Word: welling
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...person caught in the middle is Teri Lupo, who bought her first house - an $80,000 starter home - when she was 20 years old. Over the years, she and her husband Scott have owned a couple of other houses as well. They don't anymore...
This, you might be asking, is the good news? Well, yes, it is, because a housing recovery isn't just about bottoming out on price. What is more important for a healthy market is that there be a prevailing logic or reason - rooted in local neighborhoods, in local economies - for houses to cost what they do. And that sort of logic, as illustrated by Boise, is reclaiming the housing market from coast to coast...
...Americans who stash a decent slug of income in savings, put down $50,000 and mortgaged the rest. A couple of years ago, they paid off the loan. "Friends used to say, you can cash out your equity and do so much stuff. You could travel," says Michael. "Well, instead of getting the four-wheelers and the boat, we paid off our house...
Yesterday, I saw B and his coworkers across from my office, at the entrance to a complex of red brick housing projects, joking after a long day of work. I was wearing glasses, and couldn't see very well. But B called to me just as I walked outside. He had been slowly teaching me about greetings, and he extended a pound. I flubbed on the first try—maybe my mind was tangled. Then I asked B and one of his friends about handshakes. I had always felt that the pounders were somehow excluding me, and was sure...
Creeper had crossed the line. Well, my line at least. Everyone else didn’t seem to mind the sad little guy. I wondered aloud why no one had kicked his ass yet, or at the very least removed him. A few Uruguayos relayed his story. Creeper was on horse tranquilizers. But given his parents’ social status (famous psychiatrists…connection?), he and his bag were always welcome at Montevideo establishments...