Reality (TV) reflects slowing housing market

Is the proliferation of reality TV shows based on real estate a sign that the housing market has truly slowed? Some say it is. The theory goes that the current national pastime of watching reality TV shows based on real estate has replaced many Americans’ actual experience in the buying, searching for, and selling of real estate. It’s also a nice diversion, if a viewer is still in the hunt for a buyer or a new home why not for a while watch someone else go through such travails? more [Washington Post]