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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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59207Heh heh, Don. My congratulation is in order for someone who did take advantage oXoFruitCake8/5/2006
59206Ouchy wa-wa!!!! Over the next four years, about a quarter of all home mortgageLes H8/5/2006
59205At this stage it depends where you are in the country how the housing market is Moominoid8/5/2006
59204RE: "When a housing bubble bursts the difference between sale prices and asDon Earl8/5/2006
59203RE: "since you mentioned that you have not price cement for a couple years,Don Earl8/5/2006
59202Don, if building cost are so good as your preached, why aren't you building XoFruitCake8/5/2006
59201"But it won't be massive until the price of the condo that the buyer isXoFruitCake8/5/2006
59200mish I highly rec that you listen to Fareed's discussion found here: foreignBroken_Clock8/5/2006
59199<i>On the global stage, the number of people you are talking about looks mmishedlo8/5/2006
59198Assessments are like a fifth or less of market value! Go take a look on Zillow. Moominoid8/5/2006
59197There is an easier way to find what the market is doing, at least in some FloridKyrosL8/5/2006
59196I've never agreed with the Doomsday view, but I do feel the consumer is beinCalculatedRisk8/5/2006
59195No i'm not disputing that HELOC's provide cash for spending. I am dispugladman8/5/2006
59194The $108,929 full retail price for the materials for a 3,368 sq ft home is dramaElroy Jetson8/5/2006
59193Assessments match actual values only on new homes, provided the market does notKyrosL8/5/2006
59192A friend of mine I hadn't heard from in a while just emailed me that he'bentway8/5/2006
59191Ballooning home equity has allowed people to refinance and take a higher loan. TGST8/5/2006
59190>>>What (Really) Happened in 1995?<<< That was extremely inteChanceIs8/5/2006
59189>>the tapped-out-refi-driven US consumer<< That's an invented mgladman8/5/2006
59188According to their SEC filings, their average selling price was $303K, which wasDon Earl8/5/2006
59187Seems to me the amount of leverage used by builders,buyers and flippers might casuanny8/5/2006
59186Almost all NYC taxis are leased per shift by the driver who is on the hook for $renovator8/5/2006
59185<The big problem is the sheer numbers of people> On the global stage, thGST8/5/2006
59184<i>But it won't be massive until the price of the condo that the buyermishedlo8/5/2006
59183<i>Where I am less in agreement with others on this thread is in the notiomishedlo8/5/2006
59182Rising gas prices cripple NY cab drivers topix.net I assume that this pertainsLes H8/5/2006
59181Tax receipts in Troy would be practically zero if the assessments were equal to Live2Sail8/5/2006
59180Too many northerners rushing in, they forgot that Florida is the place where youTravis_Bickle8/5/2006
59179RE: "In Florida assessed values for tax purposes lag market prices by at leDon Earl8/5/2006
59178If the housing boom goes bust, so do illegal workers What do we do with those heLes H8/5/2006
59177NC is like FL was when we were kids 25 yrs ago and there were only 8M people. John Vosilla8/5/2006
59176Cashiers and Blowing Rock seem to the the destination of choice for my area. I MoneyPenny8/5/2006
59175I received at least three mailers today for NC, SC and TN. Can't tell you wMoneyPenny8/5/2006
59174Inflation protection at $50 psf? realtor.com Meanwhile Centex offers brand newJohn Vosilla8/5/2006
59173Here in my town in Upstate NY property tax appraised values seem to bear no connMoominoid8/5/2006
59172Among my FL estate planning clients many of the well off have homes in NC, 3 outTravis_Bickle8/5/2006
59171What (Really) Happened in 1995? How the Greenspan Fed Screwed Up in the Mid-90John Vosilla8/5/2006
59170I see more and more developers/subdividers pushing tracts in the Blue Ridge in WJohn Vosilla8/5/2006
59169Assessments have never matched actual values?Jim McMannis8/5/2006
59168"In any event most buyers would rather walk away from their deposits then bXoFruitCake8/5/2006
59167Materials cost for a 3368 sq ft home: Doesn't include the lot or foundationDan38/5/2006
59166<They didn't buy your lot, huh?> That would be a no. Maybe they will BWAC8/5/2006
59165Don How many condo buildings that are scheduled to start construction can not Pogeu Mahone8/5/2006
59164<more than happy to quote stupid crying the blues about how he couldn't sGST8/5/2006
59163In Florida assessed values for tax purposes lag market prices by at least two yeKyrosL8/5/2006
59162RE: "I didn't make the claim you were responding to." Sorry aboutDon Earl8/5/2006
59161RE: "You expect the government to start taxing you less." I assume thDon Earl8/5/2006
59160RE: "I'm sorry to hear that your costs were so high when you built a hoDon Earl8/5/2006
59159Fuck taxes. Seriously. You expect the government to start taxing you less. Centmishedlo8/4/2006
59158Rear View Mirror Jobs globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Mishmishedlo8/4/2006
59157Just for the record.... I didn't make the claim you were responding to. I jtdl41388/4/2006
59156They didn't buy your lot, huh?Live2Sail8/4/2006
59155Anecdotally I would say it has added fuel. Many of our buyers in hawaii are boomBroken_Clock8/4/2006
59154s the transfer of wealth to the next generation fueling the real estate market? Live2Sail8/4/2006
59153I like some concrete between me and Mister Hurricane.Travis_Bickle8/4/2006
59152I've worked for, and with, a number of large home builders. How many have yoElroy Jetson8/4/2006
59151Don Appraisals are rear view mirrors. Appraisers are now being told by lenders tBroken_Clock8/4/2006
59150RE: "Prices on homes are falling in many major cities in the country."Don Earl8/4/2006
59149The prefabs are supposedly very good now. They have excellent quality control aThink4Yourself8/4/2006
59148RE: "What is "stick built"?" It's slang for wood framinDon Earl8/4/2006
59147RE: "To be fair if you set out to build a custom home yourself, you'll Don Earl8/4/2006
59146What is "stick built"? It sounds like what we in South Florida call &Travis_Bickle8/4/2006
59145RE: "I think you're off on your numbers....considerably." Let'Don Earl8/4/2006
59144Speaking of thru the roof, check this out: laurelmor.comBWAC8/4/2006
59143<i>Heinz also does expect at some point a potential 50% correction of the orkrious8/4/2006
59142deflation is better for than gold in that purchasing power will hold up better, mishedlo8/4/2006
59141They had an interesting headline on BubbleVision to summarize today's marketpatron_anejo_por_favor8/4/2006
59140I'm in the deflation is even better for gold (and especially gold miners) thorkrious8/4/2006
59139At the rate we are going we could hit that today <vbg>Travis_Bickle8/4/2006
59138Not to attempt to sway your opinion, but I cleared out my last golds in March. IPerspective8/4/2006
59137The $100 per square foot construction cost is a widely believed myth -- except iElroy Jetson8/4/2006
59136Yes, if homebuilders end up getting cut in half again (after getting cut in halfPerspective8/4/2006
59135<i>We'll see if they can keep levitating 'em into the meeting. I torkrious8/4/2006
59134bobcor, outstanding post. Of course I think it's outstanding because I agreorkrious8/4/2006
59133JOE maxpain for august is 45, if that helps. it worked last month at expiration.Broken_Clock8/4/2006
59132>>So in the bear, I'm trying to stay fully invested, sell into moderatpatron_anejo_por_favor8/4/2006
59131It can't POSSIBLY be that useful! Nah, I think it's mostly common sense,Perspective8/4/2006
59130Thanks for that post, it reminded me I'd done the same thing in the initial Travis_Bickle8/4/2006
59129I joined you on LEND. Added some PHM puts (Sept 30's). We'll see if thpatron_anejo_por_favor8/4/2006
59128HOV money.cnn.com "Our anticipated financial results for the remainder of mishedlo8/4/2006
59127If you don't mind I will nail this post to my wall. (Right next to the K-cycYanivBA8/4/2006
59126TWST: Stephen, how bad is the land issue for the industry at this point? Mr. EaLes H8/4/2006
59125I wish I'd had the cahones to step in and fade this morning's ramp, but Perspective8/4/2006
59124<<< Boy the JOE puts are really flying:) >>> Feels a lot betttdl41388/4/2006
59123I loaded up yesterday on March 07 and they are looking mighty good today. -vbg- Broken_Clock8/4/2006
59122Boy the JOE puts are really flying ;)Travis_Bickle8/4/2006
59121Dale prices in much of Florida went through the roof the past four years and theJohn Vosilla8/4/2006
59120'Prices on homes are falling in many major cities in the country.' No oJohn Vosilla8/4/2006
59119<b>The math is simple for anyone except Wall Street analysts. If the cost Incitatus8/4/2006
59118"so hopelessly slanted as to be totally worthless" And yet it got a rIncitatus8/4/2006
59117<i>Is there a reason you have left out Pulte.</i> Although it wasn&orkrious8/4/2006
59116You need to read the discussion I had with Elroy on this subject. Quite fascinaJohn Vosilla8/4/2006
59115I bet there will be a lot of reluctant new age landlords who will see the dark sJohn Vosilla8/4/2006
59114Land writedowns. The price of lands and options on land are falling in adition mishedlo8/4/2006
59113<i>When you can show me the numbers where property taxes are going down bemishedlo8/4/2006
59112When I said small I was talking about Adornment" vs "Investment" mishedlo8/4/2006
59111I agree. I have no one on ignore here and only 1 person at most on the FOOL. I mishedlo8/4/2006
59110<<< Most people in the business see prices more or less flat over the ntdl41388/4/2006
59109Builders going negative. They finally are getting what they wanted the long awaTravis_Bickle8/4/2006
59108RE: "What you say is true, and untrue at the same time.... If we have a recDon Earl8/4/2006
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