I thank God we did not have an aggressive Real estate agent because the rest of the process of buying a home was a snare for the unsuspecting buyer. The bank offered way more money than we could afford; the prices were inflated due to lack of competition ... Sara Pat Badgley, October 9th, 2008 6:37 pm ET. This week we saw our market sink, the Asian Market sink, the UK market sink....Is any country's market getting stronger or benefitting from the global economic failures? ...