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AJC: RealtyTrac's Foreclosure Data Is Bogus

The reporting requirement for this industry are not helpful and the problem goes beyond home buyers. How can the SEC ever get decent financials
from companies when the underlying assets can't be properly valued?

With automated data processing methods, it is cheap and easy to get numbers that many people can check against other sources,

www.federalreserve.gov...
www.sec.gov/comments/s...

Many industries have regulator or other govt web sites that make information available for free using automated access methods so it can be easily sanity checked by many people. Since real estate is largely a zero sum game, however, you get many vocal critics against efficient markets.

Dendreon Suffers from Immature Management

I think it is important to note that "immature" is not quite the right word. I fault management too, but because they have a "popular" attitude towards science. I posted more details here,
www.investorvillage.co...

but essentially management is ignoring the science that makes the most of the confusing clinical data. Their attitude, while quite popular these days, is exactly what the FDA is "supposed to" prevent.