News travels slowly to our nation's capital. In an article on the slow rate of sales of high end homes the Post never once mentions the extraordinary run-up in prices over the last decade. It's only sources are connected with the real estate industry, including Lawrence Yun, the chief economist of the National Association of Realtors.
--Dean Baker
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