May 8th, 2009 - MSNBC

Kostas Kalaitzidis wanted to buy a home when he moved to Phoenix in 2008, but between his modest salary and the expensive market, he couldn’t swing it.
What a difference a year makes.
Kalaitzidis recently made an offer on a home priced at $82,000, far less than the $220,000 it might have fetched last year.
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