Novel Housing Explorers Gifts

Family living in an allevator

'Alone for the weekend at last!'

A corner market is taken over by suburban sprawl.

"I'm bored - let's buy a house in the country that has lots of problems."

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'We're looking for a place with no high walls.'

"Not too big a garden-my wife tires easily!"

"Frank?"

'I won't lie, it can get windy here.'

'Are you the Octomom who needs a new house?'

Godfrey Hunting for Lodgings

"We're interested in a five bath, one bedroom that's on the water."

"I don't get it. How come it's so cheap?"

Pop-up neighborhood

'Problems finding good, affordable housing?'

Safety pin helping pins cross street safely.

'Hey mom, look! One of Dad's old report cards! Boy, has he got a lot of explaining to do!'

"My parents said I could move back into my old room, but they forgot to mention they sold the house 7 years ago."

"As guides, you will escort kids this way, to the best part of our haunted house. The chamber of horrors!"

"We need a bigger place for my kids and his kids and our kids."

"Well, kids, mom and I finally bought a condo on a golf course!"

"We could easily sell this place—it shows nicely."

'And this is the anti-gravitational room.'

'I'm sorry Rudi - we're looking for something a bit closer to the shops'

"And back in May I got as far as the living room."

'And you hardly hear the neighbours, just the occasional shot gun bang.'

"I'm bucking the trend. I'm moving into my parents' attic."

"It's part of the government's new strategy for housing single parents."

Fire station pole. 'Don't worry, a fireman lives upstairs.'

"Why don't we see you anymore around town!"

"As you can see...it's in the catchment area for the local school."

'Yes, the moving sale was there, but now it's down the street. You'd better hurry before it moves again.'

"It's a small world because we never leave our neighborhood."

Pregnant woman with t-shirt 'Baby on way'; Man with t-shirt 'Mortgage on way'.

A Canadian speaks...I heard Flaherty talking about the housing bubble.