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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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67407The DJT was spanked for a 1000pts from mid-02' to early-03' when crude wgladman11/28/2006
67406<<there's a 10% drop in median price then the gain is still 90% over aTradelite11/28/2006
67405<<You don't want to be short transports if the next predicted Fed moveTradelite11/28/2006
67404Any reason KBH suffering a little more than other HBs?Smiling Bob11/28/2006
67403College Tuition shouldn't be a problem for anyone if they plan properly and gladman11/28/2006
67402My post was more or less a joke,,, it seems you're the only one who got it.gladman11/28/2006
67401The unions have destroyed Detroit and they will destroy whatever industry they cThink4Yourself11/28/2006
67400He has talked about housing before, but not in these terms. Bernanke said: 1)CalculatedRisk11/28/2006
67399<i>When I went to college, a State School of course, Penn State the cost pGraceZ11/28/2006
67398<i>Will it be the jobs that adjust or the cost of education that adjusts? GraceZ11/28/2006
67397Don't forget TGIC (Triad Guaranty)zebra4o111/28/2006
67396***OT**** <i>You're husband worked in the NE? I worked in Texas, wherGraceZ11/28/2006
67395I will have a post tonight from Morgan that describes the catch 22 builders are mishedlo11/28/2006
67394Median sales prices are not adjusted for size or features. I bet the average hommishedlo11/28/2006
67393Tower sale-price boom may push rent sky high business.bostonherald.com ApartmeLes H11/28/2006
67392So why signal me out and not any of a dozen people here that stayed short? You mishedlo11/28/2006
67391money.cnn.comorganicgerry11/28/2006
67390<i>I can't comprehend how long term rates can continue to remain so lomishedlo11/28/2006
67389Has he ever devoted this much of a speech to housing?damainman11/28/2006
67388Good suggestion. I just covered 1/3 of my LEND...rolled it into rdn.orkrious11/28/2006
67387Why buy a new expensive home in Barrington? Lunacy. I remember in 86' theygladman11/28/2006
67386I think Bob Toll denied that pretty harshly. If their star property in South BaTheStockFairy11/28/2006
67385I haven't really drilled down lately on 'em. The usual suspects will be patron_anejo_por_favor11/28/2006
67384<i>Mortgage insurers look like a better bet to me going forward...and mayborkrious11/28/2006
67383Short XHB at 34.80, about 1/2 position. I covered LEND (which really WAS a &qupatron_anejo_por_favor11/28/2006
67382>>>any house that they can build and sell now would lessen the problem ChanceIs11/28/2006
67381Bernanke on housing (And more): federalreserve.gov Excerpt on housing: ... a sCalculatedRisk11/28/2006
67380"You also get to hang on to your good crews for at least awhile longer"XoFruitCake11/28/2006
67379That makes a lot of sense. Thanks! You also get to hang on to your good crews Think4Yourself11/28/2006
67378The plywood shearing at the plies is exactly what happened when I took down thatThink4Yourself11/28/2006
67377"What puzzles me is why they have started building agressively again when pXoFruitCake11/28/2006
67376Falling homie margins are a "good thing" too...if yer short!<NG>patron_anejo_por_favor11/28/2006
67375I knew they were going to reduce prices to unload. What puzzles me is why they Think4Yourself11/28/2006
67374Sarasota-Bradenton wins the contest: condos sold this year 172 condos sold lastTravis_Bickle11/28/2006
67373Now that's interesting data, median sales price up 100% over the last 5yrs igladman11/28/2006
67372The pace of home sales in Florida continued to slow in October, though some markTravis_Bickle11/28/2006
67371Thoughts on new home sales tomorrow: (last month's here) census.gov 1. Oct Ramsey Su11/28/2006
67370<i>I would have lost my shirt if I'd been heavily short and held sinceorkrious11/28/2006
67369Speaking of WCI someone is loving the 09 calls today: OVXAX.X 3.50 0.00 2.80 3.Travis_Bickle11/28/2006
67368Builders have already expressed intent to unload inventory at whatever cost. ThiSmiling Bob11/28/2006
67367I would have lost my shirt if I'd been heavily short and held since late AugJohn Vosilla11/28/2006
67366Economists Remain Divided On Where Housing Is Headed November 28, 2006 11:42 a.ChanceIs11/28/2006
67365Selling in the Homies on relative good news. When bad news means buy and good ngladman11/28/2006
67364re: glue up the sheathing at the corners ---foundation11/28/2006
67363Let me get this straight. What kept you from losing your shirt is TA and not liTravis_Bickle11/28/2006
67362'However, the median price for a home sold dropped to $221,000 in October, aJohn Vosilla11/28/2006
67361=DJ Oct Housing Sales Up But Inventory Rising, Prices Falling . By Janet MorSmiling Bob11/28/2006
67360I have no idea either (other than the China/India explanation).SouthFloridaGuy11/28/2006
67359They can get into a home with less out of pocket by buying owner occupied than bJohn Vosilla11/28/2006
67358Shouldn't Bernanke be filling the markets shortly? Indices green probably inSmiling Bob11/28/2006
67357I guess they make up for it in huge volume increases in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming John Vosilla11/28/2006
67356Yes the perfect storm eventually must unwind. This is the problem IMHO.. When tJohn Vosilla11/28/2006
67355<i>I can't comprehend how long term rates can continue to remain so loPaul Kern11/28/2006
67354' It also appears the units that have sold have almost all been purchased byJohn Vosilla11/28/2006
67353I can't comprehend how long term rates can continue to remain so low with raJohn Vosilla11/28/2006
67352OT I used strips of wood and subfloor construction adhesive to glue the rafters KyrosL11/28/2006
67351<Even if you only glue up the sheathing at the corners you will have a much sBWAC11/28/2006
67350(it adds about $15 to the cost of an average 2,000-square-foot house) My thoughBWAC11/28/2006
67349<i>I think Lereah include "blue sky" in the new and improved &quPaul Kern11/28/2006
67348That looks like a cup and handle to me. You don't want to be short transportSouthFloridaGuy11/28/2006
67347NAR existing home sales report is just one page, how hard could that be to underRamsey Su11/28/2006
67346"I wonder how many contractors take the care you do? None, I'd guess&qThink4Yourself11/28/2006
67345Even when I was working as a framing and cornice carpenter 30 years ago, we werebentway11/28/2006
67344It's hard to believe it will only add $20 to the cost of a home, given how mThink4Yourself11/28/2006
67343Builders have restarted building in development complexes near me. Most had gonThink4Yourself11/28/2006
67342Upon further review, scientists have concluded that it is a turd and not a Baby ChanceIs11/28/2006
67341Dr Nail vs the monster Popular Science By Tom Clynes popsci.com ( A little helpbentway11/28/2006
67340Reminder: Tomorrow at 10:00 we get the new homes sales report.Paul Kern11/28/2006
67339>>>Falling prices are "a good thing," Lereah said.<<<ChanceIs11/28/2006
67338<i>NAR chief economist David Lereah said market fundamentals are improvingPaul Kern11/28/2006
67337US Oct Existing Home Sales Up 0.5% To 6.24 Mln Rate <pre> ===============Paul Kern11/28/2006
67336Sales of existing U.S. homes rose 0.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6Travis_Bickle11/28/2006
67335>>>Can you provide a chart link? Thanks.<<< Yahoo finance useChanceIs11/28/2006
67334I'm sorry, I don't understand?SouthFloridaGuy11/28/2006
67333Can you provide a chart link? Thanks.SouthFloridaGuy11/28/2006
67332"Strapped for cash so they're buying a house?" Whenever I read stThink4Yourself11/28/2006
67331In Rock Hill, Ronstein Construction is offering a smorgasbord of perks. Owner RiTravis_Bickle11/28/2006
67330DJ FHFB: Average US Home Price Fell To $306,258 In Oct By Damian Paletta OfPaul Kern11/28/2006
67329Durable Goods Down 6% Vice Expected 4% Gain. This will be parsed two ways: 1) tChanceIs11/28/2006
67328<pre> *DJ FHFB: Avg US Home Price Down At $306,258 In Oct 11/28/2006 DoPaul Kern11/28/2006
67327in-frickin-credible. Show that to every american and they MIGHT vote based on tThink4Yourself11/28/2006
67326Americans need to get out of US Dollars today! It won't last long. Buy gold.Proud Deplorable11/28/2006
67325Here's a nice inflation adjusted view of the Federal Debt. [graphic]Elroy Jetson11/28/2006
67324>>>Until the interest rate picture changes for the negative, every dip ChanceIs11/27/2006
67323'Until the interest rate picture changes for the negative, every dip should John Vosilla11/27/2006
67322'It is not clear that the endgame for the GOP's "trickle down"John Vosilla11/27/2006
67321I'm glad you finally took the high road on the Clinton years, just about theJohn Vosilla11/27/2006
67320The market was overbought. This is the most anticipated pullback I can remember.SouthFloridaGuy11/27/2006
67319You are right. In the data download the two years got switched. It looks even regli11/27/2006
67318was 84/85 the period when they doubled the payroll tax to accomodate the boomersLizzie Tudor11/27/2006
67317There was no debt decrease in the 1983-1986 time frame as your chart indicates. KyrosL11/27/2006
67316Re: <i>Let me be perfectly clear that I am not defending "W."<Dan311/27/2006
67315I don't disagree with anything you said. SS is a scam, we all agree. But tLizzie Tudor11/27/2006
67314This chart provides a nice illustration who the debt culprits were: Message 230regli11/27/2006
67313>>>Tax and spend in the real world is far superior to borrow and spend.ChanceIs11/27/2006
67312>>>OT Here are Clinton's deficits.<<< Thank you for postiChanceIs11/27/2006
67311<i>It was Newt Gingrich who proposed the balanced budget amendment,</i&Metacomet11/27/2006
67310>>>The fact that SS future payouts are higher than any amt of inbound rChanceIs11/27/2006
67309OT Here are Clinton's deficits. The numbers include the entire deficit and KyrosL11/27/2006
67308it will be interesting to see how this pans out in the mkts. My opinion is thatLizzie Tudor11/27/2006
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