The global housing boom - In come the waves - The Economist

"NEVER before have real house prices risen so fast, for so long, in so many countries. Property markets have been frothing from America, Britain and Australia to France, Spain and China. Rising property prices helped to prop up the world economy after the stockmarket bubble burst in 2000. What if the housing boom now turns to bust?"

The global housing boom - In come the waves - The Economist

Real estate bubble and the housing spin

Here's an article for the idiot politicians to think about as they refuse to regulate or gag the 'sunny Jim' REI and PCA types:

Real estate bubble and the housing spin - 'I Want My Bubble Back!'

There's nothing funnier or more satisfying (for me, at least) than watching the National Association of Realtors (NAR) change its tune these days. The latest news release from this sunny-Jim industry group finally fesses up to its past fiction, but even when it admits the bubble's going to pop, it can't muster the courage to just come out and say it."

By Seth Jayson (TMF)

Realtors Using "Econ" to Push Overpriced Homes

Real estate agents seldom differ the world over...

patrick.net Blog - Realtors Using "Econ" to Push Overpriced Homes

No room at the inn - Online Opinion

Federal Labor Senator Kim Carr on 'the problem of homelessness' and reader comments, including some of my own:

No room at the inn

Reader comments

There appears to be an absence of policy ideas from Federal Labor on homelessness, and also a conspicuous lack of an affordable housing strategy.