Victims of the housing bubble
Q: What's faster than lightning? A: The speed with which a "for sale" sign on a house is replaced by a "sold" sign. Somebody wrote that on Facebook recently, in a happy mood, since they had just sold their house for a tidy sum. And we know it's true, because everybody seems to be talking about it. I know some people who sold a house a couple of months ago. It had been delayed going on the market by a variety of factors. When they started talking about selling they were told they might get $650,000,…