 mos of FULL TIME sbentway4/26/2006
52932RE:"If real estate were so easy and so profitable, everyone would do it. ThJim McMannis4/26/2006
52931"helped anyone achieve their personal goals" Selling someone somethinbentway4/26/2006
52930sounds like the daughter living in the £6mil house, which is more valuable Wyätt Gwyön4/26/2006
52929They made about 9.50 over the past 4 quarters. Their guidance for FY '06 hadpatron_anejo_por_favor4/26/2006
52928He accidentally mixed Centex (CTX) with Pulte (PHM). Easy mistake. They both rThink4Yourself4/26/2006
52927Whoa, what report are you reading?! It said they were guiding down to a range oDoughboy4/26/2006
52926I use short squeezes, like the one today, to buy more puts. These home cycles dThink4Yourself4/26/2006
52925>>You have to be short for the long term. Too many traders these days. It patron_anejo_por_favor4/26/2006
52924You have to be short for the long term. Too many traders these days. It took yThink4Yourself4/26/2006
52923>>its tough to make money being short these stocks imo<< Like the mpatron_anejo_por_favor4/26/2006
52922>>So I don't believe that there is any consensus that this is an earnipatron_anejo_por_favor4/26/2006
52921I shorted TOL last year in July in the 50s. Your POV is why I don't short nLizzie Tudor4/26/2006
52920I understand what you are saying now. Thanks for clarifying.Think4Yourself4/26/2006
52919Yes, I meant trough, at least for the stock. The stock price is a leading indicDoughboy4/26/2006
52918Did you mean to say the "trough", or was it a typo? Since the cycle jThink4Yourself4/26/2006
52917I'm long CTX, so I guess I have a different perspective. While Centex came Doughboy4/26/2006
52916Yeah, got back from doing 75 on the bike and noticed the same thing. If the aftThink4Yourself4/26/2006
52915LOL...that's your privilege here in 'merica. Better hope the gov't gTradelite4/26/2006
52914Just got back from the gym to find a pleasant surprise, CTX really getting hit. orkrious4/26/2006
52913Yes, and most Mercedes of a certain age and mileage are just about alike, have bTradelite4/26/2006
52912"is like trying to prove you have a 14 inch penis without dropping your paThink4Yourself4/26/2006
52911Tradelite, when you're right, you're right. I've hated Realtors sinDoughboy4/26/2006
52910<I>both sellers and buyers are the consumers of real estate services--and Lizzie Tudor4/26/2006
52909<<consumers will definitely win though.>> Lizzie, what you don'Tradelite4/26/2006
52908You know, I don't want to get into an argument about this, if the RE professLizzie Tudor4/26/2006
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