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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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56507Living on another planet, as I apparently do, I went to the aformentioned link aMoneyPenny6/20/2006
56506by how quickly she decreases the family fortune.? :)Zincman6/20/2006
56505OT: "Did anyone see Stephen Colbert interview the congressman from the Georbentway6/20/2006
56504>>>I believe Paris Hilton will amaze us all!<<, did alreadyTommaso6/20/2006
56503I saw it. It was startling how abysmally stupid that Republican was. comedycenMetacomet6/20/2006
56502"well there are cases of "rich kids" making good and surpassing tbentway6/20/2006
56501My impression after that evening long ago (late 80's), was that Jeb (always MoneyPenny6/20/2006
56500Next Victim of Warming: The Beaches By CORNELIA DEAN nytimes.com NEW SMYRNA BEbentway6/20/2006
56499Don't forget Hawaii.CaBum6/20/2006
56498OT: Oh yeah, how could I forget intelligence? Did anyone see Stephen Colbert intLive2Sail6/20/2006
56497<i>That's not an argument for term limits; that's an argument for Paul Kern6/20/2006
56496wow thats amazing. Well I have to say that Jeb's relentless pandering to &quLizzie Tudor6/20/2006
56495Exactly. LOL MPMoneyPenny6/20/2006
56494OT: Apparently when George HW found out George W was going to run for President,CalculatedRisk6/20/2006
56493That's not an argument for term limits; that's an argument for a full baLive2Sail6/20/2006
56492Many years ago I attended a fundraiser for GHWB Sr. at a friends home and met BaMoneyPenny6/20/2006
56491>>>Bush exhibits the classic underachieving rich kid behavior imho...&lChanceIs6/20/2006
56490UPDATE:Housing Starts Data Show Inventory Up Despite Glut DOW JONES NEWSWIRES JChanceIs6/20/2006
56489well there are cases of "rich kids" making good and surpassing their pLizzie Tudor6/20/2006
56488>>>A critical flaw in a democracy is when the voters become so complaceChanceIs6/20/2006
56487Thanks for the advice Liz, it happens that my wife of almost 25 years has been mDrygulch Dan6/20/2006
56486Since you mentioned it, I think the easiest solution to the oil price gauging prCaBum6/20/2006
56485"Another thing I think is important is a society where building something fMetacomet6/20/2006
56484<I>MIT and Stanford catch the Indian students that don't make the cut.Lizzie Tudor6/20/2006
56483OT: "We're going to put a man on the moon." This sounds very nobbentway6/20/2006
56482I think lots of those Indian and Chinese grad students that worked here as HI-Bbentway6/20/2006
56481Real Estate System Criticized Consumer Group Alleges Anticompetitive Practices ChanceIs6/20/2006
56480Tellingly, home-builder stocks failed to rally. The Philadelphia Housing Sector ChanceIs6/20/2006
56479yeah on business only I want to go to the tourist places like Tiger Tops but I hLizzie Tudor6/20/2006
56478---OT--- "the U.S. has stayed ahead of Chindia. Why can't we keep on kemarcher6/20/2006
56477<i>am not sure why the U.S. should be ahead of China and India in 20 yearsLive2Sail6/20/2006
56476Lizzie, Have you been to India? L2SLive2Sail6/20/2006
56475SoCal Home Sales Decline latimes.com Excerpts: Southern California home sales dCalculatedRisk6/20/2006
56474RE:"personally I think there is a real lack of focus on this "US scienJim McMannis6/20/2006
56473RE:"just be aware that whites are a minority in California now, and in the Jim McMannis6/20/2006
56472<I>At it's worst Indian politicians might beat up their US counterpartLizzie Tudor6/20/2006
56471personally I think there is a real lack of focus on this "US science and enLizzie Tudor6/20/2006
56470are the Beazer projects that are hurting in California also, or are these layoffLizzie Tudor6/20/2006
56469just be aware that whites are a minority in California now, and in the bay area Lizzie Tudor6/20/2006
56468has this type of consumer group criticism happened before though? Reminds me a Lizzie Tudor6/20/2006
56467Because we ain't afeared of furners? I'm descended on one side from theGraceZ6/20/2006
56466'It's no wonder that the universities are looking to admit foreign studeJohn Vosilla6/20/2006
56465>>in case anyone doesn't know this, photographs lie.<< You meanpatron_anejo_por_favor6/20/2006
56464wasn't it centex that said they are going to build and sell at discounted prRamsey Su6/20/2006
56463Thanks. Looks like I was off by half. It's no wonder that the universities aGraceZ6/20/2006
56462*****OT**** No, that's not me nor would I do it if asked. I've been tolGraceZ6/20/2006
56461dupJim McMannis6/20/2006
56460Didya do the Univ. of Wisconsin viewbook where they photoshopped a black guy in Live2Sail6/20/2006
56459In the areas where I own land, Google Earth shows mostly green mush anyway, onlyDale Baker6/20/2006
56458Here are a bunch of stats for you: census.govDale Baker6/20/2006
56457They should just give you the Google earth co-ordinates!bentway6/20/2006
56456"errors and omissions" I wouldn't call an altered digital photo ebentway6/20/2006
56455Out of what, maybe 2 million undergrad admissions per year?GraceZ6/20/2006
56454I wish some would tell RE agents that listings for residential lots with a pictuDale Baker6/20/2006
56453That's why agents carry errors and omissions policies. The agent was negliGraceZ6/20/2006
56452Some checking shows fewer students than I thought, 500-600K each year, so the neDale Baker6/20/2006
56451I imagine it is like travel services, it doesn't matter where the services aGraceZ6/20/2006
56450"... so it is a matter of just editing out the peripheral crap that detractbentway6/20/2006
56449Presumably the guy's agent is going to show him unadulterated photos straighGraceZ6/20/2006
56448It might be included under service exports but I am not sure since the services Dale Baker6/20/2006
56447I've always wondered when higher education would start showing up as a line GraceZ6/20/2006
56446"And, BTW, in case anyone doesn't know this, photographs lie." I bentway6/20/2006
56445More OT**** - When I worked at the US Embassy in Mauritius, we did a land officeDale Baker6/20/2006
56444You make a good point. W/LTCG at 15%(+ State) the 1031 addicts could be netting Broken_Clock6/20/2006
56443It might be easy to change the elevations in some cities. But it's almost iCaBum6/20/2006
56442Housing slowdown spreads risk far, wide azcentral.com Jon Talton Republic coluCalculatedRisk6/20/2006
56441****OT*** <i>I suppose they just look foreign to Drygulch</i> A waGraceZ6/20/2006
56440We don't call them "rooming houses" now, we call them share housesbentway6/20/2006
56439Thanks for explaining that ... as I was unaware.Suma6/20/2006
56438CA realtors have to charge a high commission in order to recover the high dues tCaBum6/20/2006
56437That guy has more money than sense, or too much access to someone else's monGraceZ6/20/2006
56436"You have to wonder why they decided not to pour the foundations." ThMetacomet6/20/2006
56435Hello.... Duh I have known this for years... that the prices are controlled. ItSuma6/20/2006
56434Elroy have you checked out what happened with Standard Pacific? Refunded depositJohn Vosilla6/20/2006
56433I think he had a property management company to run them for him. For many it seJohn Vosilla6/20/2006
56432<i>here are basically two types of home foundations in Texas. Ones that haWyätt Gwyön6/20/2006
56431'Then I realized you couldn't have been that crazy' Well I've pJohn Vosilla6/20/2006
56430More starts and fewer customers? Is there some logic here that I miss?Paul Kern6/20/2006
56429Houses serve a purpose in the US far beyond a simple dwelling. People don't GraceZ6/20/2006
56428Re: <i>Housing starts</i> Does anyone have a good handle on the aveDan36/20/2006
56427DJ DATA SNAP: US Housing Starts Post 1st Rise Since Jan <pre> ==========Paul Kern6/20/2006
56426India still has some albatrosses around it's neck that will impede it's microhoogle!6/20/2006
56425RE: <i>There's no way that 75% of the Stanford's graduating class Dan36/20/2006
56424Re:<i> what a bargain!!!!</i> Sure is! <i>subject to adjustmDan36/20/2006
56423Yes it costs money to change your housing elevations, primarily for design, re-tElroy Jetson6/20/2006
56422You suggest: "...If we don't make being PhD sexy, we will be behind Chimarcher6/20/2006
56421In California, the type of housing, density, floor plan, lot layout, stucco coloCaBum6/20/2006
56420We were fortunate to get video feed from the last group of investors buying housgladman6/20/2006
56419I have not read <u>Setting the Record Straight</u>. It looks like I Live2Sail6/20/2006
56418The cement forms belong to the subcontractor, so if the home builder calls off tElroy Jetson6/20/2006
56417"A number of new home builders have actually pulled the cement forms from tCaBum6/20/2006
56416If you mean that they aren't black or white, what one might expect from a &qLive2Sail6/20/2006
56415I love the reply to this guy from California, the one buying 17 home in Texas siElroy Jetson6/20/2006
56414L2S Have you read "Setting The Record Straight" by Gerald Bracey? Itmarcher6/20/2006
56413Beazer Homes is hurting. They laid off quite a number of employees in CaliforniaElroy Jetson6/20/2006
56412Sorry, but I think you are generalizing in a lot of ways. I walked the campus dDrygulch Dan6/20/2006
56411Real Estate System Criticized Consumer Group Alleges Anticompetitive Practices CaBum6/20/2006
56410The guy is buying 2+M in homes, and he can't spend $150 to fly out there forLive2Sail6/20/2006
56409I suppose they just look foreign to Drygulch.Live2Sail6/20/2006
56408Agree - no such thing either for being foreign or minority....Moominoid6/20/2006
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