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<p>Orange County's median will drop to below the IE peak. So, no we'll never have IE pricing at the same time. I'm happy to be patient and eventually get an OC home for less than the previously silly IE price.</p> <p>SCHB</p>

<p>That was the strip of street where a lady was murdered last year by her husband. I have no reason to believe this is the house, but just another thing to investigate as that does tend to affect the first and second resale after such an event.</p> <p>SCHB</p>

Heart of Glass <p class="info"><em>The Economist</em> </p> Existing regulation seems to encourage banks to get into trouble <p>REMEMBER when a bank manager was the epitome of prudence? For the past six months, almost all the news from banking has been bad, even though this is an industry...

<p>This one is actually a good idea...</p> <p><em><strong>3. Your rent rivals a mortgage payment.</strong> If you can afford to buy, it can give you one bonus that renting can't: the mortgage-interest deduction on your taxes.</em> </p> <p>It just isn't anywhere near being true in the OC.</p>...

<p>Wall Street Throws a Tantrum:</p> <p><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/107571">http://www.newsweek.com/id/107571</a></p> <p>"Giving in to a tantruming child just reinforces the demand," says Dr. Wendy Mogel, a clinical psychologist in Los Angeles and author of the wildly popular...

<p>They wait until the market corrects and don't attempt to catch knives!</p> <p>SCHB</p>

<p>jbatz-</p> <p>You've got post-padding in full swing!</p> <p>SCHB</p>

<p>CK- These prices were handwritten on the 12th. Are the typed now?</p> <p> </p>

<p>BMS- With the significant twist of Irvine's land cost acknowledged, I'm not quite sure how postponing OH is "so obviously going against their own interests," depending on who you mean by "their."</p> <p>There's an old adage about the viability of selling at a loss and making it up in...

<p>Mrs. SCHB and I have a similar hex. Our landline is only for credit cards, insurance, or anything else might create a telemarketing call, and like you, we don't answer it.</p> <p>We've had 4 messages over the last 3 months looking for someone with a completely different last name regarding...

<p>Did their contract say they had to exhaust every fiber of their being attempting to pay the [adjusting] mortgage on the [declining] property, or did it say if they didn't pay they would default on their mortage and lose their property?</p> <p>I don't know, but I suspect it is closer to the...

<p>If anyone has something substantial that can show the merchants are suing, please share.</p> <p>SCHB</p>

Hopefully it includes the Christmas lights.

Eff, didn't you just move back in May or so?

<p>Just like homes...lower your price and it will sell.</p> <p>I sold a 27" Sony on Craigslist a few months ago for $80, asked $100.</p> <p>36" you could probably get $140-160. </p> <p>SCHB</p> <p> </p>

<p>I agree with Troop. At least another $100k to go. </p> <p>SCHB</p>

<p>This is interesting, not surprising, and raises a question of cause and effect. Are they no longer selling because they never sold?</p> <p>Waiting until June, eh? Trying to postpone things back to prosperity...how long until they realize that doesn't work, either?</p> <p>SCHB</p>

<p>Update from 12Jan2008:</p> <p>R1- $557,871</p> <p>R2- $588, 808</p> <p>R3- $608,142</p> <p>R4- Temp sold out</p> <p>All include unspecified "pre-selected options"</p>

<p>LATimes article-</p> <p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-shortsell20jan20,1,6458445,full.story">How we cashed in before the crash.</a></p> <p> </p>

<p>I've got ocnewps on mattress-salesperson-watch. First post had heck a "plug" ring to it.</p> <p>SCHB</p>