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As for domain speculation, recent million dollar+ sales of domains have not all turned into parking pages, especially when ppc rates have fallen into the abyss recently. It appears there is a new breed of buyers who are putting their dollars to work. For example, Candy.com sold for $3million and they quickly turned it into a fully developed, functioning site. Auction.com is not a parked page, it’s a working site for the REDC. Phone.com offers a variety of telephony applications and they have evolved with the new ownership. The domain industry appears to be trending in the right direction without a need for a dramatic shift as the recent paradigm shift the commercial real estate market has already been quite an ordeal for the banking sector in recent years.

This following paragraph is taken from the “History of Home Mortgages”:

“In 1938, the Canadian government, not to be left out, introduced the National Housing Act (NHA). In 1954, they followed the United States’ example by insuring mortgage loans. The Bank Act was also amended to allow Canada’s chartered banks to lend money for mortgages. Everybody was recognizing the growth the housing market was contributing to the economy.”

http://www.thehistoryof.net/history-of-home-mortgages.html

I think it is time we concede we need a paradigm shift to considerably, but not entirely move away from speculation. Such a shift could come about, through an organisation such as ICANN or Rick’s T.R.A.F.F.I.C, by proposing a national legal “financial” amendment, that makes it possible for the average/big business consumer to “mortgage” domains for commercial development through the local Retail Banking system.

I’m sure you may conclude in your un-biased academic research, that in the absence of such a creative financial paradigm for domain investing, suggests the industry may not quite actualize itself as it could or should….hence a casino? Bearing in mind casinos do work….albeit for some.