Ladrillos (The Spanish Real Estate Bubble) January 2014, Talavera de la Reina Ø 62 x 3 cm Hand painted Talavera ceramic plate i The real estate bubble in Spain saw prices rise 201% from 1985 to 2007. Coinciding with the late 2000s crisis, prices began to fall. A brick is a block, or a single unit of a ceramic material used in masonry construction, usually stacked together, or laid using various kinds of mortar to hold the bricks together and make a permanent structure Ladrillo (Spanish) = brick. It may also refer informally to the construction business. The image is from a Spanish candy produced by Fini. Tags: Spain, brick, real estate, bubble, economy, ceramic, plate 11 / 18