In my area the following have either remained unchanged or improved a bit during the last several months: unemployment housing prices local large business profits Seems to point to a very sluggish recovery ....

The reason for the chatter is the constant supply of newbie Note Brokers that the late night, get rich TV seminars are churning out.

And then there is the supply side.

Looking ahead, it has become clear that the housing market is going to take some time before it returns to a normal supply and demand cycle.

The margins are simply much thinner and you can no longer just rely on loss mitigation (savings vs. costs) for your justifications.The truth is banks do not want the product, but the supply and demand remains askew and as long as it does, short sales are necessary evil for lenders.Originally posted by Tom Kitas: How does anyone get the bank to approve this from the prospective of the A seller?

The "expert" that drafted the residential lease that I use also supplied me with a separate lease that covers garages.

I've also learned Realty Trac also supplies this data and they offer a free 7-day trial membership.

With the theft of buyers from future periods and the fact distressed properties continue to be a problem, your left with a higher supply which means prices will fall.So when you factor in all the above, the results are that pricing from the previous periods have to catch up with the supply-demand curve which it eventually will.

Since we can probably benefit from having a larger money supply, right?

Especially galvanized supply pipe and lead drain pipe.