There’s nobody left at the big lenders. lol. Sadly, but true there’s not much they could tell you. I know LOTS of people in different facets of the biz and it’s all pretty ugly. The middle-east money that’s been holding up the premier coastal areas of O.C. is even drying up. Unless they just landed from Mars, no one wants to buy a home they think they will go for 30-40-50% less in a year or two. There are going to be way too many homes on the market for the feds to contend with, especially in Bush’s final swan song push for more defense (Iraq) and war chest $$.