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interesting period right now. so what do you make of the current state of america? >> well, i put an album out about -- i think this was in 2005, and the title of the album was "liars." and i have this tendency sometimes to be a little bit prophetic in the music that i make. and at the time, it wasn't necessarily about politics. it was just about the human tendency to be dishonest in great and small ways. in other words, if someone says, how do you like my new hairdo, and you don't like it, but you say, it looks great on way. you're trying to find ways not to lie and sometimes there'...

August were 13% higher than last year, that's actually down more than 2% from the month before. the largest month-over-month decline since the index started 35 years ago. >> a pause and a breath is really what the housing market is experiencing. >> reporter: the biggest price drops are in the west. san francisco down 4.3%. seattle, down 3.9%. san diego, down 2.8. the driving factor, of course, rising mortgage rates, now nearly 7%, pushing many prospective buyers out of the market. >> mortgage payments are now 75% higher than they were last year. >> reporter: rob mebok is a california in califo...