“...told me that home values have been collapsing here ever since the word of Duncan first broke.”
Please let me know of any great real estate deals in Dallas, Houston or Austin that have resulted from the Great Texas Ebola Outbreak of 2014. I have read that those cities are great real estate markets and in some areas home prices have increased up to 20% per year.
While I can't personally vouch for what my 81-year old deacon friend told me, he's a good Christian man. I tend to put great faith in what he says. He was among those who introduced me to Free Republic in a men's Sunday School class on September 16, 2001 when I asked about the most reliable news source for 9-11. So he does have a background of credibility to me.
And admittedly anecdotal, while out to get the mail this morning, I did notice a new For Sale sign on my street. It wasn't there yesterday. Maybe just coincidence or...maybe not.