Affordable Housing Jibber Jabber

February 1st, 2010 by stacyherbert

Stacy Summary: Fascinating charts (via Mish) on least and most affordable housing in the world.  Needless to say, Canada, Australia, UK and US dominate in the ‘least affordable’ category.   But I was surprised that they TOTALLY dominated.  I expected at least one of say Paris, Amsterdam, Moscow, Hong Kong or Singapore to be on the least affordable list?  (I might add, the US also dominates the ‘most affordable’ list).  (Update:  France is not included in the list of countries/cities in the housing index).

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  • dan valley
    Feb 2, 2010 at 2:23 am

    @Mep…..I dont disagree :)

  • Phil /Germany
    Feb 2, 2010 at 2:23 am

    SAM ALITO, PINK CANTOR AND THE OBAMA FAN CLUB

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78kpLT6MbOc&feature=sub

    Must watch IMO.
    Congressional corruption 1st. hand !

  • Dedo
    Feb 2, 2010 at 2:29 am

    Exercise for today,..write essay about either Tony Blair or George Bush(or any politican/lawyer), incorporating each of the traits below:
    Glibness/superficial charm.
    Grandiose sense of self-worth.
    Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
    Pathological lying
    Conning/manipulative
    Lack of remorse or guilt
    Shallow affect
    Callous/lack of empathy
    Parasitic lifestyle
    Poor behavioral controls
    Promiscuous sexual behavior
    Early behavior problems
    Lack of realistic, long-term plans
    Impulsivity
    Irresponsibility
    Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
    Many short-term marital relationships
    Juvenile delinquency
    Revocation of conditional release
    Criminal versatility (Hare, 1986)
    Above, the traits of a psychopath. : )

  • dan valley
    Feb 2, 2010 at 2:59 am

    did anyone watch hank paulson plug his new book on squawk box today…..i threw up

  • Amandip Singh
    Feb 2, 2010 at 3:01 am

    Hey stacy

    I am getting Scottrade banner on top of http://www.maxkeiser.com website banner and it seems to be super imposed on website banner where there used to be goldmoney banner.

    Is it being put by you guys or site is being hacked? Just wondering if its by you guys as in last two years i haven’t seen any commercial add on your site.

    Aman

  • Phil /Germany
    Feb 2, 2010 at 3:06 am

    The Secessionist Campaign for the Republic of Vermont

    …
    …
    On Jan. 15, in the state capital of Montpelier, nine candidates for statewide office gathered in a tiny room at the Capitol Plaza Hotel, to announce they wanted a divorce from the United States of America. “For the first time in over 150 years, secession and political independence from the U.S. will be front and center in a statewide New England political campaign,” said Thomas Naylor, 73, one of the leaders of the campaign.

    A former Duke University economics professor, Naylor heads up the Second Vermont Republic, which he describes as “left-libertarian, anti-big government, anti-empire, antiwar, with small is beautiful as our guiding philosophy.” The group not only advocates the peaceful secession of Vermont but has minted its own silver “token” – valued at $25 – and, as part of a publishing venture with another secessionist group, runs a monthly newspaper called Vermont Commons, with a circulation of 10,000. According to a 2007 poll, they have support from at least 13% of state voters. The campaign slogan, Naylor told me, is “Imagine Free Vermont.” In his fondest imaginings, Naylor said, Vermonters would not be “forced to participate in killing women and children in the Middle East.”
    …
    …

    http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/vermont-secession-campaign.html

  • Phil /Germany
    Feb 2, 2010 at 3:09 am

    PS@The Secessionist Campaign for the Republic of Vermont
    By Christopher Ketcham / Montpelier Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010

    TIME … whole article.

    http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1957743,00.html

  • SG
    Feb 2, 2010 at 3:18 am

    @aman
    Er… maybe think america… think… commercialisation, self promotion, self obsession… etc, etc!!!

  • Mother Earth
    Feb 2, 2010 at 3:18 am

    The gold supression scheme seems to be failing..Oil should go up, not gold..Maybe the owners have reached a conclusion on who owns most, or the occupation of Haiti secured gold dominance for the US?

    “Gold and copper were found in the Caribbean nation decades ago, but Haiti’s instability and lack of infrastructure have discouraged investment. A Barrick Gold Corp site about 130 miles (210 kilometers) southeast in the Dominican Republic is estimated to contain 20.4 million ounces of gold.” from http://tinyurl.com/ydxwpql (may 2009)

  • Phil /Germany
    Feb 2, 2010 at 3:21 am

    BTW…
    I was just wondering when M&S would run of material on the Biggest Heist in History … seems just to go on and on … almost never ending !

    Good for Max & Stacy’s website I suppose !
    ;-)

    OTOH, never underestimate the length and depth of lies that the Govts. will get up to to keep the music playing …saying “it’s good for us, we don’t want the system to collapse, now do we ! ”

    …. which comes to the real problem IMO :

    Who and what will it replaced with ?
    @frances … total global control NWO / BIS / IMF ?
    @Bonn … (alcohol) prohibition ? ;-)
    @Me … total Fiat collapse and forced back to the reality of real money – Gold and Silver ?

    FWIW

  • SG
    Feb 2, 2010 at 3:38 am

    @phil
    or maybe if we hope and wish and pray and look up at the sky long enough some benevolent and aliens will come down and act like father figures to us!!!

  • Marc Authier
    Feb 2, 2010 at 6:07 am

    Haiti real estate is a real bargain if you can tolerate of being crush now and then by your roof. A rea steal. This statistic means absolutely nothing. Other important factors are missing. Affordeable here does not mean a good buy.

  • I hate speculators
    Feb 2, 2010 at 1:36 pm

    Australia is a real hole now. Look at this piece of garbage for $760k.

    http://www.domain.com.au/Property/For-Sale/House/NSW/Allambie-Heights/?adid=2008141589

    I’m really stinging for a depression.

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