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    US House Prices in Gold

    Whiskey and Gunpowder has this excellent article on the Case-Shiller index vs. Gold. Worth a read... <a href="http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/us-house-prices-in-gold/">http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/us-house-prices-in-gold/</a> "True long-run figures for housing, like the concept of...
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    Arlen Specter (D!!!-PA)

    Yikes - Arlen Specter is crossing over to the dark side! Must watch Fox News and MSNBC tonight! <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_go_co/us_specter_switch">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_go_co/us_specter_switch</a>
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    "Virtual Staging"

    I clicked on this banner ad at thehousingbubbleblog.com, and it was so cool I had to share this with you guys. This takes the realtors' "smoke and mirrors" concept to a totally new level: <a...
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    How has Bikram Yoga affected you?

    FWIW, I just wanted to share that in the approximately one year that I have been doing Bikram Yoga regularly, I have lost 15 pounds and kept it off, and dropped my total cholestrol level by ~25 points (assisted by some minor dietary adjustments and no prescription medication). Do other...
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    Bikram Yoga Irvine is Now Open!

    <strong>Bikram Yoga Irvine is Now Open!</strong> Hey folks, there is a new Bikram Yoga studio open just off Jeffrey and Roosevelt. Check them out at: <http://www.bikramyogairvine.com>.
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    Merrill Halts Loans at First Franklin, Cuts 650 Jobs

    <p>News here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9NCAnGbEBXs&refer=home">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9NCAnGbEBXs&refer=home</a></p> <p>Website here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.ff.com/ffwe/">http://www.ff.com/ffwe/</a></p>...
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    How Much is IHB Worth?

    <p>According to blog value estimator <a href="http://www.business-opportunities.biz/projects/how-much-is-your-blog-worth/">http://www.business-opportunities.biz/projects/how-much-is-your-blog-worth/</a>, IHB is worth $102,181! <a...
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    Anecdotal Evidence of Scaled Down Christmas Shopping Plans

    <p>I started this thread to share some anecdotal/empirical evidence of severely scaled down shopping plans for Christmas by some of my friends and colleagues. The theme appears to be "no presents for adults"...</p> <p>Colleague #1: Upside-down on a townhome in South County bought in Dec. 2005...
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    How Homedebtors Could Avoid Foreclosure - IR's Post

    <p>For starters, I would like to recall IrvineRenter's <a href="http://www.irvinehousingblog.com/2007/04/16/how-homedebtors-could-avoid-foreclosure/">excellent rant on April 16th</a> on the blog. In that post, IR, by means of ideas, offered a potential solution to the approaching foreclosure...
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    David Lereah Gone from NAR

    <p><a href="http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/">http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p>Moderately interesting development - I am sure many of you bubble watchers have already heard this news.</p>
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    Diagram of a Blog

    <p>Just picked this up from Angry Bear. Almost fell off my chair...</p> <p><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_yBU2IH33oeM/RhY6tjbEVZI/AAAAAAAAAK4/3uEhpLUBB0Q/s1600-h/50405nytDiagramofaBlog.jpg">Linky</a></p>
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    (00)-11--Survey Central--11-(00) - Post any survey suggestions here...

    <p><em>I will recap here the last survey ended 2/20/2007:</em></p> <p><strong>Updated! - 2/20/2007, 12:56 pm</strong></p> <p><strong>There were 53 visits and 37 completes.</strong></p> <p>The <strong>final</strong> survey results are in! There were a big whoppin' <strong><u>37</u>...
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    Black Tuesday

    <p>Alright. Someone had to start this discussion thread, so I will do it.</p> <p>It's OK for the bears to come out of hiding now. This <a href="http://housingpanic.blogspot.com/2007/02/cheney-almost-bites-it-china-stocks.html">link</a> pretty much sums up what happened today... So what's on...
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    Take Your Home Equity and Run

    <p>I saw an interesting article on the captioned thread (in fact the same title) from Yahoo! Finance today. <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/brn/070208/21029.html?.v=1&.pf=real-estate">Check it out.</a></p> <p>What is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink">groupthink</a> (or <a...
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    Potential RE Shills on these Forums

    <p>I thought I would turn the discussion "inwards" on the posters on these forums and at least make some guesses on which posters are potential shills for the RE profession. I am not a big fan of McCarthy-esque exposes but sometime you have to separate the "wheat from the chaff.</p> <p>My...
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