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Is anyone else starting to get the feeling that it will soon be politically unfeasible for the federal government to foreclose on mortgages that it owns? Between the recent takeover of Fannie and Freddie and the likely upcoming establishment of some sort of federally controlled trust to buy up...

<p>As a statistic, the median home price <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/06/business/06leonhardt.html?">can</a> <a href="http://piggington.com/what_the_median_does_not_tell_you">be</a> <a href="http://www.kauaihomesales.com/real-estate-headlines.htm">misleading.</a></p> <p>Taking a cue...

Percentage of MLS asking prices (condo and sfr only) at or below 5 times 2005 median city household income. Collected 02/03/07 from ziprealty.com and factfinder.census.gov. Irvine - 4.6% Temecula - 3.1% Newport Beach - 2.5% Ontario - 2.1% Moreno Valley - 2.0% Santa Ana...

<p>Irvine has a reputation for excellent schools. It seems reasonable that some sort of premium is "baked in" to the price of homes in Irvine due to this benefit. What is everyone's opinion about he size of this premium? In other words, by what percentage (or perhaps it's constant?) would the...