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The lighter side of the US housing debacle By Prieur du Plessis, on August 11th, 2007 posted in: Business, Economy, Finance, Housing, Humor, Markets, Money  2 people had their say - chime in!
But with all painful situations there is usually also a lighter, or humorous, side. For instance earlier today, when paging through one of my PowerPoint presentations of about a year ago, I came across an assortment of housing-related advertisements and cartoons that made me think back fondly (in a somewhat perverse way) of the “bubble days”. I am sharing some of these with you below in the hope of bringing a smile to your face in this otherwise fairly grim hour.
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