High water marks everywhere...

FEMA has another list of flood elevations today -- this one with final figures for towns and counties in Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee. If you can spare a moment for aesthetics, there are some lovely Southern place names: Daw's Creek, Jinnys Branch, Lockwoods Folly River, Waccamaw River, Sweet Water Branch, Cerro Gordo, Little Brier Creek...

And HUD has issued its third-quarter 2005 regulatory waivers, which always make a fine collection of tea leaves to try and read. At a quick glance, I see the FHA has granted a large number of Mark-to-Market fee waivers as an "incentive to encourage owner cooperation." I'll take a longer look at the list later today.