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• On 17 Jun 2013 in Houseeowners are no happier than renters, FunTime said:

  toothfairy says
  

  All I know is that I dont like to rent. I dont like shuffling around my belongings. I have stuff that'll be in the same place for 30 years if i want.

  The only reason people wouldn't stay in a rental 30 years is their own choice. It's just not acceptable in the U.S. so people don't do it thinking that a rental is just a stepping stone lifting them up to their eventual ownership dreamy heaven.

  It would be interesting to know how many people who own houses shift their belongings because of washing machine floods, improvements, fires, and just plain moves. Several have written at patrick.net that the average time in a house is only 7.5 years.

  I get what you're saying, though, you're saying you personally think of owning as having the potential to deliver stable, unshuffled belongings for 30 years. Maybe you could rent with the same stability if it weren't for your thoughts?

• On 17 Jun 2013 in Broker on 'Million Dollar Listing' Caught Photoshopping Apt. Pictures, FunTime said:

  I thought the same thing as others here, 'What's the big deal?" Adding marble countertops, though, is not just photoshopping lighting effects into the picture to make it pretty. Maybe they could get away with photoshopping a couple bedrooms and then selling them as improvement plans.

• On 17 Jun 2013 in Are there enough new buyers to keep housing market rising?, FunTime said:

  "29%" compared with historic norms of "40%" ?! That sounds like a huge difference not accounted for simply by low-income households cut out by economic conditions.

  Typically confusing article where reporting low first-time housebuyers is followed by quotes of there being more first-time house buyers trying to beat interest rate increases.