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“Housing Hits Trifecta of Bad News”
I certainly am aware that we are the midst of the worst housing situation in America since the early ‘90s, and one that may be the worst since the depression era. USA Today highlighted the problems on the front page of its Money section: high foreclosure rates, falling prices and vacant homes. Miami leads the way in falling prices, Nevada in foreclosures and vacant homes for sale across the nation are 800,000 than would be the case in a normal market. Most every market has suffered, and will continue to do so it seems.
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Let’s talk about a drywall repair I recently did.
My son and one of his friends were wrestling and a teenage boy went thru a wall. So I’m not talking about spackling a little hole here. The wall was damaged from stud to stud (16 inches) and about the same height wise.
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