Friday, 04 November 2005
House prices
House price inflation is only a real gain to dead people. Only when you drop down dead can you also get rid of the roof over your head. Otherwise, your gain is largely an illusion. You can't take advantage of it without sleeping under a bridge. That's not a realistic alternative in a cold northern country like Finland.
House prices in US have been reaching astronomical hights. The median house price in San Francisco has reached $726,900. Is this too high? How much should a house in San Francisco sell for? Real estate specialists are telling that that the typical resident of Northern California cannot afford to buy the typical house. Which makes me wonder who does buy them.
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Sunday, 27 February 2005
Parents using Internet
Anxious parents are turning to technology to make sure teenagers behave themselves when they take the family car out for a spin.
One in eight cars in the US currently has some form of data recorder installed which logs details of the vehicle's movements.
But a wave of new devices is giving parents the chance to follow their offspring and receive alerts by email or phone of any dangerous driving.
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