What do you see in your housing market this weekend? Accidental landlords? "Susannah Moss's trendy one-bedroom Adams Morgan condo, in a converted warehouse, has become a potential money drain. Moss contracted to buy the unit in early 2005. She is trying to sell the condo but has been hampered by the housing slump. Three months after putting it on the market, she has yet to receive an offer. Now Moss, 33, wants to find a tenant for her condo while she waits out the economy."

"But the condominium association allows only 20 percent of the units to be leased at once, so Moss is on a waiting list. If she tries to rent the unit without permission, she could face a $500-a-month fine."

"Moss is not the only owner in her building who wants to become a landlord, and the issue has created tension. The debate 'has created division within the community, and tempers and feelings are running very high,' said Moss, who also is a real estate agent."

Lower prices? "The once-invincible condominium market in downtown Boston is weakening Sales of condos in the 12 core markets of Boston, from the North End to the Back Bay, the South End to South Boston, plunged 22.3 percent in the first quarter of this year. Prices slid nearly 33 percent on Beacon Hill and 21 percent in the North End."

"'It's a huge decline' in sales, said Debra Taylor Blair, president of Listing Information Network. 'Downtown is slowing down. People aren't as liquid. They're not as easily able to move or refinance.'"

Builder troubles? "A depression in the home-building market has claimed a Fishers builder and continues to hammer locally based Davis Homes LLC—a powerhouse for years that now is facing foreclosure on about 80 home sites."

"Central Indiana is faring better than many of the nation’s housing markets, but better does not mean well. Sales figures don’t offer much optimism, either."

"'It was quite a shock to me, as it was to our employees,' said Peter Ruffing, Day-Marc’s former president. 'It was not a message or a decision I was prepared for.'"

"'For one weekend only,' the radio advertisement says, 'We are offering massive discounts on all of our models.'"

"Robert Millay, owner of Fox Valley Homes, and his wife came up with the innovative but risky approach as a way to launch the company's 161-lot housing development...on Neenah's south side. 'The market was so bad the last couple of years that we thought we would attempt something that no one has ever attempted before,' Millay said Friday. 'It will make or break us. There is no in-between.'"

Market fallout? "Caroline Rohrer wants to sell her southeast Las Vegas florist business, but she's noticed a big problem with local buyers. 'There aren't any,' she said."

"Local businesses listed in the first quarter posted median revenue of $385,000, compared with $509,500 a year earlier. Annual cash flow was $100,000, down from $135,606 in the first three months of 2007."

"Business consultants cited several reasons for the decline in sale prices. Some factors relate to population trends. Others, like much of today's economic news, hark back to the faltering housing market."

"For many business buyers, home equity traditionally composed a big portion of the cash they used to close a deal, said John Paglia, a finance professor at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif.. Since the real estate market peaked in 2005, though, local homeowners have lost tens of thousands of dollars in equity on average."

"The median local home price was $243,169 in March, down 20.3 percent from the same month a year ago, said the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors. Also, banks, bearing the fallout from exotic loans they made to homeowners, feel a little less charitable today. So it's tougher to borrow now for virtually any purpose."

"'Banks are like turtles, and you know what happens when you scare turtles,' said Roger Dunivan, a counselor with the Service Corps of Retired Executives."