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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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76076(HABK) = Hamilton Bancorp, Inc. - they were in Florida - a small bank. Imaginepaul614/17/2007
76075Hope you are making nice trades in solar. I missed it but caught the scrap metaJohn Vosilla4/17/2007
76074Much of the bad news seems to now be discounted in the stock prices. They probaJohn Vosilla4/17/2007
76073'I guess deflation will have to wait for another day.' Yeah many still John Vosilla4/17/2007
76072I (DON'T) think the Fed should dictate policy to bail anyone out. Personall10K a day4/17/2007
76071yeah but the stocks are a totally different story, just like with oil. Once theLizzie Tudor4/16/2007
76070John, As we are from the Detroit area we are probably a bit jaded <g> ThTH4/16/2007
76069<i>>I don't think the subprimes are shorts anymore. </i>< 10K a day4/16/2007
76068<i>>I no longer think it's possible for the fundamentals to bottom 10K a day4/16/2007
76067OT: I'll never give up my handguns, even if the government can guarantee no Think4Yourself4/16/2007
76066saves, <a new gun control law> Bushy's masters would never allow it.TH4/16/2007
76065Shocking real estate news from the Left Coast... Mortgage lenders filed 46,760 Brumar894/16/2007
76064Apologies in advance - this post is way OT, about the shootings today, I refraisaveslivesbyday4/16/2007
76063OT these solar stocks are on fire. I know you like speculation. TSL in particuLizzie Tudor4/16/2007
76062Okay, I'll bite. What US bank was closed by regulators for making one bad loElroy Jetson4/16/2007
76061>>>Are the Saudis the new Japanese investors circa 1990?<<< MChanceIs4/16/2007
76060I'm out at least a few weeks on all lenders (with the possible exclusion of patron_anejo_por_favor4/16/2007
76059A agree about the lenders getting a second wind. They did it to the builders laThink4Yourself4/16/2007
76058So you think that's it for the lender BKs from the Great Housing Mortgage OrPerspective4/16/2007
76057I have way out of the money crap on the lenders other than CFC and I'm lettiTravis_Bickle4/16/2007
76056I think the lenders will get a 2nd wind, but the news will be bad by and by. We&patron_anejo_por_favor4/16/2007
76055Thinking about this further, is this going to allow the housing bubble to reinflorkrious4/16/2007
76054no Imgination thats what happened .....Paulpaul614/16/2007
76053<I>I closed my last lender short (NDE) today. </i> Yeah good move ILizzie Tudor4/16/2007
76052I have been watching FMT as a long and regrettably did not bite. But while theyLizzie Tudor4/16/2007
76051<i>It's worth noting that ACF in 2002 did something similar, and that orkrious4/16/2007
76050FMT unloaded a bunch of loans, that's the main thing. It's worth notinpatron_anejo_por_favor4/16/2007
76049LEND be kicking my arse again.Bonefish4/16/2007
76048HGX was up 1.6%, not exactly a bust. I'm in reset mode, waiting for some morpatron_anejo_por_favor4/16/2007
76047Sadly, the home of Barry Goldwater has clowns holding the reins of government atpatron_anejo_por_favor4/16/2007
76046This Is Shocking... Mortgage defaults in California near decade high By Jim Chr10K a day4/16/2007
76045FMT giving kinky lenders a boost.Travis_Bickle4/16/2007
76044C beat and SLM is getting sold for a princely sum.orkrious4/16/2007
76043Any clues why the lenders are levitating today? Did I miss some news? BCPerspective4/16/2007
76042Are the Saudis the new Japanese investors circa 1990?Jim McMannis4/16/2007
76041Stock market really cruisin' today. I guess deflation will have to wait for Jim McMannis4/16/2007
76040UPDATE: Saudi Investor Acquires $6.6 Billion Stake In HSBC >>>Maybe thChanceIs4/16/2007
76039Subprime Meltdown Shakes Builders' Confidence DOW JONES NEWSWIRES By RexChanceIs4/16/2007
76038Mortifying Time for Mortgage Lenders Banc of America Securities WASHINGTON MUTChanceIs4/16/2007
76037Every buyer knew the deal. The price payed or terms ot the deal didn't seemJohn Vosilla4/16/2007
76036>>>All it means is that they might not go bankrupt right away. It soundChanceIs4/16/2007
76035If you look at where the homebuilding business is compared to history and then lThink4Yourself4/16/2007
76034Stooges at work? thestreet.comdamainman4/16/2007
76033WS clearly cannot see the effects of HB's problems, especially on a "Mesaveslivesbyday4/16/2007
76032wow, all three categories reported are the weakest April numbers in their historThink4Yourself4/16/2007
76031<b> US NAHB Apr Housing Index 33 Vs 36 In Mar </b> Last update: 4/1Paul Kern4/16/2007
76030Here it is, linkie nahb.orgdamainman4/16/2007
76029Republicans said they would eliminate the inheritance tax, but they didn't sElroy Jetson4/16/2007
76028'For those who cannot fathom why a vast and rapidly widening income gap mattJohn Vosilla4/16/2007
760271 PM today Housing Market Index / 8:30 tomorrow NH Starts HB's not participsaveslivesbyday4/16/2007
76026Correct me if I am wrong about this but that news doesn't imply Fremont'Think4Yourself4/16/2007
76025You have a very vivid imagination.Elroy Jetson4/16/2007
76024One source close to Tontine says the firm is eyeing the purchase of a public or Travis_Bickle4/16/2007
76023That bill never passed, the status quo is it reverts back in 2011 at 1m exemptioTravis_Bickle4/16/2007
76022<i>This says it does't revert back in 2011.</i> I believe that orkrious4/16/2007
76021What's up with Arizona, former home of flinty individualism? Now Big BrotheOblomov4/16/2007
76020So it must have not passed in the Senate. Now that the Dems are in, little chanJim McMannis4/16/2007
76019that's over 2 years old. House and then Senate would have had to pass it.Sr K4/16/2007
76018Eliminating it or reducing it is one thing. How they are doing it is a lesson inJim McMannis4/16/2007
76017Adding to builders as market ramps, now positions on 7 of them. My FMT positionTravis_Bickle4/16/2007
76016sptimes.comJim McMannis4/16/2007
76015This says it does't revert back in 2011. sptimes.com "The House bill Jim McMannis4/16/2007
76014It doesn't say they are frugal, just that they have no credit card debt. DoOblomov4/16/2007
76013Jim "Toilet Mouth" Kunstler On Friedman - California Greening BlowingChanceIs4/16/2007
76012Fremont Find Buyer for Loans, May Also Sell Subprime Unit By KEVIN KINGSBURY AprChanceIs4/16/2007
76011U.S. Homebuilders Face Bankruptcy Risk in '08, Lawyers Say - (reposted) By saveslivesbyday4/16/2007
76010yes, by current lawSr K4/16/2007
76009Dems have been willing to settle on 3.5m exemption for years, argument is over wTravis_Bickle4/16/2007
76008<i>but when it is eliminated in 2010, so is the step-up in basis for inherorkrious4/16/2007
76007How do you figure "essentially a welfare program for bank shareholders"paul614/16/2007
76006I heard a joke telling me if my children suddenly were encouraging me to go to tMoneyPenny4/16/2007
76005Eliminating the estate tax and the step-up in basis, so the heirs pay the CapitaElroy Jetson4/16/2007
76004All sorts of taxes. Double dividend taxation, cap gains tax, witholding etc. TheJim McMannis4/16/2007
76003<i>Plus that money has prolly been taxed 2 or 3 times along the way.</iMetacomet4/16/2007
76002RE:"but when it is eliminated in 2010, so is the step-up in basis for inherJim McMannis4/16/2007
76001but when it is eliminated in 2010, so is the step-up in basis for inherited asseSr K4/16/2007
76000The threshold in 2M. Hardly a McMansion these days. <G> Plus that money haJim McMannis4/16/2007
75999<i>The inheritance tax is upwards of 47% in the USA. Gawd, think what it wMetacomet4/16/2007
75998RE:"inheritance and all of the other "special" categories that haJim McMannis4/15/2007
75997I agree safety is very under-valued at the moment, and I value it highly. But I Elroy Jetson4/15/2007
75996I think the problem with allowing for any exemptions is that by doing so, you faMetacomet4/15/2007
75995California Connected - Real Estate Blues . californiaconnected.Elroy Jetson4/15/2007
75994I'm sure you're aware that conservative think tanks want to eliminate thElroy Jetson4/15/2007
75993Looks like GEs subprime business is improving. Or, they wrote off the kitchen sLizzie Tudor4/15/2007
75992"If everyone paid income tax on all their income in the US economy, the incMetacomet4/15/2007
75991yeah I read that and was thinking the same thing. A childless couple with 90K iLizzie Tudor4/15/2007
75990Fedco filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1999, at which point it had been the loElroy Jetson4/15/2007
75989Australia has never had an FDIC-like insurance plan - but unlike the experience Elroy Jetson4/15/2007
75988<b>Mary Gooch avoided foreclosure, but she was worried about losing her hoJohn McCarthy4/15/2007
75987<b>How did a strawberry picker earning $15,000 a year qualify for a loan oJohn McCarthy4/15/2007
75986Eventually the government may wise up and legalize/control drugs, but I doubt itThink4Yourself4/15/2007
75985It is depressing to be reading that in 2007. The U.S. should be following HollaPogeu Mahone4/15/2007
75984Same things going in in Florida.Pogeu Mahone4/15/2007
75983worth a rec despite the fact I don't think it will ever happen. they arenBroken_Clock4/15/2007
75982Despite what the Canadians think, there was life before Real Estate and there wiBonefish4/15/2007
75981The Canadians think we're being silly about a housing crash... slcrealestatSLCMortgages4/15/2007
75980Anyone here know how the Austin Market is doing?Jim McMannis4/15/2007
75979RE:"Nimrods like that DESERVE to be homeless!" Congress knows they wiJim McMannis4/15/2007
75978re: trapped couple. Maria and Oscar took out TWO interest only loans to buy theThink4Yourself4/15/2007
75977According to a study released in March by Credit Suisse Group, more subprime borLes H4/15/2007
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