Man it's great to be a California homeowner...

Yeah... notsomuch:

Calif. home price down 24%, nation’s worst

June 2nd, 2008

First American LoanPerformance says California is again the nation’s worst housing market with prices falling at a 24.37% annual rate as of late April. California has held this dubious distinction since May ‘07.

Following California in April price tumbles: Florida at -17.11%; Nevada at -16.61%; Arizona at -15.78%; and Ohio at -13.41%.

National best was Utah, up 4.13%, and Montana, +4.12%. Only 17 of the 50 states and District of Columbia showed price gains in the year, according to FALP’s math that tracks “paired sales” — gains or losses on individual homes. 

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On the good side, I got my condo for a song, it just means we aren't moving / selling anytime soon.

Something more important than Sephora

Holy shit, Peter Sykora just scored the winning goal in the 3rd OT. I was assuming I'd be posting a congrats to ocnativesfriend tonight, but apparently that may have to wait. 

The amazing part is that Sykora called it, he made a motion to one of the announcers that he was going to score the next goal, and that was some time back in the 1st OT.




As I watched I also got all my ironing done and mended a pair of pants I've been using a safety pin on for months.