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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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83676patron_anejo_por_favor,re:"CD can be callable". The key is: 'can bJohn Chen8/7/2007
83675CD's can be callable, that's often a catch with high interest rate CDpatron_anejo_por_favor8/6/2007
83674<Virtually no home builders are in a position to make their own loans like a BWAC8/6/2007
83673Today's rally was narrower than I realized: biz.yahoo.com <i>The ralPerspective8/6/2007
83672OT: More than you ever wanted to know about FDIC insurance, complete with compreThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83671>>>banks should require you to sign additional consent notices if you kChanceIs8/6/2007
83670Was looking at the statement from the last fed meeting. As a brief reminder to Think4Yourself8/6/2007
83669Anyone check mortgage rates in their area this evening? They jumped anywhere frThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83668patron_anejo_por_favor,re:"banks should require you to sign additional consJohn Chen8/6/2007
83667Grace,re:"What the crap is worth". That's very kind words. You canJohn Chen8/6/2007
83666"Those few who do keep their own loans, require warehouse lines from large Think4Yourself8/6/2007
83665oh, I meant it as you read it. I think all (or maybe most) of us would rather hTheStockFairy8/6/2007
83664Virtually no home builders are in a position to make their own loans like a bankElroy Jetson8/6/2007
83663You raise an interesting point Grace. They can fund their own purchases. I do Think4Yourself8/6/2007
83662Yes, because of the current re-pricing of credit risk, home builders can reduce Elroy Jetson8/6/2007
83661Wonder who re-insured? Or whether any reinsurance was even obtained. carranza28/6/2007
83660re: "The greater weighting of regional factors in the model will have the eThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83659Well, with the SEC having removed the uptick rule for shorting, there could be aTommaso8/6/2007
83658<I>not living painfully and pedantically through constrained budgeting.<carranza28/6/2007
83657That's incredible! The regulators recently lowered their limits due to theiThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83656Fitch tightens criteria for mortgage bond ratings today.reuters.comLes H8/6/2007
83655[graphic] testJim McMannis8/6/2007
83654<<nobody knows what that crap is worth>> I asked the person on thisTradelite8/6/2007
83653I just don't see many other solutions to restore liquidity to the mortgage lGeorge K.8/6/2007
83652What interesting times in the market. I'd sold 1/2 my puts Friday at the cljcole058/6/2007
83651Very early in my career I took a serious bath owning a mortgage REIT. I've aGraceZ8/6/2007
83650LOL10K a day8/6/2007
83649I'd like to personally thank Mr. McMannis for posting that story. I've Tradelite8/6/2007
83648Aegis too.loantech8/6/2007
83647<i>The required discount on the paper has greatly increased.</i> ThGraceZ8/6/2007
83646That's unbelievably sad....banks should require you to sign additional consepatron_anejo_por_favor8/6/2007
83645LOL, forget about the Fed, the real put underneath the market is the Clowngressipatron_anejo_por_favor8/6/2007
83644Holy cow, the Spoos up almost 4%! Those were the daze.....<G>patron_anejo_por_favor8/6/2007
83643LUM is a REIT. I thought they were solid. Not. Anyone remember the Lumdog at LuJim McMannis8/6/2007
83642Since the first 727 billion isn't properly accounted for, why not throw anotSmiling Bob8/6/2007
83641post-gazette.com Lawrenceville bank closes, one customer is short $321,573 RayJim McMannis8/6/2007
83640Thanks. The bigger rally preceded the 9/29 Fed meeting. I believe it's arouLes H8/6/2007
83639<<and the financing methods that the mortgage industry relies upon, have &Tradelite8/6/2007
83638A visual to back up the text: stockcharts.com stockcharts.com stockcharts.com sPerspective8/6/2007
83637LUM Halted: Luminent Mortgage REIT yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com SAN FRANCISCO, CalculatedRisk8/6/2007
83635Huge news out of Fannie to raise debt limits, repos wide open also - now if theyGeorge K.8/6/2007
83635Huge news out of Fannie to raise debt limits, repos wide open also - now if theyGeorge K.8/6/2007
83634What, exactly, is the discount rate that investors are currently requiring on vaTradelite8/6/2007
83633Gee Grace, that's the entire problem. The required discount on the paper hasElroy Jetson8/6/2007
83632Bernanke: I am the <b>boss</b>!Julius Wong8/6/2007
83631The big homies don't need outside mortgage lenders, they just need the seconGraceZ8/6/2007
83630Oh, for pete's sake....if you don't care nuttin about the background of Tradelite8/6/2007
83629I don't care about the principals, may they all make trillions of dollars, hTravis_Bickle8/6/2007
83628My best guess is we rally back to 1485 on the Spoos (prolly early tomorrow) to rpatron_anejo_por_favor8/6/2007
83627It looks similar to the rally before the 8/18 Fed meeting in 98. Saved the Dow Les H8/6/2007
83626Hope so. I opened up a bunch more exposure on this rally. I didn't expect itPerspective8/6/2007
83625<<they are in a really lousy business for the foreseeable future>> Tradelite8/6/2007
83624Ahhhh, other brokers. Thanks for that clarification. Doesn't seem like too mLive2Sail8/6/2007
83623Actually, the next wave will probably come tomorrow, after Bernanke does nothingpatron_anejo_por_favor8/6/2007
83622Banks and Brokers were all going bankrupt Friday Today - biggest gains in finasaveslivesbyday8/6/2007
83621Little help from our friends in Japan.Les H8/6/2007
83620Market rallies on expectation of fed cut to save sinking markets?saveslivesbyday8/6/2007
83619The NVR insiders have the same philosophy I do, sell high buy low: finance.yahoTravis_Bickle8/6/2007
83618Sell Into Financials' Nonsensical Strength This is Cramer's latest blogzebra4o18/6/2007
83617What is your feel for the likelihood that all these mortgage originators disappeThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83616I'm pretty familiar with the major holders in NVR. One thing about that comTradelite8/6/2007
83615You're right. I didn't mention the seller side of this equation.Tradelite8/6/2007
83614Re why NVR is holding up, it owns very little land, options mostly, which is whyTravis_Bickle8/6/2007
83613<i><<If you signed a contract a couple weeks ago would you be thinkiPaul Kern8/6/2007
83612Same here, would love it if he showed an inclination to lower next time around. Travis_Bickle8/6/2007
83611<<If you signed a contract a couple weeks ago would you be thinking about Tradelite8/6/2007
83610I think we three may have gotten out just in time. Am suddenly finding myselfThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83609Just closed some CTX and BZH- looking for a crest to rideSmiling Bob8/6/2007
83608From MarketWatch: National City Home Equity stops taking loan applications markCalculatedRisk8/6/2007
83607OK, you scared me a bit...QUITE a bit. Thank you. Am concerned what will happeThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83606NFI, no shares available for shorting at e-Trade. : (bkcraun8/6/2007
83605KBH also trying to resist the Power Of The Darkside today, covered that now in CTravis_Bickle8/6/2007
83604NovaStar has started funding loans again...for now. Too late for the stock pricThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83603'I'd also love to hear about how people are living the "good life&qJohn Vosilla8/6/2007
83602It's not an issue of wanting to cancel. It's that your loan broker callThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83601If you signed a contract a couple weeks ago would you be thinking about cancelinJim McMannis8/6/2007
83600These lenders are falling like dominoes. It has me VERY curious what is happeniThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83599Aegis Mortgage Corp., a mortgage lender part-owned by private-equity firm CerberTravis_Bickle8/6/2007
83598The day the credit died...Don McLean? They were singin... Bye, bye Miss AmericJim McMannis8/6/2007
83597Actually, I think there are a bunch of chart-chasers after LEN because it has coPerspective8/6/2007
83596I guess it depends what you mean by conservative. Combination of bonds, stocks, Moominoid8/6/2007
83595Shouldn't that be "I've been a pining for their art and gold"?Think4Yourself8/6/2007
83594Those are all excellent rules. The skipping restaurants one is a biggie, personapatron_anejo_por_favor8/6/2007
83593Sounds like the burglars are Neil Young fans: "I been to Hollywood I been tpatron_anejo_por_favor8/6/2007
83592The day the credit died blownmortgage.comLes H8/6/2007
83591"I'd also love to hear about how people are living the "good life&inchingup8/6/2007
83590CNBC claimed Friday that they called WFC and confirmed the rumor that their rateThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83589Excellent read, Seminole - an eloquent and notably articulate piecesaveslivesbyday8/6/2007
83588WFC showing jumbos still at 7.0% as of 8/06 10:38am. Does anyone know any differLive2Sail8/6/2007
83587Seems like they move from one to the other, first it was CTX then RYL now LEN.Travis_Bickle8/6/2007
83586More problems in La La land.... latimes.com From the Los Angeles Times IsolatSrini8/6/2007
83585Most of the traders are probably getting hurt. Large spreads and constantly seeThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83584They're really trying to prop LEN, sheesh, they're no better than most opatron_anejo_por_favor8/6/2007
83583The implicit guarantee means they stay in business no matter what. And implodingpatron_anejo_por_favor8/6/2007
83582<<Why the pop in FNM and FRE?>> Could be due to the total eliminatiTradelite8/6/2007
83581Some analyst put out a prediction of 0 on Novastar. I'm waiting to possiblJim McMannis8/6/2007
83580Ryland's share buyback program is going to make it a magnet for the bears. Think4Yourself8/6/2007
83579Why the pop in FNM and FRE? Can't find any news eom.damainman8/6/2007
83578Looks like the market is trying to differentiate some of the lenders...WM, WFC, patron_anejo_por_favor8/6/2007
83577<i>Did the credit market seize up or did it just become more rational?<Paul Kern8/6/2007
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