Boom, Bust, Boom, Bust....

The lost decade: prices now back to 2001 level

SO HOW did it all go so wrong in the property market? For a while there, mid-noughties, people in the property business felt they could walk on water. Now, with almost a decade of growth wiped off the value of Irish homes, both buyers and sellers are asking, how low can we go? Are we still in freefall, bumping along the bottom, or seeing the beginnings of recovery? Nobody wants to make the call.

[source: Irish Times - click for full article]

George Michael - December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas)

Although it's a nice song, I'm still not 100% decided if it lives up to the usual high quality of George's material in terms of content; it does feel somewhat short or lacking. Saying that, it does have a lovely melancholy feel about it, a nicely animated video and the softness of his aged voice make it pleasent to the ear.