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The HBB continues its look at the media and the housing bubble. This time, the mid-Atlantic states. The good: The Morning Call in Pennsylvania, April 2005: "It might be reasonable to suppose that they aren't individual bubbles but rather one mega-bubble, the totality of the economic and financial...

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It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "When Congress voted overwhelmingly Thursday to expand the first-time homebuyer tax credit to include repeat buyers, it brought a ray of hope to segments of the Triangle housing market that have not had much to cheer about of late. The bill, which...

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The second look at rating the media and the housing bubble turns to the northeast. First, the good: Concord Monitor in New Hampshire, May 2005. "Whatever happened to the $150,000 home? Not too long ago, you could buy a nice house for that kind of money. Today? Not in Concord. 'Today, $150,000 is...

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When did America switch from working for reward to working to avoid punishment? by ahansen The meat department at Vons hadn’t put the proper bar coding on the goose I had ordered, so the clerk and I had a five-minute wait while the frozen beast was properly inventoried and returned to the check-out...

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It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The Wichita area appears to be losing ground in the foreclosure epidemic. 'For us, it's directly tied to our employment situation,' said Stan Longhofer, director of the Center for Real Estate at Wichita State University. 'This is about the time when...

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The first look at the HBB review of the media and reporting on the housing bubble starts with International magazines, news web sites and newspapers. The total body of work these organizations put together can't be summarized here, but included are a few examples. The Best: 1. The Economist -...