# Dow Plundges again today, more problems **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 6, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dow-plundges-again-today-more-problems/200006 "2008-10-06T09:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 39
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dow-plundges-again-today-more-problems/200006/39 "2008-10-12T10:49:55Z")
> [@Now that the white stuff is starting to fall...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/now-that-the-white-stuff-is-starting-to-fall/38316/5): > > My friend is still flipping houses for a living, and has a bidding war between two people to buy one OVER listed price. I think Pittsburgh is in a lot better shape, having not had nearly as much of a housing boom as the rest of the country. Are these $5k homes that banks are selling because they’re trashed? I mean a $6k offer on a $5k house I can see, but if your buddy is paying $150k for homes listed at $125k, he isn’t going to be in business very long. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dow-plundges-again-today-more-problems/200006)._