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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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67107"I'm holding off doubling my shorts until I see a clear break in the S&damainman11/22/2006
67106What's the consensus here regarding who contributes more to a company- a shadamainman11/22/2006
67105takin it private as not real estate subject.deeno11/22/2006
67104damainman, It is just games. Nothing more. Wall Street was asleep during the TH11/22/2006
67103pompus clown that says the big business SCARE TACTICS of having a living wage isSkywatcher11/22/2006
67102Len at 51 and change-incredible when you see that the all time high was 67 or sodamainman11/22/2006
67101naplesinsider.comTH11/22/2006
67100Meanwhile the market continues to rise and my net worth as well as the many AmerSouthFloridaGuy11/22/2006
67099what do you doubt about this? The first half of 06 was very strong so to me thiLizzie Tudor11/22/2006
67098seminole, I was just pm'ing with someone that if we can't get movement TH11/22/2006
67097John, <g> I think they drop much, much faster than that, and I think we TH11/22/2006
67096Between one thing and another they have taken all the fun out of this. Today isTravis_Bickle11/22/2006
67095Handsome dude in that pic needs a wax job<g> My opinion for what it is woJohn Vosilla11/22/2006
67094John, Well I sound like me, and that is probably not good for Mish <g> STH11/22/2006
67093All in the endless game of political posturing by both parties used as a sound bJohn Vosilla11/22/2006
67092*DJ Freddie Mac 30-Yr Mtge Rate Falls To 6.18% From 6.24% *DJ Freddie Mac 15-YPaul Kern11/22/2006
67091'I think the goldilocks crew is greatly underestimating the impact of the hoJohn Vosilla11/22/2006
67090*more OT* <i>The minimum wage should either be indexed to inflation or scMulhollandDrive11/22/2006
67089*OT* we have a program in place called the earned income credit which addressesMulhollandDrive11/22/2006
67088You are sounding too much like Mish with the 'game is over' mantra. TheJohn Vosilla11/22/2006
67087John, Yes. It is difficult to estimate the impact of this kind of thing. It iTH11/22/2006
67086Strange times indeed. The only 'winners' in the whole mess for many monJohn Vosilla11/22/2006
67085John, "It is possible things might not happen as you expect if interest raTH11/22/2006
67084“While Drake had denied financial hardship was involved for people who had put tJohn Vosilla11/22/2006
67083Thank goodness for the homebuilders knocking 20-30% off the price of the new homThink4Yourself11/22/2006
67082'It could be brutal, or I could just be wrong' It is possible things miJohn Vosilla11/22/2006
67081who pays for Julio's healthcare? I think I know the answer, what is your taLizzie Tudor11/22/2006
67080ot "So who should pay, walmart and other large companies, or me the taxpaydeeno11/22/2006
67079TSF, Yes, all good predictions. The positive for homie bears is that the publiTH11/22/2006
67078On the market psychology side.... Everyone knows that the housing market is in TheStockFairy11/22/2006
67077Jim, That is probably true. And 2007 might even have new records for sales, buTH11/22/2006
67076RE"NAR's latest economic outlook calls for existing-home sales to be faJim McMannis11/22/2006
67075Greenspan may go down as double bubble banker siliconinvestor.comLes H11/22/2006
67074ork, Agree, but we both know that dumb never stopped the street from doing anytTH11/22/2006
67073<i>The Heard On The Street column of the Wall Street Jounral devotes ink torkrious11/22/2006
67072These HB puts have been nothing but a money vacuum. Unbelievable RYL up on WSJ nSmiling Bob11/22/2006
67071The Heard On The Street column of the Wall Street Jounral devotes ink this morniTH11/22/2006
67070Sarasota home prices dive The local market's Q3 median home price had the shTH11/22/2006
67069Many interesting updates on the HousingBubbleBlog. Oops! The Naples News rTH11/22/2006
67068That was the first thing my husband said when he heard there was going to be a wGraceZ11/22/2006
67067I won't be surprised to see rumors and innuendo suggesting possibility of LBsaveslivesbyday11/22/2006
67066Increasing Private Equity Leveraged Buyouts = Sign of Worsening Liquidity Bubblesaveslivesbyday11/22/2006
67065*DJ US MBA Market Index Falls 3.7% To 623.6 From 647.5 *DJ US MBA Purchase IndPaul Kern11/22/2006
67064How could they get a building permit with no garage?kikogrey11/22/2006
67063It was an excellent (if not thoroughly depressing) segment. I doubt the boomerpatron_anejo_por_favor11/22/2006
67062'Well, now its a firesale, down to $870 and probably going lower. The house John Vosilla11/22/2006
67061I doubt Houston goes down unless we go into a depression. Builders going under John Vosilla11/21/2006
67060well what I am seeing here in SV (which as I have said is a strong RE market dueLizzie Tudor11/21/2006
67059Well I'm starting to finally looking at auctions again only because the dumbJohn Vosilla11/21/2006
67058'Many sellers have no clue about what is going on the economy, and probably John Vosilla11/21/2006
67057are you even close to considering buying property in FLA yet? Seems like the boLizzie Tudor11/21/2006
67056<I>Houston, for example, has almost as many new homes being built (74k) asLizzie Tudor11/21/2006
67055Can anyone point out where there is a real Real Estate Investing thread on SI orMark Fleming11/21/2006
67054'New home sales, by the way, are not a huge part of the overall market in soJohn Vosilla11/21/2006
67053well first of all, there are a few issues here. The health insurance question iLizzie Tudor11/21/2006
67052'$2.20 an hour in the 70s was immensely better in terms of quality of life aJohn Vosilla11/21/2006
67051Why does every forum with Lizzie Stupor turn into a political one? What a mouthMark Fleming11/21/2006
67050How many executives are there? Millions? No. The big gap exists between simple Crony11/21/2006
67049The minimum wage should either be indexed to inflation or scrapped and end the tJohn Vosilla11/21/2006
67048<i>fine, keep the minimum wage where it is. But then, please lower executiMarc Hyman11/21/2006
67047#4 is without a doubt the worst alternative. You have intrigued me with #3. If mishedlo11/21/2006
67046My god it happened. We agree on something. Not sure I agree with your exact reasmishedlo11/21/2006
67045Convergence of commercial office space and residential real estate youtube.comLes H11/21/2006
67044BBC article youtube.comLes H11/21/2006
67043fine, keep the minimum wage where it is. But then, please lower executive pay. Lizzie Tudor11/21/2006
67042hahah. You mean the "unemployment rate" hahaha, that number that theyLizzie Tudor11/21/2006
67041Terry Semel the CEO of yahoo made 300 million 2 years ago, in fact he actually mLizzie Tudor11/21/2006
67040please, educate yourself. $2.20 an hour in the 70s was immensely better in termLizzie Tudor11/21/2006
67039GM, Housing is saved, because those 85 years will doing reverse mortgage and fuTH11/21/2006
67038'NewsHour' Still Insists on Bursting Housing Bubble Despite RealtorsTH11/21/2006
67037I'll answer your rhetorical question with another one. <b>Why not allLizzie Tudor11/21/2006
67036This is the real point that I was trying to make. Thank you for your analysis. Lizzie Tudor11/21/2006
67035People age 85 and older are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population..gladman11/21/2006
67034Decent blog with some nice links to regional real estate articles. watchingthewTH11/21/2006
67033Select homebuilders P/E for 2007 fiscal year based on closing today and GS updatTH11/21/2006
67032I agree that the market has raised the minimum wage for most Americans. So whatCalculatedRisk11/21/2006
67031<i>As far as general unemployment, the highest real minimum wage was in FeMulhollandDrive11/21/2006
67030You have to read the article to draw the appropriate conclusion. "That proLes H11/21/2006
67029"Sure, government is wasteful, but the private sector is even worse these ddeeno11/21/2006
67028I've only run a correlation on teenage unemployment and the minimum wage ...CalculatedRisk11/21/2006
67027That's the challenge of investing, finding a counter party that isn't goTheStockFairy11/21/2006
67026I have also had to clean toilets, and mop floors, and bag groceries when I was yThink4Yourself11/21/2006
67025there also seems to be a relatively high level of unemployment that runs concurrMulhollandDrive11/21/2006
67024I'm with you on this one. I also used to embrace free market capitalism and Perspective11/21/2006
67023Home prices drop in 45 metro areas; sales fall in 38 states Updated 11/20/2006 3Proud Deplorable11/21/2006
67022That is a great question. I'll try to answer why I believe there should be CalculatedRisk11/21/2006
67021White House Trims GDP Forecast, But Sees Inflation Decelerating By BENTON IVES-ChanceIs11/21/2006
67020mark...... superb postMulhollandDrive11/21/2006
67019<i>would YOU clean toilets, etc for $10 an hour?...that's a lousy $400Mark Fleming11/21/2006
67018Why not have a $50 an hour min wage? If $17 works well, $50 will be even betterMark Fleming11/21/2006
67017<i>The reason that so many illegals are tolerated in the U.S. is that for Mark Fleming11/21/2006
67016Heh heh Chris, I think you must be the chosen few that make a lot of money. ComeXoFruitCake11/21/2006
67015would YOU clean toilets, etc for $10 an hour?...that's a lousy $400 a week..Skywatcher11/21/2006
67014Who says the minimum wage was at the appropriate level in the 70s? Call me crazschadenfreude11/21/2006
67013Yes, I'm referring to existing home sales. Builders have more to play arounTradelite11/21/2006
67012<i>Lenders have only so much tolerance for concessions in a contract</isaveslivesbyday11/21/2006
67011Relative strength in California housing By Annette Haddad, Times Staff Writer NoSkywatcher11/21/2006
67010If seller concessions are masking steeper price declines, it wouldn't be by Tradelite11/21/2006
67009Many emotional things influence sellers to hold the line on prices. Emotion canTradelite11/21/2006
67008Good point lizzie- the problem with the best and the brightest is they don'tdamainman11/21/2006
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