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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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62707I see you subscribe to the "It's different here" mentality of credmishedlo9/25/2006
62706ROTFL, Chimpbo (AKA "Cramer") was pimping retail (along with financialpatron_anejo_por_favor9/25/2006
62705Pity... I did... seems to me more 40 year olds can't take the time off....Moominoid9/25/2006
62704Yes- it is hard to get some older people to spend. I guess the fear of being w/Zincman9/25/2006
62703<<so I'm hunkering down and taking the sign off the lawn.>> ThaTradelite9/25/2006
62702I try to encourage my mother to spend more but she doesn't... She's 75 sMoominoid9/25/2006
62701Gee, get some humor before the sky falls, why don't ya?SouthFloridaGuy9/25/2006
62700*DJ Lowe's Announces Growth Strategies At 2006 Analyst And Investor ConferenPaul Kern9/25/2006
62699I am afraid that you do not know anything about what you are talking about. So Tommaso9/25/2006
62698<< think that Europeans, <b>especially the French</b> with theSouthFloridaGuy9/25/2006
62697Florida existing home numbers: biz.yahoo.comTravis_Bickle9/25/2006
62696>>>counting on them to be our source of "cheap labor" to counChanceIs9/25/2006
62695Could be a looney top for this year, but I don't see any reason for the loonGST9/25/2006
62694I knew the looney had hit a top when on my most recent trip to Canada (Montreal)SouthFloridaGuy9/25/2006
62693<Hence we are importing deflation> Yes, so far that has been true -- and mGST9/25/2006
62692For Canadians, that Florida vacation is already 40% cheaper over the last few yeGST9/25/2006
62691<i>Ah, the day is still young...</i> How prophetic. I just returneorkrious9/25/2006
62690my wife and i went through the whole "how long would it take to save $200,0TheStockFairy9/25/2006
62689It's very easy to cherry pick the best and worst prices of oil and then say,SouthFloridaGuy9/25/2006
62688>>>>I think some of the confusion results from equating being poor wTommaso9/25/2006
62687>>>we are going to be poor because prices are going up as subsidies forChanceIs9/25/2006
62686Positive feedback - It might be interesting to consider the housing market as aDan39/25/2006
62685<i>Is this a form of PPT?</i> Yes. Or, more properly, the Working GPaul Kern9/25/2006
62684<i>DJ Fed Accepts $11 Bln In Overnight RPs</i> Is this a form of Psaveslivesbyday9/25/2006
62683I think some of the confusion results from equating being poor with lower pricesGST9/25/2006
62682I just realized that the indexing of social security and some retirement benefitTommaso9/25/2006
62681>>>our real concern should be how bad is inflation going to get?<<Tommaso9/25/2006
62680Housing is no longer a great investment and lots of fallout will come from that GST9/25/2006
62679I see I spoke too soon... BCPerspective9/25/2006
62678<i>But, why is the S&P going up?</i> 11 billion overnight repo Paul Kern9/25/2006
62677<i>in my neck of the woods, people are not dropping prices and at the samePaul Kern9/25/2006
62676Ignorati. Back at ground zero I keep noticing sellers are pulling their listingBroken_Clock9/25/2006
62675I know why the HB's are going up....... But, why is the S&P going up? saveslivesbyday9/25/2006
62674Located at the corner of <b>Prosperity Ave. and Gallows Rd.</b>Pogeu Mahone9/25/2006
62673>>>Japan and the US are opposites. If you say "this is what happenTommaso9/25/2006
62672" Lereah expects prices to continue to drop for the rest of the year, whichdamainman9/25/2006
62671THE FED: Fisher Says Inflation Is Bigger Risk Than Slowdown DOW JONES NEWSWIRESChanceIs9/25/2006
62670It Seemed Like a Good Bet at the Time ... nytimes.com [graphic]CalculatedRisk9/25/2006
62669>>>alternative sources will come on board. It's as easy as that.<ChanceIs9/25/2006
62668Existing-Homes Sales Data Show Welcome Correction or Burst Bubble? September 25,ChanceIs9/25/2006
62667That's nice. Last I checked, this was America.SouthFloridaGuy9/25/2006
62666Why shouldn't we have imported more? It was cheap. When oil prices rise, altSouthFloridaGuy9/25/2006
62665Bingo.Broken_Clock9/25/2006
62664<<no one else will come down from their 200k gain in 2 year policy>>J. P.9/25/2006
62663Japan and the US are opposites. If you say "this is what happened in Japan&GST9/25/2006
62662I watch around 100 houses on a daily basis, I've only seen 2 price drops in TheStockFairy9/25/2006
62661I too agree with both of you. However what gives with financials? I see some nJohn Vosilla9/25/2006
62660"I am confident the housing sector is picking up," Lereah said in a prTheStockFairy9/25/2006
626596-9 years of greed? 1 year of correction? Something doesn't add up. Sounds lBonefish9/25/2006
62658For this to be the bottom, either people have to start earning more money, or thJ. P.9/25/2006
62657I totally agree. I guess we are old school. Anti pig-men.Bonefish9/25/2006
62656whatever....his statement defies logic on the one hand he said that prices woulMulhollandDrive9/25/2006
62655>>>So you're saying rates should be much higher than they are now? Tommaso9/25/2006
62654Full cosmetic make-over, botox, and collagen injections. It's his job to mPaul Kern9/25/2006
62653lipstick? um, more like lipstick, lip liner, and lip-venom gloss for that full MulhollandDrive9/25/2006
62652What's not to like? Home prices went up over 100% in the last five years, aThink4Yourself9/25/2006
62651Existing-home Prices Fall For 1st Time In 11 Years DOW JONES NEWSWIRES By RexChanceIs9/25/2006
62650Message 22845520Paul Kern9/25/2006
62649my apologies if this was already posted.... lereah's statement (highlightedMulhollandDrive9/25/2006
62648Germany and one other Euro country(Spain?) are moving big time into solar. When Broken_Clock9/25/2006
62647ref:"Well, what happens is I still have my entire principal and I am gettinBonefish9/25/2006
626462/3 of the HB's are up so far today.Bonefish9/25/2006
62645Looks like the builder stocks like the news, lots of green. finance.yahoo.com J. P.9/25/2006
62644Is that what happened in Japan? Mishmishedlo9/25/2006
62643"With market manias, self-feeding greed on the way up turns into self-feediBonefish9/25/2006
62642do we know the prices this community was actually selling for last year? my babTheStockFairy9/25/2006
62641>>>What is the added risk?<<< How about the general leverage ChanceIs9/25/2006
62640What's wrong with this picture? The bad news isn't getting bought today?Perspective9/25/2006
62639>>>China will dump the dollar causing it to crash and thereby crushing ChanceIs9/25/2006
62638<<Among economists' biggest concerns, though, is the fast pace at whicSouthFloridaGuy9/25/2006
62637>>>The minute foreign holders lose confidence in the dollar and in the ChanceIs9/25/2006
62636At the risk of once again offending some(oh well!) i will give my 1.5¢ viewBroken_Clock9/25/2006
62635<<What happens when the 10 yr is back at 3.75 and 90 days 2.5?>> IFSouthFloridaGuy9/25/2006
62634That's a start, wait until next year. The prices will be cut in half of the Bonefish9/25/2006
62633>>>What happens when the 10 yr is back at 3.75 and 90 days 2.5?<<Tommaso9/25/2006
62632>>>We are now officially in a housing recession.<<< Not to beChanceIs9/25/2006
62631We are now officially in a housing recession. <i>year-to-year median pricDan39/25/2006
62630*DJ WCI Communities Cut To Mkt Perform From Outperform By JMP Paul Kern9/25/2006
62629Prices down, sales down, inventory up. What's not to like? <G>CalculatedRisk9/25/2006
62628>>>Lennar has ''decided to continue producing whether there is ChanceIs9/25/2006
62627</i>"With sales stabilizing, we should go back to positive price growPaul Kern9/25/2006
62626Please don't invoke B.B. <vbg>Travis_Bickle9/25/2006
62625>>>an anticipated decline in prices compared with a year earlier has beChanceIs9/25/2006
62624<i>DJ US Aug Existing Home Sales Dn 0.5% To 6.30 Mln Rate</i> Medisaveslivesbyday9/25/2006
62623Lennar CEO keeps building despite cooling housing market >>> <&ChanceIs9/25/2006
62622=DJ Lennar May Pare Outlook As Traders Eye Home-Sales Data 09/25/2006 Dow JonPaul Kern9/25/2006
62621DJ US Aug Existing Home Sales Dn 0.5% To 6.30 Mln Rate <pre> ============Paul Kern9/25/2006
62620Former Il. Gov. George Ryan (now doing 6 years) would be proud. That's a piDan39/25/2006
62619Re: CHCI Their web site still advertises starting prices from the 400s for theiLes H9/25/2006
62618I have been hiking the blue dot trail in the Blue Hills,to keep in shape. 5 TimPogeu Mahone9/25/2006
62617Since I am not entering into any contract beyond a lease, and don't intend tDale Baker9/25/2006
62616<i>It is sounding like Wall Street is wanting to play games with the housisaveslivesbyday9/25/2006
62615State's land deal seen as very unusualAt a time when Florida's largest pTravis_Bickle9/25/2006
62614There's a lot of data coming out this week! biz.yahoo.com What are peopleThink4Yourself9/25/2006
62613two income working a couple of jobs.John Carragher9/25/2006
62612<<RE""Golden years" is one of the silliest euphemisms ever Tradelite9/25/2006
62611<<How do the authors of that article define "market value?" :-)Tradelite9/25/2006
62610<<That sums up the northern Virginia suburbs. I am about to rent a nice hoTradelite9/25/2006
62609Housing outlook? Spin the wheel The slowing local market is full of theories, anCalculatedRisk9/25/2006
62608<i>use it or lose it!</I> training effects against aging for the boWyätt Gwyön9/25/2006
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