It depressed REO prices significantly, which probably fed into the high discount rate.

As of right now I'm planning on doing a xeriscape in the front keeping it very minimal with only a few plants and laying mulch instead of the dead grass and weeds.

Some of the growth can be attributed to the high inflation rate of the 1970s.Median Price change: Positive1980 recession: The result of raised interest rates (as high as 20% in 1981) by Fed Chair, Paul Volcker, to fight the inflation of the 1970s.

I waited for the FED notice, checked the online court docket daily, and was fully prepared to file an answer and counterclaim.

How does it get better, well first of all lets start with the Fed. 

@Joseph Duenas I am talking from experience here:the snake is the grass is not so much what the local bank thinks but rather what the Business line credit does to you.

They got a list for high grass, peeling paint, failing roof and crap in the yard?  

Plant grass?

However, when the Fed decides to try and slow down the economy with massive interest rate hikes the situation changes.  

They will have to resod the area where the pool is as it will kill the grass.