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Even in Texas?
Much of south Texas avoided the housing bubble experienced in other major markets. I suspect that one reason is land is plentiful and the expressway system is well-developed, so people think nothing of living 20-30 miles outside the beltway, where land is quite inexpensive.

But in missing the bubble, one might have expected that Houston would also miss the downturn in the housing market being experienced elsewhere. But, then again, maybe not. This photo was taken earlier this week while I was visiting my son in Houston:

Category: Economics, Photographs Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 1:01pm
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Tom Hanna (mail) (www):
Foreclosures were big business even at the height of the boom. The great thing about selling them then was that, like everything else, they sold quick, and the "flippers" came in droves to ads like that one.
4.15.2008 7:59pm
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