Bubba- the applachian realtor


Did the bubble get up into the mountains?

Who would want to be a realtor?


Being a realtor must be the toughest job in America today. There is all that inventory and nobody wants to buy.

The crash


More housing crash diagnostics. Where has all that talk of a "new era" gone? The danger is we are indeed slipping into a "new era"; one characterized by high interest rates, financial panic and recession.

Is it different this time? It is never different.

California blame game


The finger pointing has begun. Who is to blame for the housing crash? There are so many culprits it is difficult to choose. However, one name stands out: Alan Greenspan.

doozy loans, toxic hedge funds


Here is an intelligent clip from Australia, examining the Bear Sterns hedge fund collapse. Well worth watching.

Burning down the house



Here is an excellent primer on subprime collatoralized debt obligations and why they have become so dangerous.

Where would we be without credit cards



After watching this video clip, I started to feel sorry for students. Here are some horror stories about credit card companies harrassing kids in university.

Am I the only one who thinks that credit cards are evil?

Empire of debt



Here is a nice clip on the horrors of credit card debt.

A sign of the times



Here is a 45 second silent movie about the current state of the housing market. Everywhere is for sale these days.

I laugh in your face



Mortgage rates are spiking, defaults rising and and inventories at all time highs; as the man in this clip says "if anyone tells you that the housing market has bottomed out, you have my permission to laugh in his face".

The dangers of private equity firms

This clip isn't about the housing market. Rather, it contains a stark warning about the dangers of private equity firms. Today, perfectly good companies are being loaded up with debt in the pursuit of short term profit and tax advantages. If there is even a slight downturn in economic activity, many fine American companies will struggle. It is all so unnecesary.