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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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63307saveslivesbyday,re:"Plunge Protection team". You mean "save buddyJohn Chen10/4/2006
63306Oblivious,re:"Don't fight the FED". Especially a bankdrupt one. AnJohn Chen10/4/2006
63305Don't fight the FED.Oblivious10/4/2006
63304Interesting views borrowed from Yahoo Finance boards: Plunge Protection Team aksaveslivesbyday10/4/2006
63303Good, maybe he'll hike. <G>Jim McMannis10/4/2006
63302ROFLMAOSouthFloridaGuy10/4/2006
63301To Permabears, everyday feels like March 2000. You're going to miss out onSouthFloridaGuy10/4/2006
63300That's cause everyone is waiting for Daddy Freebucks to start greasing up thjpk110/4/2006
63299Ben's trying to give mouth to mouth resuscitation to the housing bubble? ROTpatron_anejo_por_favor10/4/2006
63298Bernanke: Housing slump may be limited By Greg Robb, MarketWatch Last Update: 2Mick Mørmøny10/4/2006
63297This feels uncomfortably like March 2000.... Just too far, too fast.saveslivesbyday10/4/2006
63296Hey! it looks like the start of another stock market bubble. Great way to pump mjpk110/4/2006
63295Shorted SPF at 24.93.....release the hounds!<G>patron_anejo_por_favor10/4/2006
63294huh? down 5%Lizzie Tudor10/4/2006
63293I agree with you. There are usually stories on the 6pm news about some family wLizzie Tudor10/4/2006
63292I think there is a limited market for stories about people losing their asses. Travis_Bickle10/4/2006
63291"Those hard-luck stories used to get major play in the Wash Post and on TV.8bits10/4/2006
63290You know this stock market is completely whacked, when WCI is currently down onljpk110/4/2006
63289Yeah, I think we can recite them all by heart now.....<G> >>The bubpatron_anejo_por_favor10/4/2006
63288WCI almost green!?!?!?!?! Broad market rally raises all the boats, even if theyChanceIs10/4/2006
63287JMP Securities analyst Alex Barron said the 80 percent lower orders imply that tTravis_Bickle10/4/2006
63286That works, as does shorting deep in the money calls (plus with selling calls yopatron_anejo_por_favor10/4/2006
63285>>>Deep enough that the puts act like pure shorts with little time premChanceIs10/4/2006
63284Those hard-luck stories used to get major play in the Wash Post and on TV. ThosTradelite10/4/2006
63283<<He's probably having trouble paying his mortgages>> The real Tradelite10/4/2006
63282The bubble blogs have dozens of anecdotes every day. They don't get posted Travis_Bickle10/4/2006
63281"that if I hadn't acted by say 3:00 PM, they might act w/o my consent.&XoFruitCake10/4/2006
63280The odd thing about the media and this particular downturn is the relative lack Tradelite10/4/2006
63279That's what I've been doing, at times you can buy with virtually no premTravis_Bickle10/4/2006
63278No wonder Bagdad Bob aka David Lereah has been pumping the market. He's probjpk110/4/2006
63277<I>In fact, prices and the market started lagging in the DC area in mid-20Lizzie Tudor10/4/2006
63276buy deep ITM puts months out. Deep enough that the puts act like pure shorts witmishedlo10/4/2006
63275LOL....no, not blaming the media for a cool-down in buyer sentiment and prices tTradelite10/4/2006
63274Once again a distortion as my views are roughly intermediate terms. Unlike Prechmishedlo10/4/2006
63273<I>how badly do you need to sell when the media is telling everyone not toLizzie Tudor10/4/2006
63272question for thread: Are prepayment fees illegal in California? I thought theyLizzie Tudor10/4/2006
63271somebody predicted WCIs complete collapse on this thread a month ago. ExtremelyLizzie Tudor10/4/2006
63270RE: Exercising puts w/o shares. I talked to Schwab. They were dissembling. TeChanceIs10/4/2006
63269And YOU didn't answer my question.Tradelite10/4/2006
63268You're a sad pathetic man. I suppose you don't even realize how humiliaElroy Jetson10/4/2006
63267Have you read Mr. L's book, Elroy? After all, it's not his statements aTradelite10/4/2006
63266Please consider statements made by David Lereah, head cheerleader for the NationElroy Jetson10/4/2006
63265Why do you keep trying to run across me? <<GG>>Tradelite10/4/2006
63264San Diego Lead In Housing Value Increases 10-04-2006 5:12 AM (San Diego, CA) -Mick Mørmøny10/4/2006
63263You are the biggest lying bozo I have ever run across. .Elroy Jetson10/4/2006
63262Heh, Leroy.....if it's true (and I don't see any proof in your statementTradelite10/4/2006
63261Not more than six months ago Lereah was on television bragging about the 42 &quoElroy Jetson10/4/2006
63260I'll tell you the difference between someone owning a home long-term in the Tradelite10/4/2006
63259Mutley Drool weighs in on WCI. Commentary is worth pretty much what all of theiTravis_Bickle10/4/2006
63258"Waiting to buy a home has rarely benefited anyone who really needed and waBroken_Clock10/4/2006
63257I think you have revealed much about the book......it probably doesn't dwellTradelite10/4/2006
63256>>A new permanent plateau has been reached on another demographic trend fopatron_anejo_por_favor10/4/2006
63255Long term real estate is a great investment and a hedge against loss of purchasiJohn Vosilla10/4/2006
63254online.wsj.com. Warning Sign Wall Street Journal October 4, 2006 Fitch RatingsTravis_Bickle10/4/2006
63253Chancels, I think I had the same thoughts as Dale that the broker will ask you tXoFruitCake10/4/2006
63252Well, I won't buy it either (mainly because I know what it says and what it Tradelite10/4/2006
63251It seems more likely that in a stock which is impossible to borrow, the broker wDale Baker10/4/2006
63250You'd have to put a gun to my head to get me to read that flack's book.Travis_Bickle10/4/2006
63249I have one question for everyone who criticizes the premises put forth by Mr. LeTradelite10/4/2006
63248Stock Fairy...I can tell you how to sell your house in a down market. REDUCE THTradelite10/4/2006
63247David Lereah already soaked the suckers with his book.Think4Yourself10/4/2006
63246there's always people to buy houses, at a price level. there would be nearTheStockFairy10/4/2006
63245how come none of you have written an e-book telling people how to sell their homTheStockFairy10/4/2006
63244>>>I am not sure I understand that statement.<<< I think thatChanceIs10/4/2006
63243This is for the folks who believe that no one is left to buy real estate in the Tradelite10/4/2006
63242These folks will have more time to look for houses to flip. Extremely bullish fldo7910/4/2006
63241"I suspect that having purchased and exercised a put, you may get to the heXoFruitCake10/4/2006
63240>>>an interesting way to short stocks like WCI and JOE.<<< I ChanceIs10/4/2006
63239I remember Lumber being $740/thousand board foot when I followed it about 18 monThink4Yourself10/4/2006
63238Lumber Prices Drop Sharply Amid Cooling Housing Market By JIM CARLTON October 4ChanceIs10/4/2006
63237Earnings warning season is nearly upon us. I expect all of the builders to warnThink4Yourself10/4/2006
63236You just mentioned an interesting way to short stocks like WCI and JOE. Buy a nThink4Yourself10/4/2006
63235I'm worried about being right in the next month or couple of years. I let tJohn Vosilla10/4/2006
63234Meanwhile, market speeds ahead. Apparently - lower manufacturing index suggestssaveslivesbyday10/4/2006
63233>>>the lemmings never learn and are buying the other builders<<&lChanceIs10/4/2006
63232Housing chill strikes home Cabinetmakers, pool suppliers and toolmakers warn as ldo7910/4/2006
63231Brookfield is doing new condos at Mauna Lani. The project adjacent to it is pricBroken_Clock10/4/2006
63230<i>Meanwhile the lemmings never learn and are buying the other builders baorkrious10/4/2006
63229I do have to give the media some credit. Many reporters were able to see past tThink4Yourself10/4/2006
63228Mortgage applications will save Housing? Here's the headlines, and what thesaveslivesbyday10/4/2006
63227Look at the volume on WCI. I have over half the average daily volume at 9:45. Think4Yourself10/4/2006
63226Rush To Refinance Spurs Jump In Mortgage Applications DOW JONES NEWSWIRES By ChanceIs10/4/2006
63225EXPECTS Q3 EPS TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW $0.52 GUIDANCE. UBS FINL DOWNGRADES S&aTravis_Bickle10/4/2006
63224John, John Please stop distorting mish`s positions ,intentions,or thoughts to cPogeu Mahone10/4/2006
63223Looks like it's going to be a bloodbath, dropping like a dying quail in pm.Travis_Bickle10/4/2006
63222b-b-b-but the book value says WCI is a bye...er buy. ROTFL!Think4Yourself10/4/2006
63221Starting to see some pre-market action in wci, below $16. All the longs who rusTravis_Bickle10/4/2006
63220Suspect the only ones refinancing now are the ones who HAVE to.>> That isBroken_Clock10/4/2006
63219I was looking at a refi for $100K as an example. To get the lowest rate on a 15Think4Yourself10/4/2006
632187:25 am WCI Communities cut to reduce by UBS Marketwatch 7:20 am UBS cuts WCI Travis_Bickle10/4/2006
63217I spoke with one of our favorite lenders yesterday. She is honest, which sets heBroken_Clock10/4/2006
63216DUPLICATEJohnG10/4/2006
63215Fed may slash rates to save the economy usnews.com "Apocalyptic." TJohnG10/4/2006
63214That's a huge jump in refi activity. Wonder if it's related to the new Think4Yourself10/4/2006
63213Election year. Yes, they would like it if the broader indexes were hitting new Think4Yourself10/4/2006
63212*DJ US MBA Market Index Rises 11.9% To 633.9 From 566.5 *DJ US MBA Purchase InPaul Kern10/4/2006
63211wci traditional homes down 60-65% that's pretty stunning.Travis_Bickle10/4/2006
63210Sounds like we are at a 3-4 year supply of high end condos in many parts of FlorJohn Vosilla10/4/2006
63209'How many times do I have to tell you these things are slow to take place? AJohn Vosilla10/4/2006
63208Here's what Americans are being spoon-fed on Fox TV Cavuto had three guestssaveslivesbyday10/4/2006
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