Video: Peter Schiff on Fox News

This video is interesting because it shows that there are still real estate cheerleaders out there. In the coming months, I think we are going to see more and more of them. They will grab any piece of "good" statistical data and turn it into an absolute barometer of the market's bottom.

In this piece, Peter Schiff, who has been deadly accurate in his predictions on housing, debates cheerleader, Danielle Babb:

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Video: Roy Oppenheim's Presentation on Florida Real Estate

This is an good presentation by Weston-based real estate attorney, Roy Oppenheim. As an owner of title company, his bias definitely comes through. As a result, he significantly underestimated the severity of housing downturn. Still, his presentation is definitely worth watching nonetheless. It is presented in three parts:

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Video: Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee on the Proprosed Bailout

If you know of any local, state, or national political candidates that have videos where they address the housing bubble, please sent me a link. I do not want this site to seem one-sided politically.

In this video, Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee gives his views of the proposed government bailout of troubled borrowers:

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Video: Buy a $800,000 home with a $12,500 annual salary

While this did not occur in South Florida, this vidoe illustrates how easy is has been to defraud using state-income loans. It was also a significant driver of property value increases, especially late in the bubble.

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Video: Illusion of Prosperity in the USA Today (Miami Style)

Local channel CBS 4 has probably been the best local news channel on covering the bubble. This latest one even reports of a condo selling for 88% off its previous purchase price:


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Video: Miami, Florida: Housing Crash 50% Off!

Thank you to a reader for giving us the following video. In this news clips, we see huge priced drops at the Platinum Condomium auction. How could there possibly be 50% price drops in these condo prices? After all, the Florida Association of Realtors® (FAR) recently told us, "Miami-Dade condo prices went up 5 percent [in August] to a median of $262,000."

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This video perfectly illustrates the complete disconnect between FAR's statistics and the reality of the market.

Video: The Collapse of the Mortgage Lending Industry

This video illustrated how many lenders have actually been affected by the credit crunch.

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Video: Cramer says, "Do NOT buy now!"

A few months ago, CNBC's Jim Cramer downplayed the housing slump. Now, he's angering Realtors® by providing good advice.

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Video: Flipper Nation (Episode 3): The Flippin' Fight

This is the third episode of a great series mocks flipping shows that have become popular on A&E, TLC, and HGTV:

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Video: Flipper Nation (Episode 2): The Blame Game

This is the second episode of a great series mocks flipping shows that have become popular on A&E, TLC, and HGTV:

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Flipper Nation (Episode 1): The First Flip

This great series mocks flipping shows that have become popular on A&E, TLC, and HGTV:

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Video: Subprime Primer by PBS's NewsHour

This video by PBS's NewsHour is one of the best explanation of the securitization that I have ever seen. It's a must watch -- prestented in two parts.


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Video: NewsHour on Bush's Bailout of Irresponsible Lenders

Of the major television news outlets, PBS has been by far the best at covering the housing bubble. In this segment:

"The NewsHour's extensive coverage of the Bush and Bernanke bailout of the U.S. housing market, along with a discussion with economists Mark Zandi and Diane Swonk and their expectations for an upcoming Fed rate cut."

This segment is delivered in two parts:

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Video: House wouldn't sell at 50% off? Real Estate never goes down?

This video comes from Sacramento. While it doesn't have anything to do South Florida market, it does blow away the myth that real estate values never go down.

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Video: Dow sinks on economic worries

This video is a Reuters News report following yesterday's fall in the Dow.

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Video: "It's not fair!"

Although this one already made its rounds back in June when it originally came out, it's simply too good not to include it in this site. This is a news report for the SW Florida:

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Video: The Expanding Housing Crisis

The following two segments are from the PBS News Hour:

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Video: The Crash

Here's a particularly depressing dramatization of the bubble:

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Video: Subprime Derivatives

This video does a great job of explaining subprime derivatives.

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Video: H-E-D-G-E, by Merle Hazard

Here's a hysterical country song about mortgage-backed securities.

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