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Human Torch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:43 PM Original message |
CNN: Orders for new homes plunge...worst oversupply slump in 40 years... |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. So, take this, Bobby Jack Perry. And shove it up your everlovin' ass |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. YES! I've been renting for six years. I've been waiting for this. |
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Human Torch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Also check out this Newsweek article I posted yesterday: |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
33. Some of my friends took out one of those no-down ARM a few months ago |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Jeez, I sure do hope prices start falling for the same reason. |
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Human Torch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. The "American Dream" is not $500 K for a 900 square foot "fix-er upper" |
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OrangeCountyDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yeah....Think Robert Toll Saw It Coming From Miles Away? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
45. Yes, Toll Bros. did see this coming |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. I remember last time "things were bad" in the housing market |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. I have no pity for my freeper-in-laws |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 08:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Yup, me too |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. Yeah, I don't get the denial |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
63. Same here. Sucks for a lot of people, but good for me... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
65. You know, it could crash a lot worse than this and people could be losing |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
70. Thanks... I'm sure people who are losing everything appreciate you.. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. The builders here in Northeast Ohio have imposed a |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Our mayor was complaining |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. What are you doing up so late... |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. He thinks it could last 2 years before coming back n/t |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. I am sorry to say... |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Out here in the Central Valley of CA |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
10. Keep moving! Nothing to see here. C'mon, keep movin'! |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. And the bubble just continues to grow... n/t |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thinner and thinner and thinner..................n/t |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I think the bubble is bursting. |
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recoveringrepublican (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I hear you, I live in Tarpon Springs, moved here from MN |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 08:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Here in MN |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
74. They still have trusses? |
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FooFootheSnoo (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 10:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
52. I hail from the Tampa area too |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. Tsk, tsk, too many houses and we have homeless and |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
43. There is something wrong. |
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DianaForRussFeingold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
71. Great Idea! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
69. Yes, and we both have a good idea what it is. |
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mad-mommy (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. the market here |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
19. But I thought Bush keeps telling us the economy is good? |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
21. Wrong side of the tracks in Atlanta is selling good. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
22. Smoke & Mirrors.. that's our wonderful economy |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:39 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. How much home someone SHOULD buy... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
24. I don't know, but in my neighborhood in No. Georgia, |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. A lot of stuff that was already in the pipeline is still going forward |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Residential construction always overshoots a slump |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 08:45 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. So very true |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
26. But Richard and Ginger have to Flip This House! |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
46. Crips and bloods are taking over gated communities? |
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mad-mommy (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 10:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
50. I read all about that in the paper.... |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
27. So I had to look at the McMansions Toll Brothers builds |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. It's missing the lawn jockeys. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. lol! |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 08:17 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. This style is hugely popular in the Southeast. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 08:28 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. There're plenty of these monstrosities in the recently suburbanized |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #35 |
64. This cancer of a style has spread everywhere. |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. "Dallas with pines trees" LOLOLOL |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. they are building some of this same crap |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 10:12 AM Response to Reply #27 |
51. At least that looks like somewhat of a nice sized lot. In North Raleigh |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 10:21 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I used to line in N Raleigh |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. That's my dream, to move out of this place, but my job keeps me |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
75. looks like stepford |
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FooFootheSnoo (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
56. gads, that's ugly!! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
62. well i'd take it |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
73. Bigger homes = more fuel required for AC and heating |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
34. We had an interesting piece in the paper here |
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salitine (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
37. Well, if they made houses that work "off the grid" they might have |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Good aswer. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Have you heard about the Toyota that will power your house? |
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FooFootheSnoo (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 10:26 AM Response to Reply #44 |
55. Now THAT might be worth $400,000!! |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
58. Hear, hear! |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
48. More evidence that the economy is in the tank. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
49. This means the cost of building material should be going down, right? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #49 |
66. Nahhh, there'll be another hurricane or typhoon or... |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
54. To make things worse |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #54 |
67. (Allegedly-)free markets generally don't work out well for the poor. (NT) |
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FooFootheSnoo (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
57. I'm a little worried |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
59. Good. Homebuilders flooded the housing market here. They have actually |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
61. what are they smoking? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #61 |
68. Theyre not interested in building housing for poor people. |
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