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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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55107I think Bernake will let the dollar fall and global financial markets will raiseGST5/31/2006
55106If you look at the financial statements of any of the builders you'll see a GraceZ5/31/2006
55105<i>Grace you must be talking about improved lots ready to build on?</i&GraceZ5/31/2006
55104Land swapping? Does that mean there won't be buyouts and consolidation in thdamainman5/31/2006
55103"I do know the land swapping has started in earnest, they are trying to offJohn Vosilla5/31/2006
55102Moomi, The ECRI claims to have a very good track record, and, for as long as I&Live2Sail5/31/2006
55101That is probably more important than the fed minutes coming out today. Shows thThink4Yourself5/31/2006
55100Anyone looked into BKUNA? finance.yahoo.com Florida bank, hasn't really goTravis_Bickle5/31/2006
5509910:00 AM ET 5/31/06 MAY CHICAGO PMI RISES TO 61.5% VS. 56.2% EXPECTED 10:01 AM Travis_Bickle5/31/2006
55098Well they'd option 100% of the land if they could get away with it but they GraceZ5/31/2006
55097Good news - some fuel prices may be coming down. Once the air traffic controlleDan35/31/2006
55096Yes, it's a little early to make an official recession call, but I think we&SouthFloridaGuy5/31/2006
55095Forecasters always seem to forecast growth until the recession actually arrives.Moominoid5/31/2006
55094<pre> *DJ US MBA Market Index Falls 1.9% To 541.9 From 552.6 *DJ US MPaul Kern5/31/2006
55093DEAR BOB: When I purchased a new condominium last year, I was told it would be aTravis_Bickle5/31/2006
55092I keep seeing LEN's name attached to failed projects. The Herald Tribune taTravis_Bickle5/31/2006
55091Depends also how much of those 'purchases" of vacant land out there werJohn Vosilla5/31/2006
55090ECRI still disagrees with the recession-set.Live2Sail5/31/2006
55089The problem is that they have a contingent liability and no one out here has anyGraceZ5/30/2006
55088Thanks Grace. That doesn't sound all too complicated. The use of the unconChanceIs5/30/2006
55087From BZH: <b>OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS: </b> We acquire cerGraceZ5/30/2006
55086From CTX 10k: (F) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES The Company conductGraceZ5/30/2006
55085<i>Can anyone elaborate??? </i> Unconsolidated entities and JV compGraceZ5/30/2006
55084Uncomplimentary reference is made to off-balance sheet "land banks" atChanceIs5/30/2006
55083The NASDAQ index lead the move down. NASDAQ 100 peaked in January. First stock mMoominoid5/30/2006
55082I agree. That's what amazed me about the home back to mid 2004 levels alreaJohn Vosilla5/30/2006
55081I think prices are still way above '04 in most markets - if you can sell. WCalculatedRisk5/30/2006
55080Ah Intel. Tried to swing trade it six times in two months. All break even or sJohn Vosilla5/30/2006
55079Any evidence that prices in bubble markets are back to levels from two years agoJohn Vosilla5/30/2006
55078well, the housing market here crashed in 2001 much harder than other areas due tLizzie Tudor5/30/2006
55077"slowing here like everywhere else." Even the tech biz? I thought semJohn Vosilla5/30/2006
55076That's why the housing bubble is such an economy-killer....lap dances, tequipatron_anejo_por_favor5/30/2006
55075Thanks.Broken_Clock5/30/2006
55074Ben Jones: thehousingbubbleblog.com Patrick's Links: patrick.net Bubble MaCalculatedRisk5/30/2006
55073can anyone provide the link to ben jones blog and/or other housing bubble blogs?Broken_Clock5/30/2006
55072World Bank Lifts Forecast For Global Growth in '06 >>>5.25% Fed raChanceIs5/30/2006
55071DJ UPDATE: Freddie Mac Earnings Slip To $2.1B In 2005 >FRE 05/30/2006 Dow Paul Kern5/30/2006
55070I agree with the recession part.SouthFloridaGuy5/30/2006
55069I'm predicting a recession, lets see how it pans out. I think Bernake prettLizzie Tudor5/30/2006
55068no we are slowing here like everywhere else.Lizzie Tudor5/30/2006
55067If you ever wondered who it is that rents or buys crappy condos you can see fromGraceZ5/30/2006
55066Yeah, stocks have gone down for two weeks. No huge tragedy. Real estate isnnnillionaire5/30/2006
55065I thought tech land was going gang busters? Are you seeing that turn too?John Vosilla5/30/2006
55064Down here in 'paradise' or probably any other bubble market many can'John Vosilla5/30/2006
55063Pretty glorius day. Covered MTH as it is one volatile SOB, short CORS DSL a litTravis_Bickle5/30/2006
55062Hey, one of my sisters had to stay together with her ex because of their mutual GraceZ5/30/2006
55061yeah well the stock market has had its worst 2 week run for at least a decade (aLizzie Tudor5/30/2006
55060Lizzy, you are quite a pessimist from today's WSJ: Manufacturers' Profnnillionaire5/30/2006
55059economically speaking, every day its just more bad news. The market thinks we aLizzie Tudor5/30/2006
55058Mr Market looks like he is set up to take out margin calls this pm and tomorrow John Vosilla5/30/2006
55057I covered some more LEND, got the money I lost on Friday back. That stock has beTravis_Bickle5/30/2006
55056finally a movie tied to this housing mania and breakups.. imdb.com "AfterJohn Vosilla5/30/2006
55055<i>Unfortunately all that came to an end when my X and I split the cash<GraceZ5/30/2006
55054Yeah, that was the cool part. I recall selling a house in 1982 and banking $50KDrygulch Dan5/30/2006
55053You guys are good. These builders continue to see 'red'. Just swing trJohn Vosilla5/30/2006
55052I guess we'll find out who gets bailed out around the time the CongressionalGraceZ5/30/2006
55051We have a real estate margin call that usually comes around once very 10-15 yearJohn Vosilla5/30/2006
55050Agreed. A lot of lap dances have been lost due to this housing bubble. :-)SouthFloridaGuy5/30/2006
55049Apartment jolt arrives --- rents are rising charlotte.comLes H5/30/2006
55048Now that's funny Grace.-g-Broken_Clock5/30/2006
55047Everyone is heading for the exits at once. About a year and a half ago, one of GraceZ5/30/2006
55046Imo the rallies are going to be 2 - 3% going forward, not enough wind to get thoTravis_Bickle5/30/2006
55045Virginia listing skyrocket: photos1.blogger.comTravis_Bickle5/30/2006
55044You think we'll be safe from those vicious rallies we used to get from Fed mdamainman5/30/2006
55043Tommasso You are a hedge fund manager! jeez louise ---------------------------Pogeu Mahone5/30/2006
55042I do the same thing in terms of managing investments, only I still have my old wGraceZ5/30/2006
55041Yup it's shaping up to be a very nice day. LEND PHM MTH standing out on my Travis_Bickle5/30/2006
55040I manage family investments--my own, my wife's, my daughter's and my sisTommaso5/30/2006
55039<i>I don't even think of what I do as "work." </i> WhGraceZ5/30/2006
55038Should get a little reaction in the builders off that barrons article today (I hTravis_Bickle5/30/2006
55037Indian 'veggie' house hunters get preference By Ramola Talwar Badam Mubentway5/30/2006
55036Slower Home Sales Open Up a Market For Some Investors The Threat of ForeclosureChanceIs5/30/2006
55035Deleted.marginnayan5/30/2006
55034I don't even think of what I do as "work." Except when I am figuriTommaso5/30/2006
55033Government subsidised loans of all kinds had these disconnects from market ratesGraceZ5/30/2006
55032I was lucky, I had a construction loan that I was able to roll over after final Drygulch Dan5/29/2006
55031It was crazy back then with double digit mortgage rates. I knew lots of people wGraceZ5/29/2006
55030I have a similar setup. I've never paid much for studio space, always much lGraceZ5/29/2006
55029<But I have been in this business too many years, I have been rewarded by honmarginnayan5/29/2006
55028>>>"Big Lots is still my favorite emporium." You are missingTommaso5/29/2006
55027The Big Glut: Trouble in Paradise Barron's ^ | 5/29/2006 | Robin Goldwyn BluProud_Infidel5/29/2006
55026Neighborhood fees go through roof:Condo,townhouse owners often greeted with a fiProud_Infidel5/29/2006
55025"If you want to sell, you've got to go back to '04 prices," saCalculatedRisk5/29/2006
55024Barron's: The Big Glut online.barrons.com Excerpts: Statistics compiled forCalculatedRisk5/29/2006
55023Sort of. Now, I'm going just by memory here: if you're over 55 (65?), thLive2Sail5/29/2006
55022Hot ideas for a cooling housing marketBY MATTHEW HAGGMAN mhaggman@MiamiHerald.coTravis_Bickle5/29/2006
55021I am unaware of such a thing. The pols seem to have learned how to get around Drygulch Dan5/29/2006
55020I recall the tight money times of the early 1980s. At that time I was trying toDrygulch Dan5/29/2006
55019I heard some friend moving to SF bay area talk about something related to freeziGeorge85/29/2006
55018THE HOUSING MARKET CONTINUED to show cracks last week. Sales of existing homes sChanceIs5/29/2006
55017I have even gone back to renting: an office, that costs me $200 a month, includiTommaso5/29/2006
55016Never heard of that in Florida. In foreclosures they get the deficiency judgmenTravis_Bickle5/29/2006
55015I think more people, if they tried it, would find that this is in fact the easieGraceZ5/29/2006
55014'Katrina cottages' may aid in recovery Work left to do: The factory-builbentway5/29/2006
55013I went to that auction are city hall a couple years ago and they went for $50k. Jim McMannis5/28/2006
55012<I>Might as well cut her losses and file bk.</i> Someone once told Lizzie Tudor5/28/2006
55011I was buying lots in PSL in 2001, just 5 years ago for 2-5K each. At that time Itdl41385/28/2006
55010Yeah you'd want to hire her for a Realtor...lolJim McMannis5/28/2006
55009Free Advertising? denawebster.net gethomemortgage.netbruiser985/28/2006
55008I wonder if she knows about the new bankruptcy laws? ----------- Also in todayJim McMannis5/28/2006
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