The Florida Home Owner

Note from NMHC: "Market Tightness Index reading above 50 indicates that, on balance, apartment markets around the country are getting tighter; a reading below 50 indicates that market conditions are getting looser; and a reading of 50 indicates that…(read more) //

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From the American Bankruptcy Institute: Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Reach Highest Monthly Total Since 2005 Bankruptcy Law Overhaul U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings reached 126,434 in July, the highest monthly total since the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention…(read more) //

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From D.R. Horton : D.R. Horton … today reported a net loss for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009 of $142.3 million … The quarterly results included $110.8 million in pre-tax charges to cost of sales for inventory impairments and write-offs…(read more) //

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MBIA ( MBI ) is expected to report Q2 earnings before the market open on Thursday, August 6 with a conference call scheduled for 8 am. Guidance Analysts are looking for EPS of (92c) on revenue of $307.75M. The consensus range for EPS is ($1.07) to (76c…(read more) //

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Ray submits: If you listen to Cramer commercial real estate is the place to be, he mostly points to the increase in certain equity prices in current trading to make his point along with some parallels drawn from the Savings and Loan Crisis. However, rising…(read more) //

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From the WSJ: Farm Real-Estate Values Post Rare Drop The U.S. Agriculture Department said in its annual report that the value of all land and buildings on U.S. farms averaged $2,100 an acre Jan. 1, down 3.2% from last year. The decline in farm real-estate…(read more) //

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From Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading : Our Practices in Handling Electronic Order Flow To our Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, LP clients – Given the pace of change in the equities market structure and the recent public dialogue about trading…(read more) //

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