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Hestia

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3. Case in point - homes were starting to become affordable again and we were thinking about actually

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Jan 15, 2012, 12:01 PM

Jan 2012

going out and actively seeking a mortgage because sanity was prevailing again and prices had come down. One report came out about how this is a wonderful area to buy, prices shot up $20-30k overnight and are now totally out the sphere of even thinking of buying. Even 1970s modular homes are selling for $199k! All over 1 report from some economic report.

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Want to understand the economy? Don't read the press [View all] xchrom Jan 2012 OP

Good piece.....A great deal of reporting on the economy becomes little more...... marmar Jan 2012 #1

indeed -- we Know things aren't right -- xchrom Jan 2012 #2

Case in point - homes were starting to become affordable again and we were thinking about actually Hestia Jan 2012 #3

Good read, and good comments Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2012 #4

This is why too many John Q. Publics think the way they do Populist_Prole Jan 2012 #5