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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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62307re: Buyers on the sidelines Answer: The excess buying that drove the market up Broken_Clock9/19/2006
62306<<At least his clairvoyance has improved.>> That was exactly my thoJ. P.9/19/2006
62305no kidding... <i>The Eatons have <b>tried to sell their Illinois hoMulhollandDrive9/19/2006
62304<<"We had someone make an offer of $275,000," says Eaton. "J. P.9/19/2006
62303Yeah, I'd like to see how many he's invested in. At least his clairvoyanjpk19/19/2006
62302This is all I keep hearing from people, "We'll wait until spring."jpk19/19/2006
62301Is he still hot on Miami condos? -vbg-Broken_Clock9/19/2006
62300I think he'll get his price correction. Unfortunately, it will be bigger thajpk19/19/2006
62299Triple top on TOL???? It looks that way to me. I think that the upward correctChanceIs9/19/2006
62298Our "Option ARM" seems to have adjusted up: <i>Investment incomDan39/19/2006
62297Wells Fargo is not worried. They'll make it up in servicing fees<g> John Vosilla9/19/2006
62296Toxic lender ideas. Some still levitating.. finance.yahoo.comJohn Vosilla9/19/2006
62295Battle of the Builders theolympian.com Glut of investors in gated community leLes H9/19/2006
62294I went there and looked in MI...Oakland County...Auburn Hills and there were 4 hThink4Yourself9/19/2006
62293tol isn't building spec houses here. you can go to www.quickdeliveryhomes.cTheStockFairy9/19/2006
62292Looks like they are interpreting the bad news as bad news for the most part.Travis_Bickle9/19/2006
62291I am not sure if TOL builds spec houses or not. One thing I do know is that theThink4Yourself9/19/2006
62290It will be interesting to see how the HB stocks react. They've been gappingJ. P.9/19/2006
62289A DelMarVa builder/developer I know just went from 140 people to 40! He says it renovator9/19/2006
62288email from a friend of mine after he read your No Hard Landing piece: <i>orkrious9/19/2006
62287<pre> ===================================================== U.S. Housing Paul Kern9/19/2006
62286U.S. AUG. HOUSING STARTS FALL 6% TO 1.665 MILLION RATE U.S. AUG. SINGLE-FAMILY HTravis_Bickle9/19/2006
62285PMI's Fall 2006 Risk Index Reflects Anticipated Housing Market Slowdown PR NPaul Kern9/19/2006
62284Custom-Building Won't Halt Price Declines for Toll Posted on Sep 19th, 2006 Travis_Bickle9/19/2006
62283RE: Dell >>>As of July 28, 2000, the company had 107 million warrants ChanceIs9/19/2006
62282The analysts are not bearish enough. Company guidance is nowhere near bearish. Incitatus9/19/2006
62281If Cramer says it's a bottom here then I bet we top out this week and start Think4Yourself9/19/2006
62280The Cramer says builder rally shows housing market has bottomed: thestreet.comTravis_Bickle9/19/2006
62279I missed the boat on that one and it has been beaten down pretty hard.Travis_Bickle9/19/2006
62278Great post! It is really hard to hear all the pain. I am really sorry for anyoneYanivBA9/19/2006
62277<<Most people simply cannot believe the profiles that we see. I am the salJohn Vosilla9/19/2006
62276Dell used to short a lot of puts as part of their efforts to increase "sharWyätt Gwyön9/18/2006
62275No Hard Landing globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Mishmishedlo9/18/2006
62274Yes I am. I forget where I read that but I am fairly certain of it. Mishmishedlo9/18/2006
62273>>>Oddly enough Dell made more money shorting PUTs than it did selling ChanceIs9/18/2006
62272No CORS?mishedlo9/18/2006
62271Dell was shorting PUTs. Oddly enough Dell made more money shorting PUTs than it mishedlo9/18/2006
62270they are sending emails now, no more lotteries for available homes. I'm gTheStockFairy9/18/2006
62269Talk about putting spin on this market slowing down. "We were getting into jpk19/18/2006
62268Misery quotient Just how much are borrowers with option ARMs going to suffer? Byldo799/18/2006
62267Meritage says slowing home demand to hurt results yahoo.reuters.com Mon Sep 18,saveslivesbyday9/18/2006
62266just watch Natural gas...down 55% this year....Skywatcher9/18/2006
62265Brilliant, absolutely Brilliant! Can someone get it posted to YouTube and GooglDan39/18/2006
62264Cramer was literally pounding the table on oil a few weeks ago, before it droppeJ. P.9/18/2006
62263I, also agree but it just goes to show you the power of the media and nitwits lijpk19/18/2006
62262the only thing to remember is that Dell did that for over 10 years very profitabLizzie Tudor9/18/2006
62261did you decide on the Toll brothers or the KB house? The good news is, its probaLizzie Tudor9/18/2006
62260Does it say "XYZ mortgage lenders" on it? ;)Think4Yourself9/18/2006
62259If your kids need some furniture, I know where to get some :)copper0009/18/2006
62258How can anyone who does ANY research at all think homebuilders are a steal here?Think4Yourself9/18/2006
62257>>It's areal tug of war with the bears until more bad news comes<&lgladman9/18/2006
62256I agree but if the PPI numbers come in high the perception of easing evaporates.jpk19/18/2006
62255Cramer was on TV just before noon PST saying that housing stocks were bottoming William JH9/18/2006
62254Ork, Thanks. I'm going to keep trying to get some JOE. It just looks stinTH9/18/2006
62253<i>I just doubled my RYL short.</i> I hope you make 40 points in itorkrious9/18/2006
62252The consensus is that "all the bad news is priced in" to the HB's.saveslivesbyday9/18/2006
62251Every bit of bad news from the hb's is perceived as good news by the bulls sjpk19/18/2006
62250Can't get any JOE or WCI, so I just doubled my RYL short. GT THTH9/18/2006
62249which country is margaret whelan of ubs from? i can understand almost all englit4texas9/18/2006
62248Jump ship or pink slip for some realtors By Julie Haviv Sun Sep 17, 8:03 PM ETRed Heeler9/18/2006
62247>>Got double top?<< It's too soon to say, but it wouldn't spatron_anejo_por_favor9/18/2006
622462 kids and a wife, too much work for a few thousand bucks. plus financially theTheStockFairy9/18/2006
62245How about selling your house now, renting for a couple of years, and then buyingPaul Kern9/18/2006
62244As the article you posted states, DELL sold (wrote) puts on its own stock. As IWilliam JH9/18/2006
62243I think he meant "while your little kids are growing." I have a 2 yeaTheStockFairy9/18/2006
62242Looks like those NAHB #'s were not well received. -g- Got double top? <iBroken_Clock9/18/2006
62241The wife and I went "home shopping" yesterday in the Nashau, NH area. Incitatus9/18/2006
62240Chancels, I've been trying to get some for three days. I'm now fishingTH9/18/2006
62239>>>Ameritrade has no shares of JOE or WCI available to short.<<&lChanceIs9/18/2006
62238>>One of these days they will gap higher and finish negative..<< Yopatron_anejo_por_favor9/18/2006
62237There surely is some pent up buying out there. There is a heck of a lot more peThink4Yourself9/18/2006
62236Yes, I believe there is some pent up buying out there- it does suck to watch youdamainman9/18/2006
62235Who knows, but it all depends on if they keep offering those toxic loans imo. Ifdamainman9/18/2006
62234Here's the link to Dell Buying Put Options on it's own stock, albeit 5 ygladman9/18/2006
62233>>>Does this method decrease the number of shares issued and outstandinChanceIs9/18/2006
62232[graphic]CalculatedRisk9/18/2006
62231>>>Companies employ options all the time, DELL bought puts on it's ChanceIs9/18/2006
62230by the way, I'm starting to see more traffic on my house, during the summer TheStockFairy9/18/2006
62229so we are in 1990. only 3 more years to go before prices bottom?TheStockFairy9/18/2006
62228DJ US NAHB Sep Housing Index 30 Vs Revised 33 In Aug WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)-Paul Kern9/18/2006
62227NAHB nahb.orgdamainman9/18/2006
622261:00 PM ET 9/18/06 U.S. HOME BUILDERS' INDEX FALLS TO 15-YEAR LOWldo799/18/2006
62225And the problem with those older homes is that they are just that.....older and Neeka9/18/2006
62224The question is what would Citi do to lay off the risk? So they buy the stock inXoFruitCake9/18/2006
62223"Probably because their house is special and in an area that is different.&Think4Yourself9/18/2006
62222I'm sure everyone knows this, the advantage to FSBO should be that the selleWilliam JH9/18/2006
62221<i>If it is then there are going to be an awful lot of bankrupt people in orkrious9/18/2006
62220I am just hoping this area (detroit) isn't more than a year ahead of the resThink4Yourself9/18/2006
62219<i>if you were going to put shorts on now, what would be your primary targorkrious9/18/2006
62218<i>If they rallied on all the bad news the last few weeks, if this number orkrious9/18/2006
62217if you were going to put shorts on now, what would be your primary targets?Wyätt Gwyön9/18/2006
62216HB's: Look for another ramp up this week: If they rallied on all the bad neJ. P.9/18/2006
62215Fridays action in HB's seemed tied to options expiration.J. P.9/18/2006
62214Ameritrade has no shares of JOE or WCI available to short. Bummer. THTH9/18/2006
62213<i>One of these days they will gap higher and finish negative..</i> orkrious9/18/2006
62212I think DELL was selling puts for income, not buying them.William JH9/18/2006
62211Does this method decrease the number of shares issued and outstanding? I donTravis_Bickle9/18/2006
62210One of these days they will gap higher and finish negative...damainman9/18/2006
62209I'm ready for the next leg down, puts on WCI JOE WM, short MDC NVR DSL BKUNATravis_Bickle9/18/2006
62208>>One need ask why WCI isn't purchasing the shares directly. I have negladman9/18/2006
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