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Irvine Housing Blog Irvine Housing Blog Blogging about the latest in housing related topics for the master planned City of Irvine. Read about flips gone bad, sales trends, new home developments, and much more! Check out our community forums too! Articles
Valentine
2008-02-14 12:30:00 To my wife: I worship and adore you, like the goddess that you are, loving you is easy, you are my superstar. I have put you up so high through these years as one, and when I don’t annoy you, we do have ample fun. So much time is writing for this goofy blog, You are petrified your prince has morphed into a frog. I enticed you with ... More About: Valentine
Foreclosure stats and updates for 2/13/08
2008-02-14 03:36:00 DataQuick reported the foreclosure numbers today. Hat tip to Matt Padilla for the numbers. My guesstimate numbers, from Friday, were pretty close. It seems my math is coming in low for the NODs, but it is still within a 10% error margin. I will experiment with a new calculation for this month, and see if it ... More About: Updates , Foreclosure , Stats
Deal
2008-02-13 12:30:00 Since it cost a lot to win and even more to lose You and me bound to spend some time wondering what to choose Goes to show you don’t ever know Watch each card you play and play it slow Wait until your deal come round Don’t you let that deal go down Deal — Jerry Garcia. I would like to thank tonye for suggesting ... More About: Rentals
Estimated Prophet
2008-02-12 12:30:00 California, preaching on the burning shore California, Ill be knocking on the golden door Like an angel, standing in a shaft of light Rising up to paradise, I know I’m gonna shine. My time coming, any day, don’t worry about me, no Its gonna be just like they say, them voices tell me so Seems so long I felt this way ... More About: Prophet
Quail Hell
2008-02-11 12:30:00 Must be getting early, clocks are running late. Paint my love a morning sky, its all cold. Dawn is breaking everywhere, light a candle, curse the glare Draw the curtains I dont care, but its all right I will get by, I will get by, I will get by, I will survive. I see youve got your list out, say ... More About: Hell , Rollback
Collage - Northwood - The second casualty in this complex - UPDATE #1
2008-02-10 12:30:00 Originally posted December 30, 2006 The first casualty reported by us in the Collage tract was 714 Timberwood. And yes, these are the actual pictures advertising this property. Kinda crappy huh? You really need to evaluate the smaller no-name real estate brokers/agents before you entrust them with your $500k+ sale. On to ... More About: Update , Complex , Casualty , Northwood
WOT 2-9-2008
2008-02-09 12:33:00 Britney Spears explains the subprime Housing Bubble Crash . . I love Subprime . . Scary chart of the day. There are some who do not believe we will have a big foreclosure problem here in Irvine. Orange County has already broken all previous records as has San Diego County. If fact, if you look at the chart, the rate of Notices ... More About: News , 2008
Gimme Shelter ** UPDATE 4 **
2008-02-09 12:29:00 Update 4 — The saga continues… This house was relisted again for $1,359,000. The total loss stands at $473,540. After putting $525,400 down, I imagine this seller did not think they would be risking a short sale. Their equity is all but gone… Update 3 — The price is down to $1,499,000 and still no takers. ... More About: Update , Shelter , Gimme Shelter , Gimme
Foreclosure stats and updates
2008-02-09 04:17:00 For those who are forum members, then you are probably familiar with the foreclosure thread. For those that are not members, I recommend you join, as there are some great topics, even beyond housing. But, in that thread, I try to update it to show what is happening with the foreclosure numbers, both in OC ... More About: Updates , Foreclosure , Stats
Liar Loans
2008-02-08 12:30:00 Living easy Loving free Season ticket on a one way ride Asking nothing Leave me be Taking everything in my stride Don’t need reason Don’t need rhyme Ain’t nothin’ I would rather do Going down Party time My friends are gonna be there too, eh I’m on a highway to hell On the highway to hell Highway to hell I’m on the highway to hell Highway to Hell — AC/DC . . “The Road ... More About: Loans , Liar
Crash and Burn
2008-02-07 12:30:00 When you feel all alone And a loyal friend is hard to find You’re caught in a one way street With the monsters in your head When hopes and dreams are far away and You feel like you can’t face they day Let me be the one you call If you jump I’ll break your fall Lift you up and fly away with ... More About: Crash and Burn , Crash , Rollback , Burn
Edgestone
2008-02-06 12:30:00 The damage is done You’ve had all your fun The party’s begun The enemy has won Walking off a cliff again You’ve used all your tricks Your lies don’t stick You don’t want to admit You’re done Walking off a cliff again Walking Off a Cliff Again — The Mint Chicks . . Isn’t this what the market is doing: Walking off a cliff again? The realtors have ... More About: Rollback
Irresponsible
2008-02-05 12:30:00 Call me irresponsible Call me unreliable Throw in undependable, too Do my foolish alibis bore you? Well, I’m not too clever, I I just adore you So, call me unpredictable Tell me I’m impractical Rainbows, I’m inclined to pursue Call me irresponsible Yes, I’m unreliable But it’s undeniably true Call Me Irresponsible — Michael Buble . . Being financially responsible can be difficult. I haven’t always been, but I guess ...
What is Equity?
2008-02-04 12:30:00 Hey that’s the poor man’s house Everybody get a look at the poor man’s house Everywhere they went before must have turned them out And now they’re living in a poor man’s house There’s nothing like poverty to get you into heaven They got a lot of wine and fish up there And the bread’s unleavened They got a lot of ears ... More About: Analysis , Equity
Shiller on House Prices
2008-02-03 12:30:00 From Calculated Risk: . . I would also like to share with you an email and a series of charts I received from a reader named Kirk: Hello IrvineRenter, I thought you might find these charts interesting. I made them from the following sources: Case-Shiller Housing Price Index for Los Angeles: http://www2.standardandpoors.com/portal/s ite/sp/en/us/page.topic/indices_csmahp/0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0.html Effective Federal Funds Rate, 3 Month Treasury Yield, 10 Year Treasury ... More About: House , House Prices , Prices
Crush ?Em
2008-02-01 12:30:00 Party time, going down you better not mess us around the stakes are rich, take a hit or stay the price is high, someone’s gonna pay Looking for trouble, now you’ve found it you’re a drum and we’re gonna pound it Last one standing wins the fight hear us scream and shout all night down on the floor and eat the grit this is ... More About: Crush
Out of Hell
2008-01-31 12:30:00 The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling Way down in the valley tonight Theres a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye And a blade shining oh so bright Theres evil in the air and theres thunder in the sky And a killers on the bloodshot streets And down in the tunnel where the deadly are ... More About: Hell
Bargain
2008-01-30 12:30:00 I’d gladly lose me to find you I’d gladly give up all I got To catch you I’m gonna run and never stop I’d pay any price just to win you Surrender my good life for bad To find you I’m gonna drown an unsung man I’d call that a bargain The best I ever had The best I ever had Bargain – ... More About: Rental , Rentals
When Doves Cry
2008-01-29 12:30:00 Dream if you can a courtyard An ocean of violets in bloom Animals strike curious poses They feel the heat The heat between me and you How can you just leave me standing? Alone in a world thats so cold? (so cold) Maybe I’m just too demanding Maybe I’m just like my father too bold Maybe you’re just like my mother Shes never satisfied (shes ...
Speculation or Investment?
2008-01-28 12:30:00 Ask yourself this question: Do you want to be rich? I’ve got the brains, you’ve got the looks Let’s make lots of money You’ve got the brawn, I’ve got the brains Let’s make lots of money You can tell I’m educated, I studied at the Sorbonne Doctorate in mathematics, I could have been a don Oh, there’s a lot of opportunities If you know when to take them, ... More About: Investment
WOT 1-26-2007
2008-01-27 12:33:00 Weekend Open Thread From Calculated Risk. It appears we are having a problem with defaults. The above chart is based on a percentage basis, so it is adjusted for the increase in housing units over time.
Stepping Down ** Update 1 **
2008-01-27 12:30:00 Since our original post on August 2, our race to the bottom has been continuing. Our low price leader is really starting to race now. Their new asking price is $515,000. That is a full $100,000 below their 2004 purchase price. Wow! . There’s a lady who’s sure All that glitters is gold And she’s buying a stairway ... More About: Update , Rollback
WOT 1-26-2007
2008-01-26 12:33:00 Weekend Open Thread From Calculated Risk. It appears we are having a problem with defaults. The above chart is based on a percentage basis, so it is adjusted for the increase in housing units over time.
Unforgiven
2008-01-25 12:30:00 New blood joins this earth And quickly he’s subdued Through constant pained disgrace The young boy learns their rules With time the child draws in This whipping boy done wrong Deprived of all his thoughts The young man strugggles on and on he’s known A vow unto his own That never from this day His will they’ll take away-eay What I’ve felt What I’ve known Never shined through ...
Rain
2008-01-24 12:30:00 This one goes out to a struggling realtors lurking on the blog. We feel for you… Out of work, I’m out of my head Out of self respect, I’m out of bread I’m underloved, I’m underfed, I wanna go home Will you tell the folks back home I nearly made it Had offers but didn’t know which one to take Please ... More About: Rain
Under $200K
2008-01-23 12:30:00 I hear the train a comin’ It’s rollin’ ’round the bend, And I ain’t seen the sunshine, Since, I don’t know when, I’m stuck in Folsom Prison, And time keeps draggin’ on, But that train keeps a-rollin’, On down to San Antone. Well, if they freed me from this prison, If that railroad train was mine, I bet I’d move out over a little, Farther down ... More About: Rollback
Autumn
2008-01-22 12:30:00 To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time for every purpose, under heaven A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep A time to build up,a time to break ... More About: Rollback , Autumn
Pretending
More articles from this author:2008-01-21 12:30:00 How many times must we tell the tale? How many times must we fall? Living in lost memory You just recalled Working on the sound of the band Trying to get the music right Two go out working Three stay home at night Thats when she said she was pretending Like she knew the plan Thats when I knew she was pretending Pretending to understand Pretending, pretending Pretending, ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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