At Rashid Realty we believe that better information leads to better decisions.
Here's some informational resources useful in the Southern California Market.

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Recent News

• Time to buy? -- Debate on about whether market is ripe for buyers
  North County Times, 2/9/2008
• Falling Inland home prices still too high for many would-be buyer
  Press Enterprise, 2/8/2008
• Riverside County to lay off 40 workers in the Building & Safety Department
  Press Enterprise, 2/7/2008
• Economists paint bleak year for Inland area
  Press Enterprise, 1/31/2008
• Inland foreclosure rates among worst in U.S.
  Press Enterprise, 1/30/2008
• SD Prices Sustained Nation's Second-Worst Drop
  Voice of San Diego, 1/30/2008
• Riverside County foreclosure rate soars
  The Californian 1/28/2008
• Inland homeowners ponder refinance timing
  Press Enterprise, 1/24/2008
• Donald Trump Interview - "the fact is, It's a great time to go buy a house"
  CNBC, 1/17/2008
• Building permits tick up, housing still weak
  North County Times, 1/17/2008
• Number of SoCal home sales edge up slightly
  San Diego Union Tribune, 1/15/2008
• Median home price plummets in San Diego County
  San Diego Union Tribune, 1/15/2008
• PMI Winter 2008 Risk Index
  PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. 2008
• San Diego County housing prices down 13.1% from year ago
  San Diego Union Tribune, 1/14/2008
• Home sales sink, outlook darkens
  CNNMoney.com, 1/8/2008
• Builders' group remains optimistic
  North County Times, 1/3/2008
• Bad Housing Predictions of 2007
  Seeking Alpha, 1/1/2008
• Home sales tumble 20% in U.S.
  LA Times, 1/1/2008
  
  2007
  
• Record foreclosures in '07 -- Real estate wave ebbs, leaving thousands of homeowners in debt
  North County Times, 12/31/2007
• How they got housing wrong
  CNNMoney.com, 12/28/2007
• Calif.'s Housing, Credit Crises Raise Fears Of State Recession
  CNNMoney.com, 12/26/2007
• Reeling Financial Institutions Stumble Forward Into 2008
  San Diego Business Journal, 12/24/2007
• Bruce Norris Predictions
  Piggington's Econo-Almanac, 12/20/2007
• Bargain hunters push Inland home sales up
  Press Enterprise, 12/19/2007
• Foreclosure wave batters prices
  North County Times, 12/18/2007
• When will market hit bottom?
  Inman News, 12/10/2007
• Bush loan plan could help hundreds of thousands keep their homes
  LA Times, 12/7/07
• UCLA report doesn't see recession on the horizon
  LA Daily News, 12/5/07
• Rental vacancies rising to '06 levels
  San Diego Union-Tribune, 12/3/07
• Homeowners' big question: How low will prices go?
  LA Times, 11/27/2007
• Auction reveals market's struggle for footing
  North County Times, 11/19/2007
• From dreams to debt
  Press Enterprise, 11/17/2007
• Inland home sales, prices take another dip
  Press Enterprise, 11/15/2007
• To buy or not to buy: That is the question
  OC Register, 11/11/2007
• North County home median price drops below $600,000
  North County Times, 11/9/2007
• Ben Bernanke Testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress
  Federal Reserve, 11/8/2007
• Inland home builders slash prices to attract buyers
  Press Enterprise, 11/7/2007

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT NEWS

Government Economists
Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board
David Berson, Fannie Mae
Jack Kyser, Los Angeles Economic Development Council

Association Economists
Leslie Appleton-Young, California Association of Realtors
Ben Bartolotto, Research Director, California Construction Industry Research Board
Doug Duncan, Mortgage Bankers Association
Michael Fratantoni, Mortgage Bankers Association
Lawrence Yun, National Association of Realtors
Alan Nevin, California Building Industry Association
David Seiders, National Association of Home Builders
Ken Simonson, Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)

Academic Economists
Esmael Adibi, Chapman University
Alan Gin, University of San Diego
Ed Learner, UCLA Anderson Forecast

Other Economists, Consultants, Investment Advisors & Data Services
Christopher Thornberg, Beacon Economics
Bruce Norris - The Norris Group
John Husing - Economics & Politics, Inc.
John Karevoll, Analyst, DataQuick
James J. Saccacio, CEO, RealtyTrac
Russ Valone, MarketPointe Realty Advisors
Diane Sessions - Economic Development Center of Southwest California
James Lockhart - OFHEO

California Mortgage Bankers Association

North County Homedex
University of San Diego's Index of Leading Economic Indicators

Stockmarket
streetTRACKS Series Trust XHB (AMEX)
Fidelity Select Construction&Housing FSHOX
Fidelity Real Estate Investment FRESX
Hovnanian
Pulte Homes Inc.
Lennar
Centex Corporation
D.R. Horton, Inc
Kb Home
Toll Brothers, Inc
Chicago Merchantile Exchange (CME) Housing Futures

Web Blogs & Discussion Forums
Seeking Alpha
San Diego Creative Investors Association
BubbleTracking Blog
SoCalBubble Blog

Professional Property Management

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