What do you see in your housing market this weekend? More inventory? "Jill Stone and her husband have been trying to sell their Burlington, Vermont home for a month now. 'We've had a few showings, and we've had a few offers. But the offers are coming in lower than our listing price,' said Stone."

"The number of houses for sale in Vermont has about doubled in the last two years. 'You don't have to make an offer right away, there's plenty on the market for people to take a look at. When we were buying 2 and half, 3 years ago, you had to make an offer that day or the house was gone,' said Stone."

"North Texas existing home sales are down for the third month in a row, according to figures released Friday. Sellers are also seeing increased competition from their neighbors. The number of homes on the market has increased 10 percent to 48,948 active listings in the past year."

Housing affordability measures? "San Diego County's high housing prices are no surprise to residents, but now Forbes.com has named the region as the nation's most overpriced real estate market in a ranking of the country's 40 largest metro areas."

"Report author Matt Woolsey said that rankings were based on a complicated mix of a theoretical 'price-to-earnings' ratio, attempting to measure the price a homeowner paid for every $1 in return, and housing affordability."

Insurance changes? "Allstate, California's third-largest home insurer, is backing away from writing homeowners policies. Allstate claims the combination of high housing costs and all-too-frequent natural disasters is just too much for it to handle anymore."

News from Wall Street? "Never underestimate the ability of a Wall Street investment firm to find a new way to pawn off risky assets onto retail investors. The latest example? The initial public offering for Everquest Financial."

"Everquest...has been buying up equity interests in risky bonds backed by subprime mortgages from hedge funds managed by Bear Stearns, one of Wall Street's biggest underwriters of mortgage-backed securities and other exotic mortgage-related bonds. The deal appears to be an unprecedented attempt by a Wall Street house to dump its mortgage bets."