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October 25, 2007 at 12:51 PM #10727October 25, 2007 at 1:26 PM #91770
(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantMonthly new home sales are typically all over the map. Because of the low volume, the monthly stats are extremely noisy, relative to existing home sales.
I find the monthly new home sales figures almost worthless.
October 25, 2007 at 1:26 PM #91794(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantMonthly new home sales are typically all over the map. Because of the low volume, the monthly stats are extremely noisy, relative to existing home sales.
I find the monthly new home sales figures almost worthless.
October 25, 2007 at 1:26 PM #91808(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantMonthly new home sales are typically all over the map. Because of the low volume, the monthly stats are extremely noisy, relative to existing home sales.
I find the monthly new home sales figures almost worthless.
October 25, 2007 at 1:27 PM #91773Anonymous
GuestWe had a bump here in Arizona due to a number of people trying to pick a bottom or just being afraid that they would never have another chance to buy. The FOMC decision to reduce overnight rates probably led most of them to think that we are going straight back to 2005 with 50% annual gains yearly from then on out.
I suspect at the rate we are going someday there will be two really wealthy people in the world and the rest of us will just be their food. ;p
“Lending has transformed into a modern day indentured servitude. Forget your neighbors and buy something that matters, your freedom.” asu666
October 25, 2007 at 1:27 PM #91798Anonymous
GuestWe had a bump here in Arizona due to a number of people trying to pick a bottom or just being afraid that they would never have another chance to buy. The FOMC decision to reduce overnight rates probably led most of them to think that we are going straight back to 2005 with 50% annual gains yearly from then on out.
I suspect at the rate we are going someday there will be two really wealthy people in the world and the rest of us will just be their food. ;p
“Lending has transformed into a modern day indentured servitude. Forget your neighbors and buy something that matters, your freedom.” asu666
October 25, 2007 at 1:27 PM #91811Anonymous
GuestWe had a bump here in Arizona due to a number of people trying to pick a bottom or just being afraid that they would never have another chance to buy. The FOMC decision to reduce overnight rates probably led most of them to think that we are going straight back to 2005 with 50% annual gains yearly from then on out.
I suspect at the rate we are going someday there will be two really wealthy people in the world and the rest of us will just be their food. ;p
“Lending has transformed into a modern day indentured servitude. Forget your neighbors and buy something that matters, your freedom.” asu666
October 25, 2007 at 2:20 PM #918004plexowner
ParticipantThe margin of error on the month-over-month figures is around 10% so the 4.8% change for September is statistically insignificant (ie, its just noise in the dataset)
We also need to remember that the 23.3% year-over-year decline (which IS statistically significant) is ON TOP of the year-over-year decline from 2006 – ie, this is the second year in a row of serious decline (something that the MSM certainly isn’t going to point out)
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We can all take heart though, Lawrence Yun of the NAR is assuring us that these problems are temporary!
October 25, 2007 at 2:20 PM #918264plexowner
ParticipantThe margin of error on the month-over-month figures is around 10% so the 4.8% change for September is statistically insignificant (ie, its just noise in the dataset)
We also need to remember that the 23.3% year-over-year decline (which IS statistically significant) is ON TOP of the year-over-year decline from 2006 – ie, this is the second year in a row of serious decline (something that the MSM certainly isn’t going to point out)
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We can all take heart though, Lawrence Yun of the NAR is assuring us that these problems are temporary!
October 25, 2007 at 2:20 PM #918384plexowner
ParticipantThe margin of error on the month-over-month figures is around 10% so the 4.8% change for September is statistically insignificant (ie, its just noise in the dataset)
We also need to remember that the 23.3% year-over-year decline (which IS statistically significant) is ON TOP of the year-over-year decline from 2006 – ie, this is the second year in a row of serious decline (something that the MSM certainly isn’t going to point out)
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We can all take heart though, Lawrence Yun of the NAR is assuring us that these problems are temporary!
October 25, 2007 at 5:30 PM #91884cr
ParticipantLol Lawrence Yun, what a tool. He must get sick of looking at terrible numbers and with all but a gun to his head being forced to spin them positively.
We all know month to month is meaningless, but I was irritated when Cavuto called it “good news” for housing and didn’t even mention the dismal lows they were comparing this to, nor the fact that August was revised down.
October 25, 2007 at 5:30 PM #91910cr
ParticipantLol Lawrence Yun, what a tool. He must get sick of looking at terrible numbers and with all but a gun to his head being forced to spin them positively.
We all know month to month is meaningless, but I was irritated when Cavuto called it “good news” for housing and didn’t even mention the dismal lows they were comparing this to, nor the fact that August was revised down.
October 25, 2007 at 5:30 PM #91921cr
ParticipantLol Lawrence Yun, what a tool. He must get sick of looking at terrible numbers and with all but a gun to his head being forced to spin them positively.
We all know month to month is meaningless, but I was irritated when Cavuto called it “good news” for housing and didn’t even mention the dismal lows they were comparing this to, nor the fact that August was revised down.
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