After long fruitless house hunting, I felt down. Some of my friends are lucky. Their parents buy houses for them. Anthony, a friend from college, lives in a NT$ 7 million townhouse which his Taiwanese parents bought for him in New Hampshire. His folks are very thrifty, but they paid his house in cash. Santa, if u are here. I have been good this year and I promise I will be good forever. Can I have a half million dollar home for Xmas?