I'm not gonna defend the brokers, but RE lawyers aren't ambulance chasers...and appraisers provide a valuable service. And they don't make that much dough.
Do you have a point or are you just trying to place blame?
And by the way, I don't care for the materialistic world. I think it is trouble...but who am I to judge?
I don't think that it's a matter of assigning blame. It's a complex system. Bubbles don't form overnight and they are not the creation of one or two or even a hundred different professions.
My point, such as it was, is that banks are about to take a financial beating. This may or may not lead to more consolidation or the tax payer picking up the tab, S&L style.
What is happening is very dangerous...
There is no blame. There's just what is. CAVEAT EMPTOR always.