Take a foreclosure thrill ride on the Web

By J. Patrick Coolican · August 15, 2008 · 3 PM

Winning the West

(The Sun has gone on the road to listen to voters and talk to political leaders around the West. Reporters will examine the economic, cultural and demographic forces re-shaping the region as they drive to Denver for the first of the two major party conventions the Sun will cover.)

TUCSON--A few places had real estate markets as crazy as Vegas the past few years, and Arizona was one of them. (Arizona, Nevada, California and Florida are driving the foreclosure mess.) Someone here pointed me to a cool Web site, which allows you to view an illustration of historical real estate prices, manifested in a roller coaster.

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By neiman1

8/16/08 at 10:19 a.m.

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As long as energy costs are high, people will be broke. Let's see if we can get an Agreement with Russia and buy out oil from them. Maybe through their new pipeline in Georgia.

Winning The West

The Sun continues its Winning the West coverage this week at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Reporters first went on the road to listen to voters and political leaders around the West, then covered the Democratic National Convention last week in Denver.