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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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78976There used to be a lot of creative trusts used to avoid taxes but the low capitaTravis_Bickle6/6/2007
78975I actually have the feeling we'll finish with a 100+ pt loss on the DOW todajcole056/6/2007
78974Why do I get the feeling they are all gonna creep up at the end of the day?damainman6/6/2007
78973<i>`We live in a country where everybody understands that appraisals are pMulhollandDrive6/6/2007
78972HOV at new 52-week low. SPF still fighting with support.saveslivesbyday6/6/2007
78971The existence of a revocable living trust (one for each spouse, in our case) doeTradelite6/6/2007
78970>>>It takes forever just to gather all the documentation.<<< ChanceIs6/6/2007
78969RE:"Comment: I just loathe the tax code. We have a lot of smart people wastJim McMannis6/6/2007
78968RE:"The Clinton RE tax law change which allowed for no cap gains (vice the Jim McMannis6/6/2007
78967Calif. sees sprawl as warming culprit usatoday.comLes H6/6/2007
78966The DOW's starting to count in hundreds... backwards.Smiling Bob6/6/2007
78965OT re: Comment: I just loathe the tax code. I just finished doing my 06 taxes 5Think4Yourself6/6/2007
78964The unadjusted numbers are up versus a year ago. It does beg the question, whLee6/6/2007
78963>>>My home isn't in my name anymore and hasn't been for years, ChanceIs6/6/2007
78962Ghost Towns Appear in Spain as Decade-Long Boom Ends bloomberg.comLes H6/6/2007
78961Nice waves for surfing today ...saveslivesbyday6/6/2007
78960NAR Cuts US '07 Housing Forecast Again Last update: 6/6/2007 10:00:04 AM WPaul Kern6/6/2007
78959Nah 10am buy program already in the works. Followed by the 11am one and the 2pm BWAC6/6/2007
78958Looks like we're on the precipice of one hell of a selloff Very little volumSmiling Bob6/6/2007
78957There go a couple of bouts of huge buying causing upticks in nearly everything HSmiling Bob6/6/2007
78956Executives Cashing In Shares At NVR Builder Engaging In Stock Buyback washingtoLes H6/6/2007
78955So what can the PPT pull out of its hat today? I don't think much at all. ThSmiling Bob6/6/2007
78954online.wsj.com (See chart) Rise in Home Inventory Continues to Hurt Prices By JBroken_Clock6/6/2007
78953WCI Announces Carl Icahn Enters Sales Process BONITA SPRINGS, Fla., June 6, 2007Travis_Bickle6/6/2007
78952"it covered a four-day week." Doh! That explains a lot.Think4Yourself6/6/2007
78951re: not putting home in your own name. My home isn't in my name anymore andTradelite6/6/2007
78950Thanks for the feedback. Once you mentioned it I did remember the execs shelterThink4Yourself6/6/2007
78949Don't forget it covered a four-day week. BCPerspective6/6/2007
78948Florida firm offers way for builders to avoid auctions.. From today's WSJ, pTradelite6/6/2007
78947Spain: Has anybody around here considered a position against the Spanish RE bubbPerspective6/6/2007
78946Another factor is the south americans who want to get assets out of the country,Travis_Bickle6/6/2007
78945they got there money back in ONE month: 30 days.. could they do it faster? <Pogeu Mahone6/6/2007
78944Many headlines favoring short or otherwise suggesting inflation/rate hikes in toChanceIs6/6/2007
78943Homes are different in Florida because we have the unlimited exemption for the hTravis_Bickle6/6/2007
78942no bounce for Shanghai??yard_man6/6/2007
78941<i>The drop in the raw numbers over the last two weeks is incredible. SuspPaul Kern6/6/2007
78940>> cash out today sell off all profit centers load with debt go public agayard_man6/6/2007
78939NEW YORK, June 6 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Deutsche Bank Securities maintaiTravis_Bickle6/6/2007
78938The drop in the raw numbers over the last two weeks is incredible. Suspect folkThink4Yourself6/6/2007
78937ECB Lifts Key Interest Rate to 4 Percent Wednesday June 6, 7:57 am ET By AntjeChanceIs6/6/2007
78936Re: <i>Did he then look at the short interest, think of his "fame,&quDan36/6/2007
78935WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Following is data from the Mortgage Bankers Association Paul Kern6/6/2007
78934>>>Big bets on both sides, all leveraged to the hilt with borrowed moneChanceIs6/6/2007
78933You got to love it, okrious actually knows more than the likes of Lonestar and TSouthFloridaGuy6/6/2007
78932Dallas Fed's Fisher Changes His Tune On Globalization's Inflation Effectmarginnayan6/6/2007
78931Some more indications that inflation is accelerating, and that's putting somDan36/6/2007
78930Years of Global Growth Raise Inflation Worries Chinese, Indian Labor Long Dampemarginnayan6/6/2007
78929"Who is right??" That's a big problem - they can't both be risaveslivesbyday6/6/2007
78928>>>Why did Carl Ichan bust the shorts in WCI? Because they were bustablChanceIs6/5/2007
78927Bought puts on DSL last week. It's looking tired. Hope it is. -g-Broken_Clock6/5/2007
78926The news out of CA, FL, CO, MI, AZ, NV seems to be getting worse. Yet DSL is hiLee6/5/2007
78925Most of these deals aren't about business expansion are they?? What drives tPogeu Mahone6/5/2007
78924<i>but what do you think? Most of these deals aren't about business exorkrious6/5/2007
78923Next week should be interesting. Builder conference occurring during same time Think4Yourself6/5/2007
78922all finance business is "infected" with gubmnt concern or involvement yard_man6/5/2007
78921I have said all I know on the issue. These people use debt as a tool, not a cruThink4Yourself6/5/2007
78920<i>there has to be more to it than counting on the gubmnt bailing them outorkrious6/5/2007
78919JQP LOL My son sells RE in Miami(multi million dollar homes) Most sell withoPogeu Mahone6/5/2007
78918>> buyers aren't rational now << there has to be more to it thayard_man6/5/2007
78917<i>.. under what kind of economic scenario could these guys possibly come orkrious6/5/2007
78916Yes, rates rose quite a bit in 1987 with both rates and market topping in the laGeorge K.6/5/2007
78915Does anybody recall the link to the website where you can see the mortgage balanSouthFloridaGuy6/5/2007
78914Geez, Why did Carl Ichan bust the shorts in WCI? Because they were bustable! DonOblivious6/5/2007
78913>>>under what kind of economic scenario could these guys possibly come ChanceIs6/5/2007
78912A few days ago I picked up a New York Times -- there was an article re all the pyard_man6/5/2007
78911I agree about the slow bleed part, seems like real estate itself there is a sticTravis_Bickle6/5/2007
78910<i>Ahhh, back in the saddle. Short KBH and RYL.</i> I covered all oorkrious6/5/2007
78909It's having a little tougher time today than in the past. If these losses hoSmiling Bob6/5/2007
78908Another retailer lost their house keys to growth. -- Bed Bath & Beyond FeelSmiling Bob6/5/2007
78907pretty lengthy article on housing woes from real money, it's free today: thTravis_Bickle6/5/2007
78906Parallels to 1987. I forgot to mention that before the market crashed, it had a SouthFloridaGuy6/5/2007
78905Does anyone else find it unusual to intermittently see what looks to be a suddenSmiling Bob6/5/2007
78904One of these days the market's not going to come roaring back at 3:30saveslivesbyday6/5/2007
78903>>>Just bought some Amazon puts..<<< I have made four successChanceIs6/5/2007
78902<Have an uncle who owns dozens of slum rentals in Detroit. He used to carry sBWAC6/5/2007
78901Good luck and hope you have better luck than me on that one.Wowzer6/5/2007
78900My father has a snotload of rentals and has had similar problems. Not quite thaThink4Yourself6/5/2007
78899Another dumb individual here. Paid off mortgage years ago and this So. Californikikogrey6/5/2007
78898the problem is, nowadays everybody else is comfortable taking on lots of debt, aWyätt Gwyön6/5/2007
78897LOL.......I've heard some amazing landlord/tenant tales over the years. BesTradelite6/5/2007
78896Picked up MDC puts This thing is too incredibly near its 52 wk high. edit now, Smiling Bob6/5/2007
78895'I think the total value of the housing stock turns over every 6 to 7 years,John Vosilla6/5/2007
78894How about some lead paint, asbestos shingles and flooring, subrent of rooms to cBWAC6/5/2007
78893'John Templeton seems to be quite proud that he never had a mortgage. I knowJohn Vosilla6/5/2007
78892Re: <i>I hear 1/3 of all homes still do not have a mortgage? Is that mostlDan36/5/2007
78891Goldman mafia now runs DC too. What do you make of it GST? Can the GWB administJohn Vosilla6/5/2007
78890Well, let's just say there are many smart investors who position themselvesTradelite6/5/2007
78889<In reality, unmortgaged homes in ghettos are likely to be in the hands of reBWAC6/5/2007
78888'It is only a retailer right?' Yes last time I checked. Finally took tJohn Vosilla6/5/2007
78887<<Hey John there is more of those dumb individuals out there then you thinTradelite6/5/2007
78886Ga. home builder files for Chapter 11 ajc.com Georgia builder Meyer-Sutton HomeCalculatedRisk6/5/2007
78885I think I was the only person on SI who applauded Bernanke's appointment. CCalculatedRisk6/5/2007
78884I don't know any passive investors that I would consider wealthy, but there Think4Yourself6/5/2007
78883I have to admit that I am very glad that I did use a mortgage in the conventionaTommaso6/5/2007
78882Tic...Tic..Tic...Smiling Bob6/5/2007
78881<debt makes many people appear prosperous when in fact they aren't.> YGST6/5/2007
78880They're Not Called Junk Bonds for Nothing >>>The current LBO - oh ChanceIs6/5/2007
78879JQP are you referring to these very well off folks as passive investors in finanJohn Vosilla6/5/2007
78878Pain at pump? It's worse at grocery dispatch.comLes H6/5/2007
78877Don't look to me for answers. I nearly own my home, which is in my name, anThink4Yourself6/5/2007
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