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	<title>Michael K Dawson . com &#187; Real Estate</title>
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		<title>Hovnanian: Housing Market Has Bottomed</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/09/15/hovnanian-housing-market-has-bottomed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/09/15/hovnanian-housing-market-has-bottomed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miked</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was only a matter of time before another Homebuilder CEO would claim that the housing market had bottomed.  Ara Hovnanian,  CEO Hovnanian Enterprises, put his stake in the ground on yesterday 9/14/07 per Bloomberg.  Apparently he learned from Robert Toll&#8217;s pronouncement in March.  He added a caveat to his claim, &#8220;The bottom is very near [...]
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		<title>Trading Thru the Housing Blood Bath</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/06/21/trading-thru-the-housing-blood-bath/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/06/21/trading-thru-the-housing-blood-bath/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miked</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t have to be a brain surgeon to realize that housing market is not going to turn around overnight.  Even the homebuilder CEOs are finally admitting that this environment &#8220;sucks.&#8221;  Economist Nouriel Roubini has been calling this blood bath for what is for awhile.  I haven&#8217;t seen him on Kudlow and Company in awhile.  My guess is [...]
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		<title>Housing Melt-Down Not Limited to Subprime Borrowers</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/06/17/housing-melt-down-not-limited-to-subprime-borrowers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/06/17/housing-melt-down-not-limited-to-subprime-borrowers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miked</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many caught in the cross fires of the housing bubble.  Here is a story of a real estate investor who got caught up in the mania in 2005.  He bought a waterfront property in the hopes of subdividing it, creating a luxury “dream” home for himself and another to sell for profit. Unfortunately, he is stuck [...]
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		<title>Homebuilders Rallying: How Could This Be?</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/05/23/homebuilders-rallying-how-could-this-be/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/05/23/homebuilders-rallying-how-could-this-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 05:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miked</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since bottoming on April 12th, the SPDR Homebuilders ETF (XHB) is up 12.5%; twice as much as the S&#38;P 500’s gain of 6%.  If you are surprised by that statement you are not alone.  I still find it hard to believe even after staring at the chart. I have written several articles on the subprime [...]
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		<title>Real Estate Leaves One Investor High and Dry</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/04/14/real-estate-leaves-one-investor-high-and-dry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miked</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Casey Serin has become the poster child for &#8220;liar-loans&#8221; also known as Alt-A loans.  I have written several articles (here and here) on the Subprime/Alt-A debacle.  Casey&#8217;s use of these loans played a critical role in his multiple foreclosures.   IndyMac (NDE) is the leading Alt-A lender.  Their day in the spot-light is coming soon. Here [...]
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		<title>There&#8217;s Still Money to be Made in Flipping Real Estate</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/04/07/theres-still-money-to-be-made-in-flipping-real-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/04/07/theres-still-money-to-be-made-in-flipping-real-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miked</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than a million people bought Pet Rocks as Christmas gifts in 1975. Gary Dahl, of Los Gatos, California, had the idea while joking with friends about his easy-to-care-for pet, a rock. This pet ate nothing and didn&#8217;t bark or chew the furniture. Pet Rocks were sold with a funny manual that included tips on [...]
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		<title>Real Estate Roller Coaster</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/04/06/real-estate-roller-coaster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Subprime Mortgage Problem Contained? Give Me a Break!</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/04/03/subprime-%e2%80%93-contained-give-me-a-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miked</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think that some heads are going to roll when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson are forced to admit that the subprime mortgage problem is not contained.  In my previous professional life, I worked as a sales person for a software company.  We as sales people were often referred to as [...]
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		<title>College Town Real Estate is Still Hot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>We Are Not a Subprime Lender!</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/03/20/we-are-not-a-subprime-lender/</link>
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