I think it is a combination of things mentioned above but mostly the slowdown in posts or the deviation to gas prices, stocks and politics is because of the season. We all expected the decline in prices to stall from April to August, we are in a bit of an intermission. 80% of the posters are looking at a select few, higher end San Diego markets and those areas have yet to take serious 50% off hits, as their day approaches you will see an uptick in activity here. It is a boring time in the cycle. Another factor along the lines of what JWM said about life sometimes interferes, the sunshine, vacations, etc. has most of us distracted, as the days get shorter and the meltdown reumes, this site will be more active.