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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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53207New trend to rent out all these McMansions.. homerentalads.com;John Vosilla5/1/2006
53206=DJ DATA SNAP: Mar Construction Spending Above Expectations <pre> =====Paul Kern5/1/2006
53205Florida Condos May Be ‘Dumped For A Loss’ A pair of reports on the Florida housTravis_Bickle5/1/2006
53204No borrow on LEV.Travis_Bickle5/1/2006
53203Chancels,re:"50-year home loan". There is more ways than 1 to skin a cJohn Chen5/1/2006
532028:01AM William Lyon Homes: General William Lyon increases offer for shares of WiSam Citron5/1/2006
5320150-year mortgage debuts in California Thursday April 27, 6:00 am ET Holden LewiChanceIs5/1/2006
53200I am pretty sure that the real price of a car relative to other goods and servicMoominoid5/1/2006
53199>>>catching a rising knife?<<< LOL Thanks for your thoughts.ChanceIs5/1/2006
53198Providing Free Real Estate Listings From a Broader Market By BOB TEDESCHI PublMick Mørmøny5/1/2006
53197I guess booking all that accrued interest income on negative ARM loans without pJohn Vosilla5/1/2006
53196This may be one of those occasions where the market can remain irrational longerSchnullie4/30/2006
53195Totally agree. I lobbied to change it for several years and gave up. My experienBroken_Clock4/30/2006
53194Had the opportunity to look at some RE in Vero Beach, Fla this weekend. Some reatdl41384/30/2006
53193<i>Each MLS handles is differently.</i> Well, the MLS in SoCal defiClarksterh4/30/2006
53192Each MLS handles is differently.Broken_Clock4/30/2006
53191<i>Number of days on market and any price reductions are also presented acClarksterh4/30/2006
53190I was always looking for "handyman specials" and other slow moving homThink4Yourself4/30/2006
53189good oneSkywatcher4/30/2006
53188"The suggestion that 'realtor' is derived from two Spanish words, &Oblomov4/30/2006
53187Last post and apologies to the thread for OT: <i>white piece of paper thamiraje4/30/2006
53186>>>why don't you short TOL. They've got some real dogs out hereChanceIs4/30/2006
53185why don't you short TOL. They've got some real dogs out here in CaliforLizzie Tudor4/30/2006
53184My DSL short is tasting pretty awful. The whole banking sector is up on the endChanceIs4/30/2006
53183the point is that the auto dealer universe 30 years ago used a lot of FUD and laLizzie Tudor4/30/2006
53182OT: <i>so back up your statements with facts of some kind, please.</i&miraje4/30/2006
53181None of the words in my post were mine. I merely cut and pasted the title of theLive2Sail4/30/2006
53180James, my father owned multiple car dealerships so back up your statements with Lizzie Tudor4/30/2006
53179Your knowledge of the the real estate brokerage industry, and the National AssocElroy Jetson4/30/2006
53178<i>In the 60s and 70s-...was a sort of partial monopoly/collusion between miraje4/30/2006
53177Considering the fact that real estate brokers had no trade association and littlTradelite4/30/2006
53176do you mean to say you are seeing no weakness in your area? We have A LOT more Lizzie Tudor4/30/2006
53175The association of Realtors fixed commissions until the mid-1970's. AlthougElroy Jetson4/30/2006
53174<I>selling a home takes a whole lotta more hours/client education/negotiatLizzie Tudor4/30/2006
53173A more balanced market Prices and mortgage rates stable, inventory low in early Live2Sail4/30/2006
53172Well, gosh, Elroy. If commission-fixing was declared illegal in the 1950s, wherTradelite4/30/2006
53171Maybe it's just a difference in terminology. Some so-called "discount&Tradelite4/30/2006
53170That might be in CLAW but not in Hawaii. Under brokerage is just says fsbo here.Broken_Clock4/30/2006
53169In 1950, the U.S. Supreme Court declared commission fixing a Sherman Act violatiElroy Jetson4/30/2006
53168<<MLS is open to anyone that has $299 to advertise on it.>> Not exaTradelite4/30/2006
53167Elroy alluded to working at Cushman Wakefield. I hope for their sake it is not iBroken_Clock4/30/2006
53166<<The real estate sale monopoly began to be eroded when MLS mandated 6% miTradelite4/30/2006
53165‘All Buyers Pull Back’ From Phoenix Housing Bubble An Arizona Republic editoriaTravis_Bickle4/30/2006
53164Wow. This feels like a time-warp. In the DC area, we saw our last MLS "bTradelite4/30/2006
53163I was on it a year or so ago. If memory serves me correctly, you couldn't gThink4Yourself4/30/2006
53162I understand your point of view, but it's not fearmongering to point out thaTradelite4/30/2006
53161<<Once the buyers can get on MLS themselves and see the listings, the realTradelite4/30/2006
53160They had a lawyer the buyer picked go over the contract and make the necessary cbentway4/30/2006
53159<<I've got a buddy who sold his rural house and acreage in Texas by juTradelite4/30/2006
53158<<The monopoly MLS system is the enabling factor which saves real estate bTradelite4/30/2006
53157Well, CTX has been a great short this year, and technically it just had a doublepatron_anejo_por_favor4/30/2006
53156<<So explain to me why having so many agents around keeps costs high. or pTradelite4/30/2006
53155<<As one agent told me, "if you have the listing, you're the kingTradelite4/30/2006
53154Commentary: Be wary of condo builder promises By Alexandra Clough Palm Beach PoTravis_Bickle4/30/2006
53153<< I still cant beleive sticking up for RE agents ;^D Maybe tradlite will Tradelite4/30/2006
53152<<Centex has somewhat less bubble market exposure than some of the homies,Tradelite4/30/2006
53151If No One Whispered 'Housing Bubble,' There'd Be No Worry By HUBERMick Mørmøny4/30/2006
53150You would think a fetus would only trade in futures.Les H4/30/2006
53149Cendant CEO questions NAR housing stats therealestatebloggers.comLes H4/30/2006
53148"CNBC to create stock-trading contest for unborns" If she suffers losbentway4/30/2006
53147John Q Public, re:"I don't need the realtor". I can see that. SameJohn Chen4/29/2006
531463 reasons 1. I dont know about you, but when I go looking at houses I sit down deeno4/29/2006
53145I have only bought one house, the one I still live in. There were seven childrenTommaso4/29/2006
53144“Searchin’ Safari” Let’s go searchin’ now, everybody’s learnin’ how. Come on, sProud Deplorable4/29/2006
53143You want to buy the conventional way through MLS and get the best deal? Do your John Vosilla4/29/2006
53142Elroy Perhaps you should go after the biggest monopoly of all....the US legal sBroken_Clock4/29/2006
53141When you put it that way, I have to agree. Buying a home is probably no big deaThink4Yourself4/29/2006
53140The MLS system could charge for their services as a competitive business. You dElroy Jetson4/29/2006
53139CNBC to create stock-trading contest for unborns english.pravda.ruLes H4/29/2006
53138Avatar communities: avatarhomes.com Only in Florida and Arizona. Future commuTravis_Bickle4/29/2006
53137I guess I'm missing something. Most areas I've looked at around the counBroken_Clock4/29/2006
53136John Q Public,re:"Just a matter of time". The death of one of the oldeJohn Chen4/29/2006
53135I'm not in XHB....I'm short KBH, WCI and PHM.patron_anejo_por_favor4/29/2006
53134Patron, are you playing XHB? If so, how? Thanks --Marcmarcher4/29/2006
53133This builder looks ripe for picking, still near 52 week highs: finance.yahoo.coTravis_Bickle4/29/2006
53132Not going to happen. The MLS wouldn't exist.Jim McMannis4/29/2006
53131Once the buyers can get on MLS themselves and see the listings, the realtor willThink4Yourself4/29/2006
53130Homebuilder Stocks Getting Creaky By Rick Aristotle Munarriz (TMFBreakerRick) Travis_Bickle4/29/2006
53129Levitt warns on first-quarter loss Last Update: 6:59 PM ET Apr 28, 2006 BOSTON Travis_Bickle4/29/2006
53128All the banks are running like crazy. The world revolves around the fed.Travis_Bickle4/29/2006
53127"One sobering perspective is that it is nearly impossible to find a time inJohn Vosilla4/29/2006
53126Jim who do you think could possibly be bullish on the future of RE and the operaJohn Vosilla4/29/2006
53125I covered both CTO and CTX a few days ago. Looking to get back in on any hard bJohn Vosilla4/29/2006
53124At no commission...a buyers agent won't show your house so why bother puttinJim McMannis4/29/2006
53123"Lennar is a well-managed builder that has several gems in its California ldamainman4/28/2006
53122=DJ UPDATE: AG Edwards Downgrades Builders On Slowing Market 04/28/2006 Dow JPaul Kern4/28/2006
53121*DJ Janney Montgomery Cuts KB Home To Neutral From Buy 04/28/2006 Dow Jones NPaul Kern4/28/2006
53120<I>*DJ AG Edwards Cuts Toll Bros. To Sell From Hold >TOL </i> BuLizzie Tudor4/28/2006
53119Pretty good read by the B of A guy. Hafta keep an eye on what he says going forwpatron_anejo_por_favor4/28/2006
53118Short TOL and by the bonds? Anyone know what's up with this? American StocTravis_Bickle4/28/2006
53117You got it. We are more "communists" and have more communism than the George84/28/2006
53116>>When and where do you want to move to?<< It's a 1-3 year planGeorge84/28/2006
53115Too many shorts in TOL, which is probably why it responds so poorly to down daysThink4Yourself4/28/2006
53114The first reaction was the sucker went up!Paul Kern4/28/2006
53113High gold prices may be harbinger of inflation - or not idahostatesman.comLes H4/28/2006
53112Thanks for the post, I was able to get back into it before there was any reactioTravis_Bickle4/28/2006
53111<i>The basic point is that even if it was recourse debt, it was debt takenmishedlo4/28/2006
53110Grace you have a 50,000 megawatt mouth attached to a 30 watt mind. I'm quitElroy Jetson4/28/2006
53109"$299 may get you IN the MLS but not access to it" yea, so. (I remembdeeno4/28/2006
53108Thanks deeno! Goodbye sellers agent, and his 3%! I've got a buddy who soldbentway4/28/2006
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