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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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81476RE appraisers face pressure to raise property values pensacolanewsjournal.comLes H7/18/2007
81475Foreclosure auctions go silent 100% mortgages leave little profit potential for Les H7/18/2007
81474"Once a week I get a call from Michigan from a company that wants to come hLes H7/18/2007
81473Houston MSA just builds way too many homes..great value but 130k new homes compeJohn Vosilla7/18/2007
81472Goldman, JPMorgan Saddled With Debt They Can't Sell (Update2) By Caroline Ssaveslivesbyday7/18/2007
81471I give up. It appears neither of us are learning anything and there are so manyThink4Yourself7/18/2007
81470In theory higher rates mean a stronger dollar. It doesn't always work that wLive2Sail7/18/2007
81469"My point is that the value of those pieces of paper will go down." mdeeno7/18/2007
81468Jim (or anyone). Thinking of PUTing American Standard (ASD) because of the housiBill/WA7/18/2007
81467Hey I think I know you.. ""Yes, there is little growth to reign in- adeeno7/18/2007
81466My point is that the value of those pieces of paper will go down. Those little Think4Yourself7/18/2007
81465What are we selling the Chinese? They the ones with the surplus. Aren't we bSmiling Bob7/18/2007
81464<...what about the USD? Higher rates = higher USD?> No, we will in fact loGST7/18/2007
81463Yes, there is little growth to reign in- as long as rents on double wides remainSmiling Bob7/18/2007
81462So we will have uprisings ? but those people do not understand what the real culMike Johnston7/18/2007
81461I'm not sure of your point. "What if they just trade our little piecesdeeno7/18/2007
81460When you save money, you are exchanging your services/labor for nothing. You exMike Johnston7/18/2007
81459re: oil at $75 Not surprising. Oil is priced in USD. The USD has fallen in vaThink4Yourself7/18/2007
81458RE:Subprime lending limits slow Houston house sales chron.com Houston-area homesJim McMannis7/18/2007
81457RE"Meanwhile grandma's life savings in the local bank have become worthJim McMannis7/18/2007
81456<<find it hard to believe most of the US is going third world though. We sTradelite7/18/2007
81455The undereducated masses are in trouble in the expensive coastal urban areas. I John Vosilla7/18/2007
81454They are relatively small pockets and a far cry from the growing under-educated Smiling Bob7/18/2007
81453What if they just trade our little pieces of paper for yen, or Euros, or gold, oThink4Yourself7/18/2007
81452<<Anyway Im sure for short periods of time there are likely to be painful Tradelite7/18/2007
81451I would hope gold shares will do well on both up and down market days going forwJohn Vosilla7/18/2007
81450'Going forward only a few great productive cities of the world, for instanceJohn Vosilla7/18/2007
81449The problem you face in getting an answer is; 1. Most are opinions that are unddeeno7/18/2007
81448Subprime lending limits slow Houston house sales chron.com Houston-area homes Reilly Diefenbach7/18/2007
81447Looks like all that nasty red will get washed away so we can start another day wSmiling Bob7/18/2007
81446rates go up, we slow down... ...what about the USD? Higher rates = higher USD?Grandk7/18/2007
81445Fed Plans to Tighten Mortgage Rules Wednesday July 18, 3:17 pm ET By Alan ZibelJohn Vosilla7/18/2007
81444Inflation is default.GST7/18/2007
81443I figure that it would depend on the reason we deliberately defaulted. Suppose wLive2Sail7/18/2007
81442Yes, it comes down to expectations for growth in the US economy. Most people assGST7/18/2007
81441You bring up a very good point. We used to hold all the cards in the game. We Think4Yourself7/18/2007
81440Message 23712681GST7/18/2007
81439Thanks for a serious answer. A severely stalling economy and rising rates are yTradelite7/18/2007
81438<What happens if the U.S. defaults on a foreign creditor?> It is called inGST7/18/2007
81437Your answer also makes some sense. Thanks.Tradelite7/18/2007
81436As economic power becomes more and more global the US influence becomes less andJim McMannis7/18/2007
81435Thank you for an answer that makes sense.Tradelite7/18/2007
81434re: If it were a default because we said F.U., different story Why would it be Think4Yourself7/18/2007
81433It would be similar to an individual defaulting. If it were a default because thLive2Sail7/18/2007
81432I did give you the answer. I said I didn't know. Please take your head out Think4Yourself7/18/2007
81431Well then, if I'm so smart, would you kindly give me the answer? I got someTradelite7/18/2007
81430That's what I love about you Tradelite. You are such a humble and thoughtfuThink4Yourself7/18/2007
81429The largest creditors are oil exporters to the US. Let me ask you this...We haveBroken_Clock7/18/2007
81428Thanks for acknowledging you don't know. That wasn't your initial respoTradelite7/18/2007
81427I don't know, but I bet someone here does and am also willing to bet that noThink4Yourself7/18/2007
81426OK, I'll ask the question (which is a boiled-down version of my original queTradelite7/18/2007
81425That's a contract, not a lender/borrower relationship. Totally different gaThink4Yourself7/18/2007
81424<<The lender is always in control of the situation and will always come ouTradelite7/18/2007
81423<i>>If a Wall Street firm were leveraged with 90 percent funny money wo10K a day7/18/2007
81422<Shouldn't they be nice to us?> As nice as a credit card company is toGST7/18/2007
81421That was an intelligent answer. You just didn't understand it. The lender Think4Yourself7/18/2007
81420Well, I asked my simple-minded question because when the slavemaster slays the sTradelite7/18/2007
81419You have it backwards. Why should they be nice to us? Were the slavemasters niThink4Yourself7/18/2007
81418Got a question for you that I've been wondering about. If the U.S. has so mTradelite7/18/2007
81417The Fed? The Fed cannot change the weather -- the weather is global. The Fed canGST7/18/2007
81416There's been a lot of money just riding the tide. Not based on anything but Smiling Bob7/18/2007
81415"Subprime Shockwaves" tonight on bloomberg at 7 and 11pm eastern time.grusum7/18/2007
81414Look at the TNX -- the knee jerk reaction to slower growth is upon us. Don'tGST7/18/2007
81413Anyone notice oil is $75 a barrel?saveslivesbyday7/18/2007
81412Mkt couldn't be better primed to profit from ultra-short termersSmiling Bob7/18/2007
81411These are real assets only they were collateral against overvalued property. WJohn Vosilla7/18/2007
81410Now THAT, is the definition of short term trader!damainman7/18/2007
81409rotflmao!Broken_Clock7/18/2007
81408My MBI puts are capped at about 40% profit potential caused I hedged- not bad fodamainman7/18/2007
81407Anyone listening to Bernanke? big vote of confidence - DOW down 50 points whilesaveslivesbyday7/18/2007
81406MTB - might be reassessing their 1 1/2% or 12 million write-down on Alt-A portfSmiling Bob7/18/2007
81405Mike that article was referring to a 36% drop in rents. Basically in that area John Vosilla7/18/2007
81404Got a handful of July 135s @ .95 BSCSmiling Bob7/18/2007
81403My scenario is playing out to a T so far, ( except that we had some bad earningsMike Johnston7/18/2007
81402Apartment REITs, Are They About To Stop Leading OER? quamnet.comLes H7/18/2007
81401re: CTX Drats! Guess we will have to settle for the satisfaction that Cramer aThink4Yourself7/18/2007
81400Great opportunity to add to BSC short at open, IMO. Gravity hasn't taken efsaveslivesbyday7/18/2007
81399One of these things is not like the other... Possible Cramer and pals doing a liSmiling Bob7/18/2007
81398U.S. June Housing Starts Rise 2.3%; Permits Decline (Update2) By Courtney SchliPaul Kern7/18/2007
81397regarding creation of money... Yes, money is being created at an incredible ratThink4Yourself7/18/2007
81396Deleted - dupThink4Yourself7/18/2007
81395BSC update Earnings Estimates In an interview with the New York Times publisheBroken_Clock7/18/2007
81394CIT Group Posts Unexpected Loss on Home-Lending Exit (Update1) By Will Edwards Broken_Clock7/18/2007
81393John, Me too, but I have my doubts. Even Cramerites know this is not a good caTH7/18/2007
81392 WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Following is data from the Mortgage Bankers AssociationPaul Kern7/18/2007
81391RThey appear to be a participant in the Great American Dream of home ownership Broken_Clock7/18/2007
81390June 18 (Reuters) - DOWNEY FINANCIAL CORP. (DSL.N: QuoBroken_Clock7/18/2007
81389<i>My guess is a little panic in the morning, and then a yawn.</i> saveslivesbyday7/18/2007
81388Pulte Homes Expects Hefty 2Q Loss Tuesday July 17, 7:54 pm ET Pulte Homes Sees Lsaveslivesbyday7/18/2007
81387After a 300-400% rise, 36% decline still brings you to a level +200% or so, not Mike Johnston7/18/2007
81386Meh. I'm reminded of the near simultaneous worldcon/encon disasters. They weLive2Sail7/18/2007
81385‘I think the investors have treated us as builders quite inequitably,’ Leach saiJohn Vosilla7/18/2007
81384"Amazing that investors actually believed they would get as much as fifty cMike Johnston7/17/2007
81383"He ain't covering till FNM reaches his $9 target<g>" Is itMike Johnston7/17/2007
81382600 million loss in one hedge fund is peanuts, these days it is nothing. $60 biMike Johnston7/17/2007
81381'force Jimmy Rogers to cover.' He ain't covering till FNM reaches John Vosilla7/17/2007
81380Not this time. People have suffered hard and serious losses. Their entire invesThink4Yourself7/17/2007
81379I hope Cramer's pump works, at least for awhile. I would LOVE to add to my Think4Yourself7/17/2007
81378Subprime Uncertainty Fans Out Bear's Hedge Funds Are Basically Worthless; ChanceIs7/17/2007
81377Bear Stearns letter to clients. PDF file: online.wsj.comChanceIs7/17/2007
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