Re: How do I short houses and real estate?

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:27:45 GMT, "sinister" <sinister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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>> On 26 Aug 2005 22:10:39 -0700, "Brablo" <gestureofrespect@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>The only way that I can short houses is by shorting the stocks of
>>>home-builders, like Pulte or KBH.
>>
>> That is one way. You may be able to short options on REITs.
>
>But not all REITs are residential, and of the residential ones, it's
>possible (though I don't have data either way) that apartments aren't
>overvalued in the same way single-family homes are.

Right. You would have to examine the REITs' asset mixes to find a few
that are really vulnerable to the residential land bubble.

-- Roy L
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