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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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87376Very nice. Hope you're hanging on to some for "the big one."Smiling Bob8/28/2007
87375Florida munis: I was looking at VFL. I guess the situation is bad enough in FlorPerspective8/28/2007
87374Tobacco - so they're worried the tobacco companies won't make good on thPerspective8/28/2007
87373Don't know about a depression, but China and other emerging mkts have been, Smiling Bob8/28/2007
87372Ooops... Blecher &Amp; Collins Files Class Action Law Suit Against State Co10K a day8/28/2007
87371I don't think anyone at the Fed believes the "Owner's Equivalent ReElroy Jetson8/28/2007
87370Uh, that's from March 2006.Think4Yourself8/28/2007
87369New York Fed President Hints at Continued Interest Rate Hikes washingtonpost.coLes H8/28/2007
87368I think the Fed needs a plan B cause this sh1t ain't working.10K a day8/28/2007
87367How Owner's Equivalent Duped the Fed seekingalpha.com Very exaggerated scaLes H8/28/2007
87366Uh oh - close all your housing shorts! :)Moominoid8/28/2007
87365Covered my FXI short from yesterday at 147.40. A very sweet 4.70 per share profbkcraun8/28/2007
87364Futures Predict Another Dreary Day <i>Stocks headed toward a lower openinsaveslivesbyday8/28/2007
87363Tobacco has been the drag on NAV lately as airlines were in 2003. With 8.6 billiGiordano Bruno8/28/2007
87362I was appalled reading the CountryWide article .....loan officers make a 30K com10K a day8/28/2007
87361Lenders were going full tilt writing ridiculous loans up until the end of Feb07.10K a day8/28/2007
87360For the benefit of newer readers... Folks reading may be confused why some peopThink4Yourself8/28/2007
87359Re: <i>will be buyable pretty soon. In the next year I mean.</i> RaDan38/28/2007
87358Cramer sez: Housing Crisis Just Beginning 6:26 PM EDT Almost every homebuilder Travis_Bickle8/28/2007
87357Any idea what this is in their portfolio? Municipal Secs Tr Ctfs 144A I undersPerspective8/28/2007
87356<i>Quite the wide range in rates</i> fees too....MulhollandDrive8/28/2007
87355Thanks. Real shocker that CFC comes in with the high, huh? Quite the wide range Live2Sail8/28/2007
87354Ken Heebner and Barbara Corcoran cnbc.com <i>Wish I'd seen that segmElroy Jetson8/28/2007
87353i'm sure the rates will continue to be fluid for awhile this site shows ratMulhollandDrive8/28/2007
87352Yeah, I saw that article, but it's almost two weeks old. That's a lifetiLive2Sail8/28/2007
87351Already some bills forming in clowngress to eliminate taxes on foreclosures and Jim McMannis8/28/2007
87350The way law stands now the IRS is going to have a fields day w/ the Short Sales 10K a day8/28/2007
87349RE":HELL we were all 4+ years early." Nah, that was Patron. <G>Jim McMannis8/28/2007
87348I don't know how you could help but be (anything but) PERMA-bearish on this 10K a day8/28/2007
87347sfgate.com according to this article around 8%?MulhollandDrive8/28/2007
87346'Bringing Corcoran on CNBC now is like bringing super pimp Joe Battataglia oJohn Vosilla8/27/2007
87345'Why are you a bear on China' Cause Mish says the game is over (or willJohn Vosilla8/27/2007
87344'Inflation-adjusted house prices in Florida had been in crash mode for well John Vosilla8/27/2007
87343Neep Update for Naples, Fl. Condos. Would like answer from someone in or near inchingup8/27/2007
87342One of the private auction companies only got $31k this past week on an REO for John Vosilla8/27/2007
87341Actually median priced single family in overbuilt submarkets of SW Florida have John Vosilla8/27/2007
87340That's been some ride the past 18 months. So much for the US housing bust taJohn Vosilla8/27/2007
87339Which is really amazing considering the collateral that the Fed will accept. SeeLive2Sail8/27/2007
87338The median home price is somewhere in the 220 range. The mean is 320(?)ish, IIRCLive2Sail8/27/2007
87337<i>in your hypothetical you were suggesting getting 10%, i said 'good Live2Sail8/27/2007
87336ORNAX sports a 5.80 tax free yield. A 10% recovery in NAV would total 15.80 retuGiordano Bruno8/27/2007
87335thanksLizzie Tudor8/27/2007
87334On the positive side, you have a ready supply of day laborers you can hire to stLes H8/27/2007
87333Just saw the first real estate print ad with five houses toward the bottom, brigDale Baker8/27/2007
87332You could look here: Subject 56874Paul Kern8/27/2007
87331Or maybe an investor threw himself off the upper deck. Hold on a minute, I'Travis_Bickle8/27/2007
87330hold on a f****** minute, what is that floating in the pool? It's one of thThink4Yourself8/27/2007
87329Conservative? Try a T-Bill!<G> I bought some of those muni bond CEF'spatron_anejo_por_favor8/27/2007
87328"Exclusive shoppes, concierge services, a day spa and ... hold on a f******Travis_Bickle8/27/2007
873278 down, 2 to go.....<G>patron_anejo_por_favor8/27/2007
87326Now Day 8 no follow through? BCPerspective8/27/2007
87325It's not good to short stock if you got a weak heart. LOL.10K a day8/27/2007
87324Well, I shorted FXI today at 152.5 and almost had a heart attack when it flew ovbkcraun8/27/2007
87323Would be interesting to plot affordability against that. My rule of thumb is 6SouthFloridaGuy8/27/2007
87322Cracks are starting to appear in office rents newyorkbusiness.comLes H8/27/2007
87321One of the local builders sold 20 percent of the condo units to the county for sLes H8/27/2007
87320If the sales office is on site it scored 85.Moominoid8/27/2007
87319LOL....I think you're missing the type of property and location where the moTradelite8/27/2007
87318<i>>rent for 1250 a month buy for 3000 a month</i><< I'10K a day8/27/2007
87317<i>Looking for conservative income ideas.</i> Energy trusts and heaPaul Kern8/27/2007
87316Now I wouldn't buy FXI puts either- already have plenty, and it looks to be Smiling Bob8/27/2007
87315I had to adopt the same strategy with short sales to minimize the impact of shorPerspective8/27/2007
87314Sure, as long as you'll loan me the money to buy them. <g> BCPerspective8/27/2007
87313You are right. I try to mitigate the problem of getting in and out relatively qKyrosL8/27/2007
87312Do you have any interest in Collateralized Debt Obligations? I hear you can piElroy Jetson8/27/2007
87311patron, BEARGASM! ROTF! Damn, I thought I was bearish. Guy makes me look likTH8/27/2007
87310Good question, but the immediate problem for builders in overbuilt market areas-Tradelite8/27/2007
87309re: muni CEFs I watched NUV for a long time, trying to recoup some shares at a lTradelite8/27/2007
87308Who would buy if you are renting the units? I certainly would not want to buy a Pogeu Mahone8/27/2007
87307"I just want this house off our books." housingzone.comLes H8/27/2007
87306Yes. The idea is to try to catch them at discounts higher than their historic aKyrosL8/27/2007
87305I don't believe that our rent amount should be the determining factor in thePerspective8/27/2007
87304We're thinking along the same lines here. I just pulled up these: etfconnecPerspective8/27/2007
87303Some muni CEFs trade at discounts to NAV with taxable equivalent yields of arounKyrosL8/27/2007
87302Assuming you want to cover your rent payments with an investment that will equalTradelite8/27/2007
87301Foster Wheeler (a Heebner pick) The company builds oil refineries, gas facilitLes H8/27/2007
87300Apparently he is fine, the passenger is in critical care, no alcohol or drugs inTravis_Bickle8/27/2007
87299Looking for conservative income ideas. We sold our house last week - closed FridPerspective8/27/2007
87298Heebner is the MAN, the greatest fund manager in America. As this chart shows, hpatron_anejo_por_favor8/27/2007
87297any more word on Hulk Hogans son over there?Jim McMannis8/27/2007
87296An unprecedented strategy of widely available easy credit has stimulated world sLes H8/27/2007
87295RE:"It seems like most of the FLA RE implosions are for 800K condos and up.Jim McMannis8/27/2007
87294Nigel Gault, Chief U.S. Economist at Global Insight, mulled over the latest numbTravis_Bickle8/27/2007
87293>>Kunstler sounds like he's about to climax with all this sh*t going dpatron_anejo_por_favor8/27/2007
87292>>The nonsense about having a view of the water doesn't fly, if you bupatron_anejo_por_favor8/27/2007
87291Real Estate bubbles in Florida stay deflated for a looong time after they burst.KyrosL8/27/2007
87290<<What happens in the McLean-Great Falls bubble doesn't reflect much aTradelite8/27/2007
87289Boom of condo crash loudest in Miami The pain is acute here but unbearable in S.Les H8/27/2007
87288Don't you just *hate* it when people sugarcoat the truth? <BFG> KunstPerspective8/27/2007
87287Les, I have a hint for you if you want to see whether prices of specific houses Tradelite8/27/2007
87286How into WCI? Long the bonds? Short the stock? Or both? BCPerspective8/27/2007
87285<<I recalled that you had previously claimed the DC market stretched into Tradelite8/27/2007
87284I think prices will get reasonable again but imo there's no reason to buy anTravis_Bickle8/27/2007
87283The Insightful Ken Heebner kiplinger.comLes H8/27/2007
87282thanks the reason I ask is that it seems like FL will be buyable pretty soon. ILizzie Tudor8/27/2007
87281In the right location I would buy similar units in a heartbeat for $250k but theTravis_Bickle8/27/2007
87280it says pricing from the mid-200s is that a pricepoint where something might selLizzie Tudor8/27/2007
87279The dumbest project I have ever seen is actually breaking ground: clearwatercenTravis_Bickle8/27/2007
87278dumb as a post is my voteLizzie Tudor8/27/2007
87277I wouldn't buy FXI puts but would love to short again - if only shares wersaveslivesbyday8/27/2007
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