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    What's going into escrow - Irvine and maybe some Tustin too

    <p>"I think it will actually become fashionable to walk."</p> <p>I agree with you lawyerliz. Just as the heard jumped off the abyss into insane mortgages, so will they start to just walk away - "insanely" in the sense that these were obligations that they promised to keep and in other times...
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    What's going into escrow - Irvine and maybe some Tustin too

    <p>"After the mass foreclosures of 2007 and 2008, things will be pretty normal moving forward. "</p> <p>Care for a third cup of kool-aid?</p> <p>Unless, of course, if by "normal" you mean anyone with a loan reset - regardless of type of loan, who was banking on re-financing based on a higher...
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    Buildup along Jamboree continues.

    I would say the high rise developers were looking 50 years down the road!
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    Shiller: Automatic Savers... and the endowment effect

    <p>Mandatory savings would be interesting. Our pay stubs would have the following deduction lines: "Pretend Savings for the Future (Social Security): $10X..." and underneath it, "Actual Savings for the Future (Your Security): $X..."</p>
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    An Alert from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

    I say repeal the deduction now and reinstate it in 5 years...after I buy my house!
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    60 Minutes Subprime Meltdown

    I wanted to know how many of the 100+ foreclosed homes that the realtor was trying to sell were homes that he originally sold!
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    Increasing the jumbo mortgage limit

    <p>"What ticks me off is the end result is they are artificially propping up an asset that I want, with my tax money, so my cost later will be higer. Great thinking."</p> <p>My thoughts exactly. Just another way to screw the people that are not in houses yet. Another burden for the next...
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    ZipRealty email from today - Foreclosure Home Tour

    "If you don’t see a home in your price range or desired area, <em>then wait a couple of years and you will!"</em>
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    Leading indicators for recession

    <p>"...in what year that there was a YOY job loss in that sector for December in the last 17 years? Here is a hint... there has only been 1 year that has happened."</p> <p>My first guess is 1991 when our local economy was as bad as it was during the depression.</p> <p>My second guess is 2001...
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    Never trust a real estate agent....make your own decisions

    <p>Very informaive article - worth taking notes!</p> <p><strong>NOTE TO SELF: WHEN FLIPPING HOUSE DURING NEXT BUBBLE:</strong></p> <p><strong>1) Do NOT buy house in area you don't like, in case you get stuck there!</strong></p> <p><strong>2) Do NOT rely solely on RE agent for advice on...
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    T-minus ? until Countrywide goes under.. . .

    <p>"Its no surprise they cant keep track of the REO`s. "</p> <p>Sure they can. It's called "log-scale" graph paper.</p>
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    Congress to Investigate CEOs in subprime mess

    <p>CONGRESS: "How dare you, Mr. Mozillo, make sooo much money when your industry has now caused so much trouble!"</p> <p>MOZILLO: "Wait a second! For the past 8 years I stuffed your pockets with money and was the main reason why the economy kept buzzin along - especially after 9/11...
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    Foreign Money (Korean especially) from Asian Countries in Irvine

    <p>"There are also a big rumor that US will attack North Korea this year for not keeping all the promises to clean up their nuclear weapon stuff. With that threat, I'm pretty sure many well to do Koreans will try to escape to US."</p> <p>There is only one well-to-do Korean in N. Korea - the...
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    Case Study House # 22 - The Stahl House

    <p>So, if there is ever a 911 call from that house, you'll know EXACTLY where it is!</p> <p>Have fun tomorrow!</p>
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    How Desperate are the Homebuilders?

    <p>Re: Standard Pacific</p> <p>They are building a unit right next, perhaps even ATTACHED, to the garage of that beautiful mission-type office building on Newport Ave., just right before the 55 as you head out of Newport.</p> <p>I pass by it all the time, yet I NEVER have seen anyone working...
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    In response, Mozillo was quoted as saying "Bwaa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!"

    <p>WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A top U.S. lawmaker on Friday urged Countrywide Financial Corp (CFC.N: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/stocks/quote?symbol=CFC.N">Quote</a>, <a href="http://www.reuters.com/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=CFC.N">Profile</a>, <a...
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    T-minus ? until Countrywide goes under.. . .

    <p>Hate to follow an insightful post with one that isn't so much, but...</p> <p>Seems like where ever you go, you see a CFC branch. An outsider would think we get loans as frequently as a coffee at Starbucks and to an extent, many people did undertake the loan process with about as much...
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    Former Chuck Norris Estate

    Why were they fighting in the Roman Colliseum? Was it over that cat?
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    Stop the torture of down payments !!!

    <p>This just in:</p> <p>National Mortgage News 2009 Projected Circulation: 10</p>
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