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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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78076And the best tourists in the world are... LONDON (Reuters) - The best touristsMick Mørmøny5/23/2007
78075It seems the masses don't care. Is it different this time ? <ggg>Qualified Opinion5/23/2007
78074More shooting up than creeping up. stockcharts.comPaul Kern5/23/2007
78073Anyone notice yield on 10 year creeping up?saveslivesbyday5/23/2007
78072It appears from here that the number FSBOs are dropping. Commissions are rising.Jim McMannis5/23/2007
78071Those were the good ole days, hey?Jim McMannis5/23/2007
78070re: BTW the long term trend for the real cost of energy is down. If this were noThink4Yourself5/23/2007
78069The cost of energy is eventually included in every other price if energy price cGraceZ5/23/2007
78068Message 23565973stan_hughes5/23/2007
78067<i>Are there any statistics on # of mortgages funded? (vs. # applied for?&Paul Kern5/23/2007
78066re: Making buyers aware of FSBOs One thing that might not be clear about this wTradelite5/23/2007
78065In 1994 I purchased my first Florida condo (for cash) with my Amex card. ClosedMoneyPenny5/23/2007
78064<i>Problem is, why would you believe the fed is about to cut when inflatioGraceZ5/23/2007
78063American Express to allow mortgage charges on credit cardsTravis_Bickle5/23/2007
78062You are right as rain!Amelia Carhartt5/23/2007
78061do not be an agent , be a facilitator! problem solved. =======================Pogeu Mahone5/23/2007
78060Could be that folks refinancing ARMs that are resetting can't afford the payThink4Yourself5/23/2007
78059<i>I don't think that high energy costs are necessarily inflationary. orkrious5/23/2007
78058>>>higher oil and gasoline prices should be excluded from inflation.<ChanceIs5/23/2007
78057<i>Sure it's mean-reverting to a degree</i> It's mean-reverorkrious5/23/2007
78056Re: <i>MBA info from Dow Jones Newswires</i> Somewhat surprising. Dan35/23/2007
78055WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Following is data from the Mortgage Bankers Association Paul Kern5/23/2007
78054Then you plainly have no concrete evidence to support your contention that <iMicawber5/23/2007
78053"Is it really right to place a profit motive in front of a client and choosdamainman5/23/2007
78052There are any number of things that would never be done if everyone knew what atGraceZ5/23/2007
78051One can establish a relationship without a contract. Law of agency stands, fidubobby is sleepless in seattle5/23/2007
78050<"The major concern I have is that somehow the public seems to have becoPerspective5/23/2007
78049LOL. you got me, but i say up then down...or is that down then up?NOW5/23/2007
78048RE:"They can't sue me if they lose money in the stock market." SuJim McMannis5/23/2007
78047Retirement interrupted One couple mapped out their retirement, but the plan hingJohn Vosilla5/22/2007
78046<<Seminole, I agree with your assessment of fiduciary duty. It matches whTradelite5/22/2007
78045Seminole, I agree with your assessment of fiduciary duty. It matches what I leThink4Yourself5/22/2007
78044I was thinking the same thing. Just how does the treasury secretary know the hoThink4Yourself5/22/2007
78043I don't see many FSBOs around here and never have. Just got wind of a housTradelite5/22/2007
78042theres tons of successful FSBOs around here. It just depends on how hot your hoLizzie Tudor5/22/2007
78041FSBOs don't operate their own public reporting system for success and failurTradelite5/22/2007
78040Do you have statistics that you care to share regarding how many FSBO's &quoMicawber5/22/2007
78039Too many lines on that thing...are we going up or down?<G>patron_anejo_por_favor5/22/2007
78038indeed...realtors are quite conscious of their DUTIES and by far and away the suSkywatcher5/22/2007
78037HGX: megimage.comNOW5/22/2007
78036<<Were a realtor or broker to truly function in a fiduciary capacity, the Tradelite5/22/2007
78035It's your trusted appointed cabinet official He knows what you need to know.Smiling Bob5/22/2007
78034OK. Keep believing that and be happy in your beliefs. Fiduciary responsibilies Tradelite5/22/2007
78033New home sales on Thursday should clarify things a bit. In the meantime, if thispatron_anejo_por_favor5/22/2007
78032Dude you can call yourself whatever you want, but you are getting totally hosed Travis_Bickle5/22/2007
78031THE FED: Fed's Lacker Rings Alarm Bell On Inflation, Not Growth >>>ChanceIs5/22/2007
78030So Paulson knows more than the CEO's of all the major HB's. The man is aBroken_Clock5/22/2007
78029You would have a lot of fun talking with the in-house and out-of-house legal couTradelite5/22/2007
78028It is laughable. Among realtors (and brokers) perhaps 1 in 500 are capable of sTravis_Bickle5/22/2007
78027Don't you know, in the US any transaction between two parties, the party witGraceZ5/22/2007
78026Sorry that you have a problem with facts. I am sure that the thousands of real Metacomet5/22/2007
78025Toll Brothers, Inc. Second Quarter 2007 Earnings Conference Call Thursday, May 2ChanceIs5/22/2007
78024Wow...you need to tell that "Realtor not a fiduciary" story to the govTradelite5/22/2007
78023Whatever anyone says about it, I'm not buying it. The realtor never even haTravis_Bickle5/22/2007
78022AP Homebuilders Up on Paulson Comments Tuesday May 22, 4:10 pm ET Shares of HomeSmiling Bob5/22/2007
78021The agency relationship created in real estate transactions between brokers and Metacomet5/22/2007
78020Maybe the consignment shop you hire to sell your old furniture is also a fiduciaTravis_Bickle5/22/2007
78019How does the realtor have a fiduciary responsibility towards the client? ------Travis_Bickle5/22/2007
78018<i>but one does, again, if he/she is materially aware of it and knows it cMetacomet5/22/2007
78017Notice the DOW isn't just racing ahead the past couple days? Almost as if mkSmiling Bob5/22/2007
78016I'm getting beaten like a red-headed stepchild today. Deploying some of my Travis_Bickle5/22/2007
78015RE: TOL - Is land option over? Multi-million-dollar deal betweem farmers, develChanceIs5/22/2007
78014Foxton's provides their own listing service like Realtor.com. From what I&#Les H5/22/2007
78013Thanks for the reminder And I could find a decent argument against the 4 for havSmiling Bob5/22/2007
78012Google came up with this: ideas.repec.orgMoominoid5/22/2007
78011indeed, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch...! The commissions werbobby is sleepless in seattle5/22/2007
78010Sounds like these folks don't have an agent and need one: money.cnn.comMoominoid5/22/2007
78009I just saw that, too: "Mr Hunt will focus on New York, where he will be inPerspective5/22/2007
78008>>>they sold a commercial lending unit. BWTFK with the short squeezes&lChanceIs5/22/2007
78007<<The real estate community will continue to face declining commissions wiTradelite5/22/2007
78006It's like shorts are fish to be played as needed. Let out some line or reel Smiling Bob5/22/2007
78005I dunno... ...sounds like a party to me! I'm hearing HBs and retailers cryinSmiling Bob5/22/2007
78004... a blending with the new and evolving efficiencies that technology lends alonbobby is sleepless in seattle5/22/2007
78003I don't see why it would, they sold a commercial lending unit. BWTFK with thpatron_anejo_por_favor5/22/2007
78002I've done it both ways on both the selling side and buying side. Whether it GraceZ5/22/2007
78001<The key is that realtors control the buyers> if only that were true how bobby is sleepless in seattle5/22/2007
78000Agree. Buying a used car during an eBay auction seems sorta weird to me, too. Tradelite5/22/2007
77999Housing is HUMAN...people want good PEOPLE to represent them on both sides. makiSkywatcher5/22/2007
77998<<The few buyers willing to "go it alone" are well aware of the Tradelite5/22/2007
77997Re: <i>Selling fsbo is a whole bunch easier when the market is hot</i&gDan35/22/2007
77996Does FMT get the credit for HBs ascent?Smiling Bob5/22/2007
77995Note the comment about UK vs US commissions in the article.Moominoid5/22/2007
77994That concept doesn't apply in Virginia, where an agent is usually hired, or Tradelite5/22/2007
77993We seem to be in fairly close agreement. The big difference <i>appears<Think4Yourself5/22/2007
77992nah I'm just pointing out how websites can be financed these days through adLizzie Tudor5/22/2007
77991Amen, look at Ryland - no leveraged buyout rumors to keep this thing levitated. zebra4o15/22/2007
77990<I'm not sure I have a fiduciary obligation to point out the existence ofbobby is sleepless in seattle5/22/2007
77989<I am seeing a potential shift from realtor offices all over the country to abobby is sleepless in seattle5/22/2007
77988Has Foxtons' Hunt called the top of the market? business.guardian.co.uk BrLes H5/22/2007
77987Pay a realtor 6% or pay a company 2%, what's the difference? The work gets Think4Yourself5/22/2007
77986LEND is in danger of being delisted by the NASDAQ. Up 6.5% today. Now thatJim McMannis5/22/2007
77985Suit yourself. The technology kinks are almost completely worked out right now,Think4Yourself5/22/2007
77984I don't question the availability of technology. I do question who wants toTradelite5/22/2007
77983I shall remain happily in denial while you experts work out the kinks in this yeTradelite5/22/2007
77982Don't know about Lizzie but I am talking about something of the magnitude ofThink4Yourself5/22/2007
77981Everything that is heavily shorted is getting squeezed.Travis_Bickle5/22/2007
77980Looks to me that all you and Liz are talking about is another version of RealtorTradelite5/22/2007
77979BOJ minutes show focus on land price rises asia.news.yahoo.com Home-sales slumLes H5/22/2007
77978re: It doesn't cost very much to maintain a website and underlying database&Think4Yourself5/22/2007
77977<I>Who, exactly, is going to pay for all this wonderfulness?</i> ItLizzie Tudor5/22/2007
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