patrick clark has been looking into that. are we headed down the same road as 10 years ago? ick: certainly, it is not the same road as you look at the conditions present in the lead up to the last house -- loose credit, lots and lots of construction of new homes, cheap homes -- we don't have those things happening today. so -- shery: but the last time we said that it probably was not a bubble, it was a bubble, and it burst. patrick: right, sure. it is uncomfortable writing a story saying it is not a bubble because i am aware 10 years ago people wrote those stories and looked stupid a couple years later. vonnie: let's forget about the word "bubble," because you never know until it is over whether it is or isn't, but our home prices austin? in places like patrick: theypatrick: may be too high, but the high prices are being fueled by a lack of inventory of homes, and not by really easy credit, and probably not by home flippers speculating that prices will continue to rise. there is some of that going on, but nothing like 10 years ago. second, third, and forth homebuying. patrick