Yet, a recent huge scandal brought to light that there has been systematic corruption in the construction industry in my province of Quebec for decades.

So, it may not be so scandalous after all ;-)

Seemed like such a major (if not scandalous) development...He seemed to have disclosed major & important information about the inner-workings of NRIA.  

I was buying property in Sarasota in 2010 when inventory was at 45 months inventory, and then the robbo scandal happened and the inventory was pulled.

The Mayor's office has growing scandal about the mis-appropriation of funds, making it even harder to obtain credible information pertaining to the Fema Program.Crime in the Southwest has increased dramatically.

how will the sub-prime scandal hurt the flipping business?

As an investment banker, and my colleagues and I strongly believe that a 15Y or 30Y fixed mortgage is the ultimate bank scandal, since you effectively pay double to triple your purchase price if you include the future interest payments.By saying that, I also bias since I love ARMs, and I believe that despite the rising interest rate environment, ARMs are still the best choice, although it does take some understanding.

My husband and I are incredibly lucky that we were involved in the VW diesel scandal and so the payment we got allowed us to pay everything off except the mortgage on our house.

After the scandal the hoa jumped from $75 a month to $220.

Then there was gas shortages, the S&L scandal, Enron, Dot.Com bubble, challenger explodes, GARBAGE PAIL KIDS, I mean really pick your calamity, chaos and fear center over the last 40's years and the worst of the worst is a 10yr "blip" from '08'.