Real Estate Video

Pump it up

2009-03-28T01:16:00.000-07:00

I just need a place to lay my head

2008-09-10T10:37:00.000-07:00

Take a load off fannie, and put the load right on me (i.e. the taxpayer.)

Lou Miniatti returns

2008-09-10T10:33:00.001-07:00

abandoned homes

2008-09-10T10:30:00.000-07:00

George seeking out the aftermath of the housing crash.

Union TV

2008-08-05T09:58:00.004-07:00

Irish unions take on the post-credit crunch world.

The credit crunch is a state of mind

2008-08-05T09:58:00.003-07:00

Think your way out of credit difficulties.

More useless housing advice

2008-08-05T09:54:00.001-07:00

Some people just don't understand that the housing bubble is over.

The latest from Peter Schiff

2008-08-04T09:48:00.000-07:00

Start at the top and work your way down.

The charts versus Jim Cramer

2008-08-04T09:44:00.000-07:00

Charts, charts and more charts.

The end of the celtic tiger

2008-08-04T09:41:00.001-07:00

Ireland has only had one boom-bust classic cycle. It is all over now.

It is all citi's fault

2008-08-04T09:39:00.001-07:00

Business cycles - once every 18 years, why couldn't citi see it?

The housing bailout

2008-08-02T12:03:00.000-07:00

For deadbeats and losers.

Casey Serin returns

2008-08-02T12:02:00.001-07:00

Just in case where you wondered where he was?

Housing bubble

2008-08-02T12:00:00.000-07:00

What is the trouble now?

The great real estate crash

2008-03-09T07:30:00.000-07:00

I posted this one a year back, but it is still one of my favorites. Lou Minatti meets Patsy Cline

Good-bye boom time

2008-03-09T07:04:00.000-07:00

Recession and redemption

The slowdown

2008-03-09T07:02:00.000-07:00

The bailout bombshell

Sub prime blues

2008-02-24T10:40:00.000-08:00

Just brilliant.....

Peter Schiff on mortgage principal writedowns

2008-02-18T12:15:00.000-08:00

Paulson - the worst is yet to come

2008-02-18T12:10:00.000-08:00

However a check from the IRS will save the day.

Peter Schiff on PBS

2008-02-03T12:49:00.001-08:00

We love realtors

2008-02-03T12:42:00.000-08:00

Cracking video, first found on housing panic.

The crisis is upon us, run for the hills

2008-01-25T23:06:00.000-08:00

More financial sector madness

Shiller on housing

2008-01-25T23:04:00.000-08:00

Shiller on the housing bubble. Check out the vista.

One bubble follows from another

2008-01-25T23:00:00.000-08:00

So long as the central banks keeps printing the cash, bubbles will inflate and explode.

Jesse Jackson on subprime

2007-12-01T08:50:00.000-08:00

On December 10, the subprime borrowers are marching on Wall Street.

It is a bit pointless, in my view. Wall Street has already heard from subprime borrowers. Bankers already know that there is a problem.

More crisis talk

2007-12-01T08:38:00.001-08:00

Banks could be looking at a further $100 billion of losses by the end of the year. Housing will get a lot worse before it will get better.

Carli Blum on the subprime crisis

2007-11-29T11:42:00.000-08:00

Here is a view of the subprime crisis from the bed of two female students.

I found this clip hilarious.

More on the subprime crisis

2007-11-29T11:26:00.000-08:00

Investment bankers turning into talking heads.

The bush bubble

2007-11-28T08:52:00.000-08:00

Just one more reminder of what a mess we are in right now.

Oh boy.....

California - what went wrong

2007-11-28T08:49:00.000-08:00

If you want to understand why housing prices are collapsing so fast in California, this video will explain everything.

US economy

2007-11-28T08:44:00.000-08:00

Do you get the feeling that the US economy is going off the rails. This short video will confirm that uneasy feeling.

Inflation

2007-11-23T11:55:00.000-08:00

I am going to get intellectual and arty with the next video clip. Here is Hans Richter's 1928 short film about inflation.

Fools rush in.....

2007-11-23T11:41:00.000-08:00

A quick tour of the recent housing chart. Somehow, all the charts end the same, with things falling off a cliff.

Bad advertizing.

2007-11-23T11:38:00.000-08:00

Here is an advert from a UK house rental agency. The ending certainly has a twist, but I fail to see how this ad would encourage me to become a customer.

But hey, what do I know? Take a look and judge for yourself.

Lost in America

2007-11-23T11:33:00.000-08:00

Housing inventory is certainly elevated. Here is a short video of a drive around a NJ suburb. There is a plague of "for sale" signs.

The dangers of home equity loans

2007-11-12T12:38:00.000-08:00

Here is a home equity loan scam from England. Be warned, the clips contains a couple of unexplained jumps. However, bear with it, and you will be shocked. Banks offer loans that are proportions of home values. The banks end up with borrowers paying back the value of the loan and the bulk of the price appreciation coming from property bubble. Some borrowers have ended up in mobile homes. In some cases, people have ended up repaying five times the value of the original loan.

More on the sub prime mess

2007-11-09T09:28:00.000-08:00

Here is Jim Jubak on the subprime mess. He has some interesting things to say. Well worth watching....

Andrew Cuomo

2007-11-09T09:27:00.001-08:00

I have never heard of Wall Street Italia. However, this clip covers the Andrew Cuomo story and Jim Cramer's accusation that this New York attorney is a communist. It has been long time since that word has been thrown around as an insult.

Ron Paul for President

2007-11-08T07:18:00.000-08:00

Here is the great man on Jay Leno's show.

Just be you

2007-11-08T07:11:00.002-08:00

Looking for a little motivation and inspiration this morning? Then this is the youtube clip for you.

Bloomberg special on the subprime market

2007-11-07T02:33:00.000-08:00

Here is a bloomberg special on the subprime market. It includes some stark, yet strangely under-stated comments from Shiller. "It is called mean-reversion".

Start at the top and work your way down.

Captain Alphamale will save the housing market

2007-11-05T00:11:00.000-08:00

This is a time for superheroes and here is Captain Alphamale promising to get us out of the subprime male.

Mortgage crisis explained.

2007-11-05T00:08:00.000-08:00

It is funny how music and real estate charts go so well together. Here is a quick clip explaining how we got into this mess.

A sub prime primer

2007-10-24T07:55:00.000-07:00

Here is very funny clip from England explaining the sub prime crisis.

Auction that house

2007-10-22T08:05:00.001-07:00

Could the US housing market auction its way out of trouble?

Real estate and marriage

2007-10-22T07:56:00.000-07:00

Here is a clip where the real estate market both keeps prospective couples apart and keeps divorcing couples together.

It only goes to show that real estate can be an extremely liquid asset.

The latest Peter Schiff Interview

2007-10-21T11:47:00.000-07:00

Peter is the man. Every time he turns up on the TV he wipes the floor with every other panel member. He is the voice of reason, good sense and financial prudence.

Here Peter predicted that the price of oil going to $150 a barrel. The logic was straightforward. One day, China will stop keeping their domestic currency low relative to the dollar. Once the Yuan appreciates, the dollar price of oil will fall, and then demand from Asia will shoot up. This increased demand for oil will push the price up towards $150 a barrel.

Go, Peter, Go.

Start at the top and work your way down.

Japanese real estate - bubbling again

2007-10-21T11:38:00.000-07:00

Here is a short news clip about the recovery of the Japanese real estate market. Since it crashed in 1989, the Japanese market has been in more or less constant freefall. Given the unfolding disaster here in the US, it could take a similar length of time before we hear about a recovery here.

Alaska housing bubble

2007-10-19T12:46:00.000-07:00

Did the bubble get as far as Anchorage, Alaska? Did it really get that bad?

House price crash

2007-10-19T12:28:00.000-07:00

Bernanke and Paulson turn negative.

The gloom just keeps coming.

California nightmare

2007-10-18T09:30:00.000-07:00

Find out all you need to know about the collapsing Californian market in just 45 short seconds.

Foreclosure firesale

2007-10-18T09:26:00.001-07:00

In this clip, a foreclosure vulture takes us through a house that is currently priced at $165,000 below comps.

The bubble man

2007-10-16T03:53:00.000-07:00

A classic......

Britney Spears on the housing bubble

2007-10-13T11:26:00.000-07:00

Woops I did it again. Hit me baby, one more time.

Remembering Ponzi

2007-10-13T11:21:00.000-07:00

Here is a tribute to that much misunderstood financial genius - Charles Ponzi.

Crashing central california

2007-10-13T11:16:00.001-07:00

The housing crash is accelerating in Central California; mounting losses, developers srambling to get out, and slash and burn auctions everywhere.

Peter Schiff

2007-10-12T04:42:00.000-07:00

Here is Peter on the recent Fed interest rate cut. He was in fine form that day, making his opponent look like a complete fool.

A Tour of Katy, Texas Real Estate

2007-10-11T23:10:00.000-07:00

Another Lou Miniatti classic (possibly the best so far).

Song for America

2007-10-11T23:05:00.000-07:00

Everyone has their own way of coming to terms with the housing bubble. This joker decides that music and song is the best way to deal with his pain.

The real estate bubble - where did it go?

2007-10-11T22:47:00.000-07:00

This old chi-lites hit is one of my favorite songs from the 1970s. It is now put to good use lamenting the disappearance of the housing bubble.

What goes up, must go down

2007-09-23T11:20:00.001-07:00

The housing market put to music.....

The Peter Schiff interview

2007-09-23T11:12:00.000-07:00

This guy is great, although I am not sure when this interview took place. Start at the top and work your way down.

Houston real estate update

2007-09-23T11:10:00.000-07:00

In this clip, our old friend Lou Minatti gets on his bike (literally) to review recent developments in the housing market. It is getting worse down there. Great video.

Housing crash, French Valley, CA

2007-09-18T11:20:00.000-07:00

Grim and compelling....

Greenspan defends himself

2007-09-18T11:13:00.000-07:00

Judge for yourself - the man says he never knew, didn't understand, or realize how bad the sub prime mortgage crisis would be.

Northern Rock - the movie

2007-09-16T06:22:00.000-07:00

Here is a five minute news clip from the BBC giving background to the collapse of one of the largest mortgage lenders in the UK - Northern Rock Bank.

Osama on the housing bubble

2007-09-15T05:51:00.000-07:00

Here is a quick introduction to osamanomics. Very funny.

What does the real estate bubble mean to you?

2007-09-15T05:47:00.000-07:00

Here is one realtor's misguided attempt to ridicule the housing bubble. Pathetic.

Cramer on housing

2007-09-14T09:12:00.000-07:00

It is a sad fact but today everything is recorded. Here is Jim Cramer's sorry collection of misjudgements on the housing market. A year or so ago, he laughed at the possibility of a housing crash. Then he had a nervous breakdown.....

The housing crash horror story

2007-09-14T09:09:00.000-07:00

Here is a nice clip on the horrors of the housing market.

Supergenius speaks on the housing bubble

2007-09-13T08:57:00.000-07:00

Let this video roll for a few minutes before making a judgement. It starts out bad, but after supergenius stops the ego-trip, he has a lot of interesting things to say.

All four videos are presented in sequence. Start at the top and work your way down.

The ARM still lives

2007-09-13T08:44:00.000-07:00

Whatever you might have read in the press, the subprime option-arm is still lurking in the darker corners of the credit market.

Bubba- the applachian realtor

2007-07-29T07:32:00.000-07:00

Did the bubble get up into the mountains?

Who would want to be a realtor?

2007-07-29T07:29:00.000-07:00

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

The crash

2007-07-18T09:02:00.000-07:00

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

2007-07-18T08:55:00.000-07:00

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

2007-07-18T08:54:00.000-07:00

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

Burning down the house

2007-07-11T08:00:00.000-07:00

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

Where would we be without credit cards

2007-07-08T12:29:00.000-07:00

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

2007-07-08T12:24:00.000-07:00

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

A sign of the times

2007-07-08T00:22:00.000-07:00

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

2007-07-07T23:54:00.001-07:00

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

2007-07-07T23:40:00.000-07:00

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.

My house is worth how much?

2007-06-26T18:47:00.000-07:00

If ever there was a clip that illustrated the absurdity of the housing bubble, it is this one here.

In this clip, we have a woman who bought a house for around $750,000, and needs some cash to renovate it. Along comes the home appraiser and tells her that after two years of ownership, the house is now worth $1.3 million. Furthermore, if she does a couple of quick and cheap repairs, the house's value increases to $1.6 million.

At no point is this appraisal tested against the market. No, this appraisal is about a home equity loan. The whole thing is pure fantasy.

Foreclosures - vultures begin to circle

2007-06-17T11:47:00.000-07:00

Making money out of other people's misery.

Smack-down

2007-06-16T08:06:00.000-07:00

Housingheads versus the bubbleheads.

Here we have some long-haired realtor type predicting 10 percent house price appreciation in 2007. However, his unbridled optimism about real estate smacks straight into Peter Schiff, who coolly explains why the housing market has a long way to go before it stabilises.

Housing wave

2007-06-16T03:00:00.000-07:00

It is a tidal wave of "for sale" signs

How to prevent the housing bubble from crashing...

2007-06-16T02:50:00.001-07:00

Here is another out of touch kooky academic talking rubbish.

Florida homes - 50 percent off

2007-06-16T02:24:00.000-07:00

The crash accelerates. Now, you can find homes selling at a 50 percent discount.

More NAR rubbish

2007-05-21T11:58:00.000-07:00

Are you missing an opportunity? Call a realtor today. As sales slide, those poor realtors aren't making any money any more. Things are getting desperate.

Bubbles

2007-05-17T11:16:00.000-07:00

See, bubbles aren't so bad after all.

There will be no crash

2007-05-16T11:12:00.000-07:00

Is it fair to pull out what a broker said around 15 months and compare it with reality. Perhaps not, but we will do it anyway. This clip is from Susan Greenfield, vice president and associate broker with Brown Harris Stevens in Manhattan. At some point in the distant past, (probably late 2005 or early 2006) she was asked to give her views about the 2006 outlook.

She had some strong views about the prospects of real estate crash back then. "No way", she said, "no way will the market crash". Instead, the market would slow. Well, you were right about that Susan. Things certainly have slowed.

However, Susan was being a little contradictory back then. One the one hand, she recognised that things had become a little crazy. Let she couldn't accept that prices might correct. Instead, Susan was content to think that things would just return to the 3-5 percent appreciations she had always known.

I wonder what she thinks today.

Do you want to be a millionaire?

2007-05-09T05:02:00.000-07:00

Learn the secrets of success from a millionaire. Yes, it is Tom Vu, the Real estate genius. Just take Tom's profit seminar, and you can be just like Tom. Will be be financially independent for the rest of your life. No need to ask your boss for a raise again.

Do you see yourself as a millionaire, then "have some guts", go to one of Tom's seminars.

I wanna be rich for love, peace and happiness (whatever that means).

Realtor or politician? You decide

2007-05-08T10:58:00.000-07:00

When I first saw this ad, I thought it was for some local politician running for state office. However, a few seconds further into the clip, it becomes apparent that this is an ad for a realtor.

There is something very odd going on here. We have a realtor, posing as a politician. However, Americans deeply distrust their politicians, and comparing your profession with glad-handing vote snatchers doesn't seem like a convincing sales pitch.

There is only one conclusion that we can reach. Realtors are even more unpopular than politicans. The thought behind this ad that the realtor profession will take a step up on the trustworthiness ladder if it implicitly associates itself with the vote-grabbing promise breakers living in Washington.

Boys making movies

2007-05-06T12:00:00.000-07:00

I'm appalled by these do-it-yourself mortgage broker ads. The thought processes are so transparent. Most of these brokers are young men. They seem to think that the key to sales success is linking young partially clothed women with their mortgage products.

They end up producing crude, lewd, and offensive commercials, which are almost certain discourage any female clients. These guys might be mortgage brokers, but I sense they would prefer to be making specialist videos for an exclusively male clientele.

BTW, check out the mixed message at the end of the clip. Spot the family photos on the desk, which happen to be pointing towards the camera and away from the broker.

Things must be really desperate

2007-05-03T11:25:00.000-07:00

Realtors must be desperate for sales. This is one of the crudest, stupidest ads for realtor services ever seen.

Stick to the numbers

2007-04-26T11:05:00.000-07:00

Here is some not-so-funny guy trying to get some laughs with the subprime market. However, he gets better once he dumps the jokes and starts providing some simple analsys of recent numbers.

Clean up your credit score

2007-04-26T11:00:00.000-07:00

How can you check your credit rating? In this clip, CNBC are offering some cheap advice on how to improve your FICO credit rating. The basic advice seems to be "pay your debts". So easy to say, so hard to do.

The bubble has burst

2007-04-26T10:57:00.000-07:00

Here is another one of these angry homemade anti housing bubble youtube clips.

Watch out for the colorful language.