thought of the day 2009 12 02 - housing pricing

I was catching up on back issues of The Economist and they had a pretty lengthly article about how America's housing market is supposed to be recovering. Which I suppose is true in some places, but not here. Housing prices never really fell here in Hawaii. They just didn't go up as fast. And it's annoying as fuck because I'd like to be able to buy a place but between prices and my credit, I'd be lucky to be able to afford a fucking dollhouse. And I'd probably have to take out a second mortgage on it.