This is taken in part from Dahl’s Brave New World, a book of drawings by Francis W. Dahl with text by Charles W. Morton, published October 22 (Atlantic-Little, Brown).
The fierce competition among bachelors to purchase homes has distorted a market in a way that could threaten the economy as a whole.
Although it dipped in early 2011, it has remained fairly steady throughout the year
Stock market declines have drawn attention to the housing market and especially to the condition of subprime mortgage lenders.