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...think Hank Johnson will cruise to a very easy win here," says Emory University political science professor Alan Abramowitz. The district is 57% black, and encompasses liberal DeKalb County, where Emory University is located. With a median family income of $52,552, it is one of the most affluent African-American counties in the nation. The district supported John Kerry in 2004 with 72% of its vote...
...house party had to end eventually, even if sellers refuse to believe it. Many remain defiant to the point of delusion, demanding one more drink at the housing bar. Real estate bulls point out that the nation's median home price is still up 0.9% this year, to $231,000. But that stat is misleading. There's a stalemate between buyers and sellers: property owners are reluctant to cut prices, and buyers are patrolling from the sidelines, hoping for fire sales. "We've had sellers' markets for the last five years, and they're transitioning to buyers' markets," says David...
...mood isn't any brighter in San Diego, another overheated market. In June the city's median home price fell 1% from a year earlier. That's the first decline in a decade. "$579,000--Getting Desperate!" reads an ad posted on Craigslist in the metro area. "There are three times as many houses on the market as there were a year ago," says Vikki Kuick, a broker who placed...
...prices, although below those of high-end dentists, are not much lower than the typical rates in most major cities (and like many traditional dentists, Vital Dent doesn't participate directly in insurance plans). According to a 2005 year-end survey published in the journal Dental Economics, the median price of a surface filling was $112; Vital Dent charges about...