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<a href="http://mhanson.com/">I found him again.</a> <a href="http://mhanson.com/blog">Here is the new blog.</a> He has a great new post: <a href="http://mhanson.com/archives/96">8-14 The ?Foreclosure Wave? ? Now, a Tsunami of Sorts</a>

<a href="http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/08/bright-side-of-falling-home-prices.html">I saw a letter from "Morally Conflicted in Arizona" on Mish's blog.</a> <blockquote> Mish, I'm an avid reader of your blog. I'm sure you get a lot of messages like this, so I'll try...

<a href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/HomeFinancing/is-worst-really-over-for-home-prices.aspx">Is the worst really over for home prices?</a> So, is our long national nightmare over? Has the housing market finally hit bottom? There has been some muted -- albeit exhausted...

When I first moved to Irvine, I lived in Villa Siena, a project much like The Park at the Irvine Spectrum. It is much more urban feeling inside the project. The "grounds" are entirely created on top of parking garages, and they are landscaped beautifully. This podium type construction is very...

I find it interesting that we are debating about something that should be a verifiable fact. It isn't like we are debating religion; there either is a large number of REO coming or there isn't. The fact that there is not much accurate data coming from the banks strongly implies there are a huge...

<a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/211981">Seven Falsehoods About Health Care</a> Good article about the health care debate.

The assumption of this thread is that the cash buyers right now are foreign, specifically Asian. That isn't the case. The ethnic makeup of Irvine is changing slowly, but the buyer pool today is well represented by the same groups that have always bought in Irvine. I respect anyone who can...

<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/08/great-park.html">Great Park deal in Irvine gets go-ahead</a> Greatpark In the latest effort to move forward on a massive park planned for the former El Toro Marine base in Orange County, the City of Irvine has struck a new deal...

It may just be that you are high enough to see the smog. Have you ever gone to the parks in Quail Hill, Turtle Ridge or Turtle rock during the day and looked out across the valley? You can see the smog very clearly if you are just above it. I try not to do this very often, or I would probably...

<a href="http://huntingtonhomes.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/07/oc-builder-cant-make-57-million-in-debt-payments/52909/">O.C. builder can?t make $57 million in debt payments</a> The builder of the Brightwater development overlooking the Bolsa Chica wetlands reported today that it won?t be...

I suspect lenders will work to close any loophole you come up with because they know people who put very little down default. This is why the FHA eliminated downpayment assistance programs. I came up with the idea recently to have sellers list with 9.5% commission; there would be a standard...