Real Estate Maverick Mugs

'This town ain't big enough for the two of us, so I'm proposing 1,000 new homes with a commitment to affordable housing plus adjacent retail park and leisure destination.'

"Our hobby is finding old, run-down Victorian houses and levelling them."

Businessmen trying to prop up a line-chart with sticks

'And if you look to your left between the condos and the ABD store, you can see the ocean.'

At first I thought it was just coincidence, but then I realized it corresponded directly to your shift.

Employee won't think about work outside of box

"Delegating authority is good. Delegating blame is better."

It's okay Mom! As a broker, I'm under supervision of the SEC!

"When you say the meek will inherit the earth, does that include the mineral rights?"

'At Tesmer holdings, we don't break the rules! We change them!'

"For details on the bear market, here's a bear..."

"But there's no way in hell I could afford Jupiter today."

We need to put more money into Lithuanian sardine futures...I think that warrants bonuses all around!

Dow Jones drop

Travellers with a developer: 'I see ski slopes.'

His temperature appears to rise and fall with the FT index

"Apparently over 50% of people never look at their pension plans!"

"A home recently sold in my neighborhood."

"The only good news this year, gentlemen, is our massive bonuses."

Once again overbudget and past dealine, the predatory boa constractor adroitly squeezes the life from its victim's wallet.

'Excellent job, Fenwick, especially the part where you employ Magic Realism to fudge third-quarter earnings!'

'The market shifted on me.'

Vulture sitting over a plummeting graph.

'Hmmph. Here's an ad for affordable housing five minutes from downtown. By what means? Learjet?'

"May I recommend THIS property? It's ideal for first-time haunters..."

"A hole half this size sold for 340,000 acorns last week! No inspection!"

Somewhere in France: "I thought I was buying goat cheese. I endedup with a chateau in the Loire."

'For Sale by Neighbor'

"Which way up do you want it?"

The Contrarian funds

The two faces of capitalism.

"Looks like the high tech shares have taken another fall."

A large bird house with many compartments; one is labeled "Sup't.".

Emigrating to France.

"At last we own our own apartment. I feel like a king."