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Rental roulette on the west coast. California foreclosures are up 22 percent from Q4 of 2010 to Q1 of 2011. Santa Monica buy versus rent example. Rent for $5,500 a month or buy at $1,950,000.


The never ending pipeline of shadow inventory – 1,800,000 homes in foreclosure while another 2,000,000 are underwater by 50 percent. No housing recovery without clearing out shadow inventory and expanding real household wages.


Pasadena $2.4 million short sale and the Dual Income, No Kids growth from 2000. Have younger professionals shifted housing priorities because of the economy and inflated home prices?


The housing CPI lottery – How the Bureau of Labor and Statistics helps the Federal Reserve ignore the most important budget item for Americans.


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