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I’m loving this new blog that savages the vacuous marketing behind the condos that are springing up all around Vancouver like mushrooms in cow shit:
condohype [via Rob Cottingham]

First impressions are important and Origin’s is one of timeless elegance, thanks to West Coast-inspired architecture and enduring, natural-looking materials like timber, brick and Hardie plank siding.
“Natural-looking materials?” […]

This is brilliant: Home prices from 1890 to the present, adjusted for inflation, and plotted to a roller coaster. What a wild ride, and a great way to visualize the raw data.
Real Estate Roller Coaster - Google Video