With bidding stalled on some of the least desirable residences in Detroit's collapsing housing market, even the fast-talking auctioneer was feeling the stress.Houses cheaper than cars in Detroit (Reuters via Yahoo News)
"Folks, the ground underneath the house goes with it. You do know that, right?" he offered.
After selling house after house in the Motor City for less than the $29,000 it costs to buy the average new car, the auctioneer tried a new line: "The lumber in the house is worth more than that!
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Hunter S. Thompson
20 March 2007
Houses cheaper than cars in Detroit
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