The weekend is nearly here so lets do our regular end of the week news round-up and open topic discussion. Here are a few stories I’ve noticed this week:
-BC housing market ‘on pause‘
–Gas and food costs blamed for RE slowdown
-Assignment deals ‘still available‘
–Realtor fired for false statements
-Shaky markets make retirees nervous
–US trouble rains on our parade
-Hundreds indicted in US mortgage fraud
-UK house prices will fall by 30%
-Really, really, really easy credit
-Condo bust draws scams and squatters
-Brace for global stock and credit crash
-Write downs may reach $1.3 trillion
So what are you seeing out there? Post your news, links and anecdotes here and have a great weekend!