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I'm kind of chiming in on two posts here. I agree that baby boomers will stop buying, and start selling their stocks...bad for the stock market. Also, another point is that they'll cut consumption...also bad for the stockmarket. What will be interesting for a "tweener" like me...just...

The average American took on a lot of debt to buy assets. So its misleading to say cash on hand minus debt...you have to add in assets too. Otherwise, you're picking and choosing. By that index, I'm hundreds of thousands of dollars in the hole. But my net worth is higher than I ever...

Cool graph. What is interesting is that the "value" line had smooth acceleration until recently. If you were to plot in on semi-log paper, it would likely be a straight line that would dip downward over the last year, almost indicating that the downward price movement over the last year is an...

***Well, I can take solace in the fact that Lereah now thinks that things won't improve until 2008. Since he's always wrong, this is bullish. :) Existing home sales plunge in March By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer 50 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Sales of existing homes plunged...

Yeah, but then they need two homes to live in, whether they own or rent.

I can see that. But it would be hard to sell short because your transaction costs (closing costs) would eat you up on the buy and sell. Whats interesting is that the housing prices fell 3 or 4% over the last year. Wonder how that compares to the previous 3 years? If its like my local market...

Yeah, but if its cold, the dollars would burn longer. :)

Local Home Sales Up, Prices Down Advertisement Email this article Print this article Subscribe to BUILDER More articles from the Breaking News section Coverings Show: Day 2 - Trendsetters Softer Texas Sales Hit D.R. Horton: Homebuilder's Profit Falls 85% As U.S...

Foreclosures are a really small percentage of the overall market, and truly, if you research it you'll see that the Foreclosure rate has basically been very depressed until recently because we've been in "boom times" for the last few years. Though the newspapers keep reporting it as "worst...

Washington Mutual commits $2 bln for subprime help Wednesday April 18, 3:38 pm ET By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Washington Mutual Inc. (NYSE:WM - News), the largest U.S. savings and loan, said on Wednesday it will refinance up to $2 billion in subprime home loans at...

***Jobs and Low Interest Rates... Source: The Seattle Times Publication date: April 17, 2007 By Elizabeth Rhodes, Seattle Times CORRECTION: Information in this article, originally published April 7, was corrected April 17. A graphic accompanying a previous version of this story did not...

Congress Addresses Subprime Crisis Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac say they'll help troubled homeowners. Source: BUILDER Online News Service Publication date: April 17, 2007 By Steve Zurier The top executives of the two government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...

Hey, just looking at all this reminds me of the lovable VW beetle. I have one...an old one...and I gotta say that the company started screwing up when it added all of the mandatory safety features. Too bad they had no choice. A neat little car that did what it was supposed to do, and nothing...

' me too

Salaries can still catch up due to inflation as long as the effect of inflation pulls more weight than offshoring. My opinion is that most of the offshoring that can be done is being done, but inflation is just starting... Housing prices will continued to be justified and will start to rise...

http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/070409/feature.html?.v=1&.pf=loans

Blast thinks that name calling is the best way to get his point across. Just ignore him and spare your sanity. He has nothing of substance to add to any thread. SM

Its funny that if you raise an intelligent argument here that goes against the grain, you get all these honyocks flinging feces because it sends vibrations through their universe. I'll try to reiterate my position really slow so they can keep up. There are signs that the housing market is...

Hope you weren't short on builders today. It moved the market.

That document is dated March 12th. How long do you think it took them to compile it before publishing? Its good info, but when I skimmed it, it looked like most of the data was no more current than end of the year stuff. Seems like all the information has been discounted into the market. I...