What do you see in your housing market this weekend? Auctions?

Builder incentives? "ILO Group of Houston, Texas, is pleased to announce the launch of the Punctual Payment Program. For the first time in Texas, ILO Group is offering any new buyer of a condominium at Towers at Clear Lake, no payments for 12 months, no HOA fees for 12 months and no closing costs."

Realtor advice. "Being that we’re in the Hamptons celebrating the Film Festival, let’s start with the market out East: how did the market do this summer as compared to last, and is the 'bubble' bursting? [laughing] No, the bubble is not bursting."

"But there are so many For Sale signs? 'It has definitely changed from an overheated market where the seller rules to a much more balanced market. I think that sellers have to pretend they are buyers. I often ask sellers 'Would you buy your house at this price?'"

Tax changes. "After leading the region with double-digit increases in property assessments, Loudoun County taxpayers should expect their home values to decline in each of the next two years, county budget officials said yesterday. A softening real estate market means tough times for government services."

"County Administrator Kirby Bowers told board members that he has trimmed more than $40 million from departmental requests in such areas as public safety, parks, libraries, health and welfare. He said the shortfall could grow, depending on what the school system asks for. Schools account for nearly three-fourths of the current year's $1.1 billion budget."

A failed landbank? "One of Britain's biggest landbankers has gone bust, leaving investors who paid a total of £7m for tiny slices of farmland, wondering where their money went."

"'I fully expected 20% annual returns over the next decade, multiplying my money up to eight times. I know that's a lot but I did not go into this investment with my eyes closed,' says one Kent investor who asked for anonymity. Now all he has is title to a plot of land in the middle of a field which is unlikely ever to gain planning permission."