What’s missing from the discussion on housing?

By: PAUL JACKSON
August 11, 2008

Well, everyone, we’re just about to push the very first issue of HW Magazine out the door. Whew. But we just realized today that one very important thing is missing, and so we’re looking for your thoughts on the following question: what’s missing in the national discussion of the housing mess?

Is it that things aren’t as bad as they seem–or that they’re worse than we think? Is it that a bank nobody thinks about is about to be felled–or that the banking system is stronger than most are giving it credit for? You get the idea. Tell us your thoughts, and why, and we’ll feature the best reader answers in our inaugural print magazine department called “The Sounding Board.”

We’re doing this because we want HW Magazine to connect with what we’re doing here on the web; there are other ways of making this happen, but we thought dedicating some pages in the magazine to what our readers think on an important issue would be fun….and a neat canvas of public opinion, literally.

Of course, your answers will be featured here on housingwire.com, too, in a special section when the magazine is finally launched. But time is of the essence here: you need to get your one answer to our single question into us before Wednesday night. So have fun, and see what you can come up with!

To participate, simply CLICK HERE to send us your answers.

PS - for those interested, and that’s plenty judging by emails I’ve gotten, you can now order a single magazine copy now for just $15. Just click the magazine subscription button in the upper right hand corner and select the Sept./Oct. single-issue option, or click here and choose “subscribe now.” You’ll have the single-issue option.


4 Responses to “What’s missing from the discussion on housing?”

  • August 12th, 2008 7:16 am by nick gogerty

    how about a discussion of the future. not just 3-6 months out but 10 years. the average home has increased from 1,020 sq ft. to 2,300 since 1950. the average number of occupants has shrunk. the average commute has jumped to 45 minutes. any hazards on a guess for what things look like 20 years out. older population, less works, security seeking.. smaller more maneagable homes, thoughts. how about an ask the designers and social planners feature.

  • August 12th, 2008 8:43 am by PAUL JACKSON

    Nick - you’ll like what’s in the magazine, then. We tackle some of these questions directly.

  • August 12th, 2008 9:41 am by Some Guy

    The web form for submitting answers does not give a confirmation. It just jumps to the home page. Is it actually working ?

  • August 12th, 2008 11:42 am by PAUL JACKSON

    Yes -it’s working. We’ve added in a confirmation page, just to eliminate confusion. Thanks for the feedback!

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