Thursday October 18 Housing and Economic stories

October 18 financial and housing news

Lending pullback threatens to create a new credit crunch - TheStreet.com (10/19/2007 08:21 AM)
Vital Signs: Housing Drag Won't Let Up - Business Week (10/19/2007 06:13 AM)..>
Bank of America Earnings Drop on Loan Writedowns - Bloomberg (10/18/2007 06:41 AM)
Countrywide's CEO Probed By SEC - N.Y. Post (10/18/2007 08:35 AM)
HSBC Is Sued Over Valuation Of Fund's Bonds - WSJ ($) (10/19/2007 05:49 AM)
Bay Area home sales down 40% - LA Times (10/19/2007 05:32 AM)
Subprime cowboys - Boston Globe (10/19/2007 05:41 AM) ..>
Burned by Real Estate, Some Just Walk Away - WSJ ($) (10/18/2007 05:19 AM)
PMI Group Sees Quarterly Loss on U.S Defaults, FGIC - Bloomberg (10/18/2007 06:30 AM)
Countrywide Chief Is Said to Face S.E.C. Inquiry: Morgenson - NY Times (10/18/2007 05:10 AM) ..>
Pink Slips Go To 300 At Morgan Stanley - N.Y. Post (10/18/2007 08:35 AM)
Triple-Whammy at WaMu - TheStreet.com (10/18/2007 08:37 AM)
Citigroup won't have asset fire sale: report - Reuters (10/18/2007 09:03 PM)
A stiff price for loans gone bad - LA Times (10/18/2007 04:58 AM) ..>..>

Thu Oct 18 2007 (from Patrick.net http://patrick.net/housing/crash.html)

Jumbo loan problems, jumbo price drops (themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com)
Before You Talk to a Real Estate Agent (consumermaven.wordpress.com)
Money woes halt construction (newmedia.gainesvilletimes.com)
For Every $100,000 Appreciated... (financialsense.com)
More Housing Hanky-Panky (fool.com)
Stockton agent offering foreclosure bus tours (recordnet.com)
Paulson and Bush Comment on Housing Market Risk (efinancedirectory.com)
Super Conduit to the rescue! (salon.com)
Orange County Sees Record Decline in House Prices (ocbj.com)
Bottom-Fishing Fallacies (Charles Hugh Smith)
The Title Insurance Racket (forbes.com)
Economist predicts more gloom for housing market (biztimes.com)
Congress - Repair Our Financial System! (financialpetition.org)
Wholesale lending is quietly being eliminated by the largest banks (blownmortgage.com)
No more $250k/$500k exclusion for investors in second homes (fatwallet.com)
Japan and China lead flight from the dollar (telegraph.co.uk)
Treasuries Rally Most in Five Weeks on Housing, Credit Weakness (bloomberg.com)
Morbo on the Housing Bubble (youtube.com)