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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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63607<i>" Schultz says we're "poised between dramatic inflation amishedlo10/9/2006
63606I graduated from Berkeley in 1978, so Chez Panisse was already popular with the Elroy Jetson10/9/2006
63605Home-Building Analysts Wax Prolific on the Boom >>>Interesting look baChanceIs10/9/2006
63604you know amazingly, if you had asked Alice Waters about Berkeley in 1980 I am ceLizzie Tudor10/9/2006
63603" Schultz says we're "poised between dramatic inflation and shockiChanceIs10/9/2006
63602But I'm not sure this a housing play because of the bankruptcy. CalculatedRisk10/9/2006
63601Re: <i>Buffett is notoriously good at buying at the bottom</i> He&#Dan310/9/2006
63600RE: USG Sure it was a value play, but Buffett is notoriously good at buying at ChanceIs10/9/2006
63599I don't understand the USG situation ... USG emerged from BK in June, and CalculatedRisk10/9/2006
63598Bad Loans Draw Bad Blood By RUTH SIMON and MICHAEL HUDSON October 9, 2006; PageChanceIs10/9/2006
63597Buffett Sees Value in Beaten-Down USG >>>This is two moves by Buffett ChanceIs10/9/2006
63596The gentrification of Berkeley has reduced the density of the city with rooming Elroy Jetson10/9/2006
63595OK! hahah. I like Willow Glen and am following it. Thats the only reason. I Lizzie Tudor10/9/2006
63594Just got a flyer from a building company in a development where I own a lot in DDale Baker10/9/2006
63593So...ummm...Patron. How is that MHK short tasting?? I took my licking on that ChanceIs10/9/2006
63592Are too many eyes focused on that for it to be the driver of the downturn? Mishmishedlo10/9/2006
63591No I talk about population of the Berkeley city not enrollment in UCBNikole Wollerstein10/9/2006
63590Whistling Past Housing's Graveyard? Builders' Shares Have Been Hot, SpaChanceIs10/9/2006
63589Tick. Tick. Beware the mortgage time-bomb That ridiculously low-rate ARM seemed CalculatedRisk10/9/2006
63588Well I guess I'm doing that with these balance transfer things. I find the cMoominoid10/9/2006
63587Margaret Whelan predicts TOL will recover next year! biz.yahoo.com Then again Think4Yourself10/9/2006
63586There's also a builder who says he's fortunate he can simply pass on thoLes H10/9/2006
63585<i> think that is happening to some areas of the bay area, specifically WiSchnullie10/9/2006
63584Do you buy that? I dont, especially bitching about lumber and gasoline prices. Omishedlo10/9/2006
63583My estimates for how far housing will fall ... Housing Prediction: Starts, CompCalculatedRisk10/9/2006
63582Home building off by nearly half The market for homes has slowed nationally, andCalculatedRisk10/9/2006
63581Talk about being out of touch with reality. I think Greenie is ready for some shjpk110/9/2006
63580good post thanksmishedlo10/9/2006
63579Housing market worst may be over: Greenspan news.yahoo.com snip: "I suspeDavid Jones10/9/2006
63578Where the Brains Are Going businessweek.comLes H10/9/2006
63577they do...it's money in the bank...borrow...AND PAY ON TIME... the game is OSkywatcher10/9/2006
63576What seemed to boost my credit rating significantly was owing a lot of money sevbentway10/9/2006
63575How odd that the media is all doom and gloom again. When the homies start to drThink4Yourself10/9/2006
63574Huge percentage of college grads outside of our largest cities. I could only fiJohn Vosilla10/9/2006
63573Looks like those buy the homies every 3rd day buy programs are back on again....damainman10/9/2006
63572<I>``Sold for 837!" he said, pointing to Starr, who had snared for $8Lizzie Tudor10/9/2006
63571I notice you don't see New York or Washington DC on that list. No surprise.Elroy Jetson10/9/2006
63570Mortgage bear hug By Peter Navarro TradingMarkets.com October 9, 2006 9:00 AM Broken_Clock10/9/2006
63569The 65 owners of condo`s @Folio must be ready to kill. =========================Pogeu Mahone10/9/2006
63568“‘It almost makes you want to take the sign down and say forget it,’ Cowie said.John Vosilla10/9/2006
63567This is a great country. Edit: (under the "inquiring minds want to know&qujrhana10/9/2006
63566'Sold!' Auction reflects downturn Bidders pack meeting room, get better Pogeu Mahone10/9/2006
63565That tends to be a speciality, the banks use guys who do nothing but foreclosureTravis_Bickle10/9/2006
63564<i>S$P futures down prior to open, then by 10 or 11 AM the indices all turPaul Kern10/9/2006
63563This market pattern is getting boring... S$P futures down prior to open, then bsaveslivesbyday10/9/2006
63562Florida must be ground zero for 'Casey' type stories.. How have things cJohn Vosilla10/9/2006
63561WSJ on mortgages and bad loans ... online.wsj.com “A generation ago, nobody askCalculatedRisk10/9/2006
63560<<Kathy Dick, deputy U.S. comptroller for credit and market risk, said intJohn Vosilla10/9/2006
63559Mortgage Standards Tightened U.S.-chartered lenders are discouraged from qualifySkywatcher10/9/2006
63558'Tell me how that is going to work' Simple. GRM adjusts back to the noJohn Vosilla10/9/2006
63557Where the Brains Are America’s educated elite is clustering in a few cities— andLes H10/9/2006
63556There Goes the Middle Class Neighborhood When I was researching my middle classLes H10/9/2006
63555Costs of materials squeeze builders montgomeryadvertiser.comLes H10/9/2006
63554Re pending sales, I suggested the increase could be due to fewer fsbo and more pTravis_Bickle10/9/2006
63553She didn't mention UC Berkeley. I guessed she was referring to the grade schMoominoid10/9/2006
63552Gotta give the "iamfacingforeclosure" kid credit, he doesn't give Travis_Bickle10/9/2006
63551Risks of recession continuing to rise Economy is slowing, showing warning flags Dan310/9/2006
63550wci updated its "coming soon" page, one tower going up in arlington vaTravis_Bickle10/9/2006
63549Home values in a dozen L.A. County communities dropped this summer -- the first Elroy Jetson10/9/2006
63548You seriously think enrollment at U.C. Berkeley should have declined because higElroy Jetson10/9/2006
63547In San Francisco school enrolment declining for the last 10 years and this schooNikole Wollerstein10/9/2006
63546Very well for my son. The poor sap who is the landlord is up the creek,no paddPogeu Mahone10/9/2006
63545As long as you stay at a Holiday Inn Express the night before a closing, it'Jim McMannis10/9/2006
63544How did they fix that? Require a PHD to sell a piece of property? Like every bizPogeu Mahone10/8/2006
63543I have cards with Chase, Citibank, and HSBC and none of them ever do things likeMoominoid10/8/2006
63542<i>I should imagine there are those who take every opportunity to increaseMoominoid10/8/2006
63541Everyone seems to be making bold predictions about this topic lately. More poweTradelite10/8/2006
63540yeah but Tradelite you have to admit that that same philosophy that we are now hLizzie Tudor10/8/2006
63539>>>Housing speculators ‘taking a bath’<<< Hey. The CondoFlipChanceIs10/8/2006
63538Please don't take this the wrong way, but if you didn't already figure oTradelite10/8/2006
63537Personally I doubt that DC is a good bargain here even over a 20 yr timeline andmishedlo10/8/2006
63536"Building equity has its own benefits" I think if I re-pharse what yoXoFruitCake10/8/2006
63535Existing home-sales figures indicate that sales prices since then have already sLes H10/8/2006
63534OT, but an amusing and well-written story from today's Wash Post biz technolTradelite10/8/2006
63533The sun'll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There&#Travis_Bickle10/8/2006
63532<<Everyone says that RE prices in DC have never declined>> Who toldTradelite10/8/2006
63531<<I don't expect to charge a new Porsche on a credit card and don'Tradelite10/8/2006
63530<<I mentioned to the post in Lizzie that I expect at least 8 years before Tradelite10/8/2006
63529Re: Elroy's view of Texas--imagine the same conversation in Japan: "Thque seria10/8/2006
63528"Only in areas that are way overbuilt or had too many speculators in the gaTravis_Bickle10/8/2006
63527'Is it so bad down there that even a desperation sale at a major discount woJohn Vosilla10/8/2006
63526Real Estate is all we do down here. I see one of the mortgage broker radio showJohn Vosilla10/8/2006
63525You are probably right for long term holds bought arms length there is no rush. John Vosilla10/8/2006
63524Denver's just a day trip away for me, so it's a temptation. I could easbentway10/8/2006
63523The number just don't work in most situations in a rent versus buy when you John Vosilla10/8/2006
63522I just love Denver area especially NW on SR 36 towards Boulder/Broomfield. It sJohn Vosilla10/8/2006
63521Apparently those are the prices that these condos sold for at the courthouse steJohn Vosilla10/8/2006
63520$2000-2400 is now lower to middle end? I was referring to 1/1 apartments that John Vosilla10/8/2006
63519Everyone says that RE prices in DC have never declined, but I'm tellin ya thChrisJP10/8/2006
63518Re: <i>I have credit card debt but at 0-3%</i> I called them up andDan310/8/2006
63517I mentioned to the post in Lizzie that I expect at least 8 years before we go baXoFruitCake10/8/2006
63516Housing speculators ‘taking a bath’ examiner.com Home Flipping Statistics homLes H10/8/2006
63515Florida leads the country in RE blogs pittsburghhomesdaily.comLes H10/8/2006
63514If you find your credit limit is lower than others in your income bracket, you mElroy Jetson10/8/2006
63513<i>Compared with other states, where many Texas teachers are from, the chiWyätt Gwyön10/8/2006
63512That is true elroy. I remember buying my first house in 1975. I worked for $5.50Broken_Clock10/8/2006
63511OT I went to private high school in CA, which was pretty much relegated to "Lizzie Tudor10/8/2006
63510I have combined credit card available credit of about 100K. Pretty much every cLizzie Tudor10/8/2006
63509totally agree with you. The only thing that I think could, repeat could change Lizzie Tudor10/8/2006
63508RE:"Many brokers say it's too easy to get a real estate license, which Jim McMannis10/8/2006
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