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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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62607<i>I have short call options in many HB's - so I can buy calls withoutWyätt Gwyön9/25/2006
62606<i>He was quoted saying 'Life just can not get any better that thismishedlo9/25/2006
62605Thanks Mishmishedlo9/24/2006
62604I was just thinking the other day how thick the Reporter was, most of it is realcopper0009/24/2006
62603possibly the best Fleck article in months if not way longer Mishmishedlo9/24/2006
62602<i>I can do almost as well as the 30-year bond by rolling cash over automamishedlo9/24/2006
62601The one's whose parents hit the HELOC for and extra 50 or 100k to help out.renovator9/24/2006
62600what younger kids can afford a $400,000 house? Mishmishedlo9/24/2006
62599I'm weeping so hard for the greedy.Proud Deplorable9/24/2006
62598Jeez, it's going to cost a flipper $85,000 to walk away from the purchase heDan39/24/2006
62597Volusia, Florida <img src='http://img.travidia.com/rop-ad/3525313'&gProud Deplorable9/24/2006
62596Lots of construction in this part of Hudson County but not a lot of sales. We haPaul Kern9/24/2006
62595ECONOMIC PREVIEW: Sluggish Housing, Steady Inflation Numbers On Tap DOW JONES NChanceIs9/24/2006
62594<i> I'd like to see any 20 year old kid do that! </i> Ummmmmm .ChrisJP9/24/2006
62593I love it out west. Anyone who has never gone has no idea what they are missingThink4Yourself9/24/2006
62592Paul - Jersey City, NJ? Have things died down there? I'm in Hoboken, and thecopper0009/24/2006
62591<i>>I am 44 and bicycled solo from Seattle to Detroit in 19 days this s10K a day9/24/2006
62590"if ya wake up in the middle of the night to pee more often than you donThink4Yourself9/24/2006
62589>I just got a bill for $500 for moving my aunt a total of 0.4 miles!!!!!!>arun gera9/24/2006
62588>>>Health care is a much harder problem....There are way too many ineffChanceIs9/24/2006
62587Housing’s Influence Gets a Test By CONDRAD DE AENLLE Published: September 24, Mick Mørmøny9/24/2006
62586OT: I'd address the structural problem first ... cut defense spending (redepCalculatedRisk9/24/2006
62585If ya can't run a mile in under 8 minutes ... if ya can't pound down 6 ChrisJP9/24/2006
62584Embroidered on some cocktail napkins given me by someone on my 60th... (she thouMoneyPenny9/24/2006
62583<Both are solvable> how?GST9/24/2006
62582RE""Golden years" is one of the silliest euphemisms ever inventedJim McMannis9/24/2006
62581Whereas Social Security is in good shape, the health care programs are dramaticaCalculatedRisk9/24/2006
62580How I'm trading this market... Very frustrating, to be caught up in a mini-saveslivesbyday9/24/2006
62579<i>Will real-estate slump follow past patterns?</i> It's anyonesaveslivesbyday9/24/2006
62578<<"Golden years" is one of the silliest euphemisms ever inventedZincman9/24/2006
62577>>><<in their eighties just celebrated getting a reverse mortgageTommaso9/24/2006
62576how much will somebody who is 45 yrs old get out of SS, in 20 years though? NotLizzie Tudor9/24/2006
62575Ok 20 years ago, not 25. Thank you for the correction.DMaA9/24/2006
62574How about government funded health benefits -- what do you see there?GST9/24/2006
62573Yes. Reagan asked Alan Greenspan (Greenspan Commission) to come up with a solutCalculatedRisk9/24/2006
62572amen!John Carragher9/24/2006
6257125 years ago you were not paying huge amts into SS. The real pain started in thLizzie Tudor9/24/2006
62570Will real-estate slump follow past patterns? Observers unsure if history is repTravis_Bickle9/24/2006
62569I've always done the winter sports thing, but I just don't enjoy skiing jpk19/24/2006
62568When I was your son's age paying huge amounts into SS, I didn't believe DMaA9/24/2006
62567<<in their eighties just celebrated getting a reverse mortgage>> VerZincman9/24/2006
62566Yes, he did in fact mention all of that. They had a new episode on last night fThink4Yourself9/24/2006
62565lol yes those are the reasons why DC Metro real estate does well long term. I lChrisJP9/24/2006
62564make it 3 words-bath hygiene brits complain mericans take to many showers, one aPogeu Mahone9/23/2006
62563>>a friend of mine from England<< 2 words - Dental Hygienegladman9/23/2006
62562Shame on you for not going to Eastern Mountain Sports and getting properly outPogeu Mahone9/23/2006
62561Hey Mish, I have an even more interesting anecdote for you, involving landscapinThink4Yourself9/23/2006
62560As I got older I realized something that I personally consider profound: Money Think4Yourself9/23/2006
6255910 reasons to be optimistic mcenearney.comLes H9/23/2006
62558FWIW, a real estate agent friend, who left IT to sell real estate in the formalPaul Kern9/23/2006
62557Voodoo debt and the coming recession Fleckenstein's latest: Shedding lightChanceIs9/23/2006
62556That phrase stuck out to me as well, <i>On average, homes there take twipheilman_9/23/2006
62555OT You're a dangerous man. You make sense. <G> Yes, being debt free Tommaso9/23/2006
62554>>>The best that can occur is a slow rise in rates over the next decadeTommaso9/23/2006
62553In many of our urban bubble markets along the coast rents are going up so much tJohn Vosilla9/23/2006
62552In the $3000 range, we looked at a McMansionized place in the heart of Vienna, 3Dale Baker9/23/2006
62551In New England the peak was summer of 1988. I know that is when my condo peakedLogain Ablar9/23/2006
62550OT having no debt can be a good thing, no? Even with the lost opportunity of aLogain Ablar9/23/2006
62549'That could lead to a bond market collapse comparable to any previous equityJohn Vosilla9/23/2006
62548Yup -- I know the family that bought in my Bethesda neighborhood AT THE PEAK in ChrisJP9/23/2006
62547OT Well, of course I am happy to hear that. I have literally just locked my CanTommaso9/23/2006
62546FOR Inga Rogers, the party ends in 38 days. On Nov. 1, the adjustable-rate mortTravis_Bickle9/23/2006
62545U.S. real estate crash could cause global ripples Yale's Shiller warns of coChanceIs9/23/2006
62544>>>The DC area won't get nailed unless the government starts cuttinChanceIs9/23/2006
62543JOE has a two-page ad in the October Money magazine. Tells the story of an airlTravis_Bickle9/23/2006
62542I love this quote from that article. I think it goes far towards explaining theDan39/23/2006
62541Yes, the big new-build jobs are still going strong but as the pipeline ( many yerenovator9/23/2006
62540<I>Young thought adding this <b>Koi pond in the backyard</b> wLizzie Tudor9/23/2006
62539$2400/mo for a $785,000 hose in No. Va. -- wow. The poor owner. I think you shChrisJP9/23/2006
62538You forgot to add that they are scheduled to pay off a chunk of debt in the firsLogain Ablar9/23/2006
62537>>>To suggest that a bond market that senses all of this wreckage to coTommaso9/23/2006
62536That sums up the northern Virginia suburbs. I am about to rent a nice house thaDale Baker9/23/2006
62535>>>Are you going to hold anything for 30 years?<<< No, becausTommaso9/23/2006
62534I have a close friend who rents a suite at the Ritz Carlton Naples, one of the nMoneyPenny9/23/2006
62533When will the tsunami of foreclosures hit? realestate.msn.com By Charles DuBowldo799/23/2006
62532FHA makes it easier to flip (See page 30 of the September issue) reomac.comLes H9/23/2006
62531Lumber Here’s a summary from the WSJ marketbeat blog of the impacts of the housdpl9/23/2006
62530>I'm writing from Varanasi, India right now. There is no way Detroiters aarun gera9/23/2006
62529i doubt boston homes dead.. huge demand in boston area and younger kids cannot aJohn Carragher9/23/2006
62528Updated junk spreads to treasuries. orkrious.commishedlo9/23/2006
62527other than energy most of those earnings are a total mirage. Of course you know mishedlo9/23/2006
62526Check out this complete idiot. This is really amazing. Read the comments and pasmishedlo9/23/2006
62525It's those "contrarians" biz.yahoo.com How about this for conspirdamainman9/23/2006
62524Detroit: we had a bit of discussion about this a few weeks ago: Message 227316No Mo Mo9/23/2006
62523Discussion on Zeros globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Mishmishedlo9/23/2006
62522"not really. they all gotta live somewhere" For many, escalating homeinchingup9/23/2006
62521We've looked at the Chapel Hill area and Asheville.Paul Kern9/22/2006
62520thats probably what the croc hunter thought! (about stingrays I mean)Lizzie Tudor9/22/2006
62519I wouldn't consider that "dead". A $400,000 home is still overpriccopper0009/22/2006
62518I just spoke with my realtor buddy from outside Boston. he said it is dead. HomeBroken_Clock9/22/2006
62517<i>When I biked through Florida a few years ago I camped in the woods nextDave9/22/2006
62516Renovator: I'm from NYC as well. What work is stopping suddenly, constructiocopper0009/22/2006
62515Wilmington or Cary, NCgladman9/22/2006
62514When I biked through Florida a few years ago I camped in the woods next to the iThink4Yourself9/22/2006
62513<i>I like New Orleans a lot but the possibility of getting completely dismPaul Kern9/22/2006
62512< junk bonds and emerging-market debt took sharp hits as investors scurried fPerspective9/22/2006
62511If there were any work in the area those houses might lead the way. With no jobsrenovator9/22/2006
62510>>>Yet long term treasuries today are 2-3% lower than during the very lTommaso9/22/2006
62509>>>but that would not only be incredibly embarassing, it would also be Tommaso9/22/2006
62508excellent. ThanksBroken_Clock9/22/2006
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