Small accomplishments

Anyone asking this particular question about the housing market in recent days would stand a pretty good chance of winding up here for this story from last week. Interestingly, that nine month old LA Times story in position number three tells of San Diego economist Ryan Ratcliff who had just bought a foreclosure for about 25 percent off the 2006 sale price. A quick check at White Pages and Zillow show that his assessment of "close enough that I'm comfortable" for the housing market bottom is holding up OK so far.