Comments on: Short Sale Report Volume 4: 16,646 Short Sales in Southern California.

By: flaminia

flaminia — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:45:36 +0000

Am I missing something here? The charts I’m looking at don’t show an inventory level of 149,000 at any time and the most recent reading is maybe about 128,000. Ditto the trend. There’s a much greater drop-off for the holiday season than I’d thought we’d seen and not that much of a recovery of inventory. The highest short sale number I see is less than 14,000. I’m not disputing the fact that the housing market is crashing; I just don’t see your figures on these charts. Do I need new glasses?

By: B.C.

B.C. — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:38:09 +0000

Wow, the doctor sure is negative! Your recent tirade made me laugh tho, good job. A lot of times youre just rehashing and it becomes a bit generic for us bear types, keep up with the historic comparisons it gives your perspective more flavor. I like it.

By: BlueSkiesAhead

BlueSkiesAhead — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:03:57 +0000

And to think we are only in the very beginning phases…
The ball of yarn is unraveling … and picking up speed.

By: dutchtrader

dutchtrader — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:52:43 +0000

Low taxes does not necessarily mean we have been in a depression. I am not defending the loss of the manufacturing jobs, the bubble was an incident created by the federal reserve policy and also for foreign investors looking for a stable place for there money after other nightmares in other countries. Deficit spending is in part due to the expensive nature of war and also the added bureaucracy we have been adding. Record levels of debt, on a historical trend the level have debt appears to generally have gone up, it just super went up in the last few years.

Depression could come but I dont think we have been in one. I am not trying to dismiss your opinion but I do think that your position is incorrect.

By: 01/20/2009 end of an error.

01/20/2009 end of an error. — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:31:18 +0000

I am sorry but we have been bailing as a nation since 2000.

1) Lowest tax rate in decades.
2) Lowest interest rates in history.
3) Lowest capital gains taxes in history.
4) Huge deficit spending by the government.

For all of this stimulus and this is enough to make the dead walk what have we gotton for our money.

A) 3 million less manufacturing jobs.
B) A housing bubble to give the illusion of wealth.
C) Record amounts of debt at all levels of society personel,federal,state,city county,and corporate.
D)At max 4.7% GDP in one or two which is below the level of real inflation.

Hell we have been in a depression for a while. As my grandfather always told me we were broke in the 1920s we just didn’t know it yet.