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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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82376Your RSH was a nice divergence and valuation play against a group heading south John Vosilla7/30/2007
82375I jumped in HBs about 6 months too early and got creamed as a result. RSH - the Smiling Bob7/30/2007
82374I think anyone heavily short the consumer or long homebuilders the past couple oJohn Vosilla7/30/2007
82373RE:"most of the SI bears have already been decimated as they tend to be wayJim McMannis7/30/2007
82372I thought they had banned crack pipes from the office. +++++++++++++++++++++++++Paul Kern7/30/2007
82371COF - added these They will get pinched hard from defaults The sub-prime CC MessSmiling Bob7/30/2007
82370Emerging markets - that's a sore topic for me. Undoubtedly the biggest assetPerspective7/30/2007
82369I bought FXI puts much too soon, but since they run until January of 2009, I havTommaso7/30/2007
82368oh i see... most of the SI bears have already been decimated as they tend to beMulhollandDrive7/30/2007
82367Yep, that's it. I think I got it from some basketball fans on the Ewave threPerspective7/30/2007
82366UFPI -39.74 look at longer term chart Could easily drop to 20, much like CTX <Smiling Bob7/30/2007
82365FXI puts look good Asian mkts will follow US. China tightening credit, and will Smiling Bob7/30/2007
82364<i>but i hear repeatedly that short interest is at 'record highs'&Paul Kern7/30/2007
82363>>> So hard to build shorts into a falling market.<<< Not anyTommaso7/30/2007
82362Ouch, less money for the subprime lenders to lend. This is a double WHAMMY to inJim McMannis7/30/2007
82361HOV at least has some better mkts BZH in the worst places and carrying a lot of Smiling Bob7/30/2007
82360If anone wants to know why Novastar is up 246%. These guys will try anything. AJim McMannis7/30/2007
82359I think HOV may have bottomed for now but BZH just keeps on tanking.Travis_Bickle7/30/2007
82358>>>For anybody actually into fading the credit bubble<<< WhatChanceIs7/30/2007
82357BZH - 14.73 they may be throwing in the towel soonSmiling Bob7/30/2007
82356AHM, WCI, CFC, LEND. Money in the bag.Jim McMannis7/30/2007
82355Sorry, should have said none of the *SI* bears are short any more. The prolifePerspective7/30/2007
82354More comments on those charts: SPX led the way down bigtime, but NDX did eventuPerspective7/30/2007
82353<i>As Vi has noted, even the bears are bulls these days. Nobody actually sMulhollandDrive7/30/2007
82352For anybody actually into fading the credit bubble, I thought these might be insPerspective7/30/2007
82351AHM off 40% in premarket, halted pending announcement ... biz.yahoo.com The NeCalculatedRisk7/30/2007
82350Anybody actually shorting/pooting anything any more? As Vi has noted, even the bPerspective7/30/2007
82349It didn't come easily. Lots of chicanery. But definitely not too late to entSmiling Bob7/30/2007
82348Down 13%, wish I was in it.Travis_Bickle7/30/2007
82347Any accountants in the house? Is this read on RSH right? Message 23744273 MessagSmiling Bob7/30/2007
82346the GDP isn't right either. It overcounts offshored goods that are being &qLizzie Tudor7/29/2007
82345How in the h@ll do they get 2.7% out of this? They shouldn't call it the coDan37/29/2007
82344Inflation ran at an annual rate of just under 3.5% during the first 6 months of Dan37/29/2007
82343Two or three stories and you can get a higher sq. footage.Live2Sail7/29/2007
82342wouldnt .03 acres only be 1200 SF thats less then the house.deeno7/29/2007
82341On Tuesday, Chicago purchasing manager's index—a precursor to the Institute Broken_Clock7/29/2007
82340A paving contractor once told me that they use a higher grade asphalt in Europe zamboz7/29/2007
82339Marathon runners might need night-vision goggles jamesfallows.theatlantic.comLes H7/29/2007
82338Yeah, I know about asphalt scams from the guys who solicit business on the homeoTradelite7/29/2007
82337Age old scam, huge ripoff. Search "asphalt scam" on any search enginestarhawke7/29/2007
82336Ralph; I think Victoria is even nuttier than Vancouver. Although, retiring CanaMike K7/29/2007
82335Laff of the day Got a postcard in the mail yesterday from "Milton and ValaTradelite7/29/2007
82334Counter Insurgency done the right way... And other ways to think your though10K a day7/29/2007
82333<<Bad concrete, bad glue >> I've had a small stream of asphalt Tradelite7/29/2007
82332Whose Service With Settlement? By Elizabeth Razzi Sunday, July 29, 2007; F05 WaTradelite7/29/2007
82331Negotiating on price is a big part of the housing market, so maybe this will be Tradelite7/29/2007
82330Subprime Suspect By Daniel Gross Sunday, July 29, 2007; B02 Washington Post UnTradelite7/29/2007
82329She needs to learn about depletion... Slope, inlet oil production steadily slipSnowshoe7/29/2007
82328Fed chair tells Alaskans their wage inflation should cushion them against oil inLes H7/28/2007
82327Bad concrete, bad glue , piddling fines. As always Fark the taxpayer BOSTON -Pogeu Mahone7/28/2007
82326I have no tech stocks in portfolio, but I trade GOOG RIMM and AAPL almost daily.tom pope7/28/2007
82325no... 5 baggers, stocks like that the high growth stock list today is RIMM, AAPLizzie Tudor7/28/2007
82324What's a growth stock? a 50% gainer?tom pope7/28/2007
82323----OT---- 'hypercritical' -- hmm, someone just told me that's the wmarcher7/28/2007
82322Housing values may be misleading jsonline.comLes H7/28/2007
82321is that what gives people the right to post 3rd party attacks... the fact that tLizzie Tudor7/28/2007
82320<how about foreclosure> Foreclosure Discount PLUS cost to repair/update/cBWAC7/28/2007
82319<i> I plan to die with as little stuff as possible, every year I try to haMulhollandDrive7/28/2007
82318Subprime Suspect washingtonpost.comLes H7/28/2007
82317Another bubble gone poof. There's nobody left to hand the bag to. from your Smiling Bob7/28/2007
82316The executives live a few exits south in Belfast Valley, in the heart of horse cGraceZ7/28/2007
82315Corporate Debt: Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go businessweek.comLes H7/28/2007
82314<<I plan to die with as little stuff as possible>> The estate-plannTradelite7/28/2007
82313I can hear the bulls thinking: let's get this over with quickly and move on saveslivesbyday7/28/2007
82312<<funny how depending on whether you're the buyer or the seller, theirTradelite7/28/2007
82311re: "the changing face of real estate deals" This is boring to me, aTradelite7/28/2007
82310Excellent explanation of CDC's and the problems they created: (courtesy of saveslivesbyday7/28/2007
82309Oh my! I think I hear banjoes. You can't possibly live there. You couldn&#Live2Sail7/28/2007
82308Am I the only one who sees circular logic on that link?GraceZ7/28/2007
82307DOUG CASEY....comments today (Saturday) on CKNW re Vancouver real estate.....&quProud Deplorable7/28/2007
82306Do you publish your results monthly like Dale Baker does?tom pope7/28/2007
82305<i>There is a distinct difference in how the 3 acre mansions of B'moreGraceZ7/28/2007
82304Thanks, it's been a while since I heard the George Carlin "stuff" GraceZ7/28/2007
82303Bush's Colonoscopy youtube.com10K a day7/28/2007
82302how about foreclosure.Jim McMannis7/28/2007
82301<I can't think of too many ways asking prices vs reality sales will be reBWAC7/28/2007
82300I can't think of too many ways asking prices vs reality sales will be resolvJim McMannis7/28/2007
82299'..are those the lot prices or house prices?' House prices.. Lot priJohn Vosilla7/28/2007
82298It's all the fault of these guys. <G> Baltimore is the wrong directionJim McMannis7/28/2007
82297RE:"Or they pulled out all the cash. 40 percent of the equity built up sincJim McMannis7/28/2007
82296Or they pulled out all the cash. 40 percent of the equity built up since 2000 hLes H7/28/2007
82295Corporate Debt: Dressed Up and Nowhere To Go Subject 51347Les H7/28/2007
82294Looks like we have a 8-10x multiplier in my area versus Baltimore. Is the Bay ArLive2Sail7/28/2007
82293<i>What amazes me is the easy fixes that simply involve stuff the people cMulhollandDrive7/28/2007
82292I'll be heading over there in the near future. are those the lot prices or Jim McMannis7/28/2007
82291Prices there holding up better than Cape Coral which just had a flood of short sJohn Vosilla7/28/2007
82290I was looking at realtor.com com this morning. Amazing what people are still tryJim McMannis7/28/2007
82289barron's has a piece on amzn for those with positions in it, should take a dTravis_Bickle7/28/2007
82288I think 2k of the 26k homes there are empty. An amazing number are for rent. AJohn Vosilla7/28/2007
82287The Bear Bust A. Gary Shilling 08.13.07, 12:00 AM ET The bear bust was a watersSmiling Bob7/28/2007
82286Glut of Condos Pits Private Sellers Against Developers Six Year Supply of New CoLes H7/28/2007
82285I had no beef or interest in Dale. His investment style and mine are completely Smiling Bob7/28/2007
82284The emergency liquidity injection worked to postpone the mkt dump for a bit. So Smiling Bob7/28/2007
82283<i>Around here you'd pay $1M+ for a house that might get 2500 in rent.GraceZ7/28/2007
82282We never hire anyone and always do the work ourselves so I can relate to their bGraceZ7/28/2007
82281"The disruption in the credit markets in the past few weeks has been unprecCalculatedRisk7/28/2007
82280American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. Delays Payment of Quarterly Common StockCalculatedRisk7/28/2007
82279<i>Event risk means liquidity is drying up, so the fed has to hydrate</MulhollandDrive7/28/2007
82278Your 'event risk' and 'fed cut' are two sides of the same coin. Live2Sail7/28/2007
82277i've been reading the bond market pricing is more of an 'event risk'MulhollandDrive7/28/2007
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