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A reader had this suggestion. "As an old timer I always look forward to Friday’s 'Desk Cleaning' column. How about a Sunday 'Today in Bubble History' where your post from 5 years etc, are posted, to give us a background from whence we came." May 25, 2007. "The Merced Sun Star. 'The housing market...

Readers suggested a topic on policy and recession. "'What would be the likely impacts on U.S. housing of a potential post-election U.S. recession in 2013? I’m thinking the impact on housing would be failed intervention efforts and falling prices, but then I am a known pessimist.' 'The U.S. economy...

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It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "In the Crans-Montana resort, also in the Valais canton, chalet blocks five to ten storeys high extend for as far as the eye can see. Come spring and their shutters remain closed barring a few exceptions. A March 11 initiative saw the Swiss narrowly...

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The Gazette Times reports from Oregon. "While city land inventories show no shortage of developable residential land, many of those properties are limited by wetlands, natural features designations or zoning restrictions, said Pete Sekermestrovich, the principal broker of Town & Country Realty. The...

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Readers suggested a topic on market manipulation. "Here’s something that pisses me off: I think banks think the area I live in is more valuable, way more valuable, than it actually is. The wishing prices on REOs, in many cases, are astronomical. Bubble pricing got so high here because everyone was...

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It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "To stand out from the pack, an increasing number of buyers are penning a love letter to sellers telling them what they adore about the house and why they are the best suitor to end up with it. Anna and Buzz Hays recently wrote a letter to shore up...

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