friday free for all!

You've almost made it to the end of the week! Lets just call it Friday and do the open topic thing!

-Who in the real world can afford to live here ?
-At least you can start paying US prices for books.
-The demise of Britains housing boom?
-Fed done cutting rates?
-US government wants people to keep their homes.

What are you seeing out there? Post your news, links and thoughts here!