For those who haven't got into the home-ownership boom, they're in a double bind,

Full-time work does in no way guarantee the housing you're in.

It will also mean a significant increase in demand for manufactured houses. Because it's a more accepted form and common form of housing [in the region], and it can be supplied relatively quickly.

In the short run, you're going to start seeing a growing demand for building material products, which are already under significant demand with the home building industry humming along so much. It means that there will be even more pressure on prices in that area.

[Those who get squeezed in a housing bust are simply those who can no longer afford to keep paying their mortgages and so lose their homes to the bank.] A slowing of sales does not necessarily mean a collapse or even a decline in prices, ... Prices may grow very slowly, perhaps not even as high as inflation, so you would have a slow deflation.

[--] You need to add a 40-home-run guy and a guy who hits .310, that's two hitters, ... You need to re-sign Jeff Weaver, the innings he gives us are priceless....