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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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59607Saw my first anti war march in along time yesterday. Youngest walker had to 45 yBroken_Clock8/10/2006
59606Yeah... but the Hippies changed the philosophy for a bit... guess what.... this Beachside Bill8/10/2006
59605DJ HUD To Meet With Fannie, Freddie For Investment Review By Damian Paletta OPaul Kern8/10/2006
59604SB County 64 till 82. Reagan liked to use LA Co. sherriffs and Chippies to bust Broken_Clock8/10/2006
59603Clairemont when new sub division in the 60's... San Diego... father at NorthBeachside Bill8/10/2006
59602Reagan was a nazi. Now he's a brain dead nazi. I lived in California. SB CouBroken_Clock8/10/2006
59601*DJ Freddie Mac 30-Yr Fixed Rate Falls To 6.55% From 6.63% *DJ Freddie Mac 15-Paul Kern8/10/2006
59600I think you need to pick your spot in flyover very carefully. water? TransportaBroken_Clock8/10/2006
59599Before Reagan... college was free. But he drove the state in debt... like the nBeachside Bill8/10/2006
59598nope just an a**hole.manny_velasco8/10/2006
59597I am Californian... when Reagan was governor... I know this kind of ecomomics.Beachside Bill8/10/2006
59596It's a Darwinian solution for financial stupidity. Eventually the schmuck eDale Baker8/10/2006
59595People asked the same thing when I told them commodities will jump with the elecBeachside Bill8/10/2006
59594I think they do get the local job growth from both wealth transfer and corporateJohn Vosilla8/10/2006
59593To me the housing bubble is relevant only as it effects whatever companies I am Travis_Bickle8/10/2006
59592Bill are you drunk?John Vosilla8/10/2006
59591Elroy how many land gold rushes have you had in CA since the 1840's? Here iJohn Vosilla8/10/2006
59590Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah... you know nothing about money, ecomomics, oBeachside Bill8/10/2006
59589Eventually you need a strong job market to sustain the real estate market. The jBroken_Clock8/10/2006
59588'prices nationally haven't fallen. Outlook for small cities booming'John Vosilla8/10/2006
59587Cramer really spreads himself so thin. He is totally clueless on RE, homebuildiJohn Vosilla8/10/2006
59586<<Some borrowers are opting to sell homes they can no longer afford. Last John Vosilla8/10/2006
59585Congratulations on making that list. How come you don't use your real name?John Vosilla8/10/2006
59584A friend of mine who worked for CTYS before it went into chapter 11 said the loaTravis_Bickle8/10/2006
59583>>>Thank God pre-payment penalties are illegal in Maryland. They shouldChanceIs8/10/2006
59582RDN is the divergence play still parabolic in that group. Message 22684187John Vosilla8/10/2006
59581>>>Chasing Our Tails<<< A good article. I agree in general iChanceIs8/10/2006
59580Watch BZH over the next 6 month... bitch child of the sector.Beachside Bill8/10/2006
59579It can't even get a JOE-like short squeeze going.Travis_Bickle8/10/2006
59578That's one misleading chart. It doesn't even show the actual procuremenLes H8/10/2006
59577I would be surprised if Cramer has a clue what WCI builds. Even the blind bull Ramsey Su8/10/2006
59576Like I was posting back in 2000 that commodities where where to rush to... I alsBeachside Bill8/10/2006
59575<i>Fannie Mae (FNM ) and Freddie Mac (FRE ), as well as lenders such as CoSchnullie8/10/2006
59574"Well, mortgage activity back up" Spoken like a true sheep. Sheep doThink4Yourself8/10/2006
59573Foreclosures: Down, But Not Much Longer >>>Mish - note the lengthly diChanceIs8/10/2006
59572Well, mortgage activity back up... prices nationally haven't fallen. OutlooBeachside Bill8/10/2006
59571<i>MTG: Surprised there hasn't been more talk about the huge technicalzebra4o18/10/2006
59570"Your undermining the group *sheep* mentality." Mostly sheep carcasseThink4Yourself8/10/2006
59569If Cramer says WCI is a buy then I am buying more puts this morning. That guy iThink4Yourself8/10/2006
59568I am always curious as to how second homes are counted and reported. How many bRamsey Su8/10/2006
59567For Whom the Housing Bell Tolls THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2006 7:35 a.m. EDT UP AND ChanceIs8/10/2006
59566"Let's see, the housing decline began in December 1989 and by August ofThink4Yourself8/10/2006
59565Toll Brothers CEO: Rebound Could Be Up To Two Years Away DOW JONES NEWSWIRES AuChanceIs8/10/2006
59564You know Dan, if the thread does not want a contra view... don't post. YourBeachside Bill8/10/2006
59563Re: <i>Ever heard of sell the rumor... buy the news?</i> This is stDan38/10/2006
59562TOL - Housing boom still slowing >>>From today's (Aug 10), PhiladeChanceIs8/10/2006
59561This morning's Wall Street Journal; I always forget they don't include tDale Baker8/10/2006
59560BTW... I will leave that port alone for the six months... according to the threaBeachside Bill8/10/2006
59559No. Still around... I already stated it was time and the bottom and in my May poBeachside Bill8/10/2006
59558Cramer Sez: "WCI Communities (WCI): '... It's at $15. I do feel, nTravis_Bickle8/10/2006
59557Re: <i>Some excerpts from "The Boom of the Eighties - in Southern CalDan38/10/2006
59556Hi Dale, Where did this article come from ? This is just the beginning. I'mChrisJP8/10/2006
59555"Let's see, the housing decline began in December 1989 and by August of8bits8/10/2006
59554The idea that Defense Dept cut-backs caused the decline in Southern California hElroy Jetson8/10/2006
59553Homeowners Start to Feel The Pain of Rising Rates Payments on Adjustable Loans HDale Baker8/10/2006
59552Some excerpts from "The Boom of the Eighties - in Southern California"Elroy Jetson8/10/2006
59551Let's see, the housing decline began in December 1989 and by August of 1990 Elroy Jetson8/10/2006
59550MTG: Surprised there hasn't been more talk about the huge technical failure Perspective8/10/2006
59549Bubble Blog A popular blogger explains how he predicted the cooling of the realCalculatedRisk8/10/2006
59548And it is just starting ... I figure there are 300K to 400K layoffs coming in coCalculatedRisk8/10/2006
59547<<the second-home market relies on a different set of motivations that tenJohn Vosilla8/10/2006
59546"It's hitting everybody real hard right now, especially the people on tJohn Vosilla8/10/2006
59545Hot Market for Second Homes Hits Slump nytimes.com Excerpt: As the overall housCalculatedRisk8/9/2006
595442006 is looking a lot like 1990 in many ways.John Vosilla8/9/2006
59543'was that the 500k tax exemption?' Yes it went from once in a lifetime John Vosilla8/9/2006
59542Defense cutbacks started in 1989. The Aerospace industry turned down in So. CalLes H8/9/2006
59541Chasing Our Tails As the U.S. economy and consumer spending weakens, "the zanjani8/9/2006
59540"The housing price collapse in 1990 was precipitated by the collapse of bub8bits8/9/2006
59539Wasn't there some defense worker layoff?Jim McMannis8/9/2006
59538Region sees ripples from housing slump Slowdown in building is rocking small conCalculatedRisk8/9/2006
59537this is a much better tax break. townhall.comRamsey Su8/9/2006
59536Well, I'd have more sympathy but he does seem a bit puffed up about his callBroken_Clock8/9/2006
59535I don't think Beachie is here, and I am not a big I-told-you-so type, so I hLizzie Tudor8/9/2006
59534It's a well known fact that consuming 10 or more gin & tonics just priorBroken_Clock8/9/2006
59533Most home mortgages in the 1980s were syndicated and sold off to either Fannie MElroy Jetson8/9/2006
59532you are so right. 1990 on CA was simply buyer exhaustion. Had NOTHING To do wiLizzie Tudor8/9/2006
59531hows that tol I'm not an I told you so - type but come on. What were you tLizzie Tudor8/9/2006
59530yah but its nothing like california at all...no beaches, no cool pacific air, etsammaster8/9/2006
59529RE:"still cant see why people live in arizona except for its proximity to cJim McMannis8/9/2006
59528did lots of banks back in early 90's keep the loans themselves or sell them sammaster8/9/2006
59527" 1997 favorable tax law changes for RE " was that the 500k tax exempsammaster8/9/2006
59526my guess is they sell their house up north and keep their house in florida...evesammaster8/9/2006
59525Perhaps a good bottle of wine and some patience? <gg>Poet8/9/2006
59524They write their stories early and sometimes screw up when editing, especially tCalculatedRisk8/9/2006
59523I guess the media is really trying to hold things in check. I just read yahoos fjpk18/9/2006
59522ACF: What's going on with this one? stockcharts.com Something smells herePerspective8/9/2006
59521PIMCO's McCulley: Housing Drove Fed ocregister.com Q. How big a role did a CalculatedRisk8/9/2006
59520House Broke msnbc.msn.comLes H8/9/2006
59519Pricing Out Potential Borrowers The National Association of Home Builders and BLes H8/9/2006
59518Why Indian real estate is a classic bubble Real estate in India is being calledLes H8/9/2006
59517Builder: Oversupply slump worst in 40 years (Is this the big one??) Toll Brothertsigprofit8/9/2006
59516LEND - Cahones I've got. I put in a stink bid of $5.50 on the LEND Aug $30 ChanceIs8/9/2006
59515Indeed, the profligacy of today's home lending was not even imagined in 1989Elroy Jetson8/9/2006
59514'1989 anyone who was breathing could get a home loan.' 1990-91 was alrJohn Vosilla8/9/2006
59513The fed pause is like a very beautiful woman who you woo practically forever to Travis_Bickle8/9/2006
59512That's nonsense. In 1989 anyone who was breathing could get a home loan. YElroy Jetson8/9/2006
59511Elroy as you know monetary policy was very tight back then and mortgage rates weJohn Vosilla8/9/2006
59510What is a Mello-Roos? Its a debt obligation on your home which was used to buildElroy Jetson8/9/2006
59509Oddly the telecom equipment guys on fire today. Leaders of the last mania are tJohn Vosilla8/9/2006
59508Lucky for Bob he took millions off the table last year at much better prices tharenovator8/9/2006
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