Realty's unscrupulous reality

The collapse of a 13-storey building in Shanghai's Minhang district last week has sent shivers down the spines of homeowners as well as potential buyers, who have either spent or are ready to spend their life savings on a dream house.

Worries of daily life have haunted us for long. Right from rocketing property costs to contaminated foodstuff to unforeseen tragedies - the latest being the Chengdu bus blaze that killed 27 people, and not to forget the Chenzhou train collision.

If that wasn't already enough now we have to worry about our houses dropping to the ground.