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Even Phoenix Will Rise from The Housing Ashes

  On average home prices have fallen 32.2% since they hit their peak in the second quarter of 2006. In super housing bubble markets like Phoenix and Las Vegas home prices have plummeted by 50% from their all time highs. At the risk of being labeled a cock-eyed optimist I will predict  - The end is near! What makes me so optimistic? Traditionally home prices have tracked inflation. In fact, in the last 50 years home prices have appreciated approximately 1% faster than inflation. There is an internal logic to this trend. If housing prices appreciate at a rate that is appreciably faster than income, within a decade we would be unable to purchase our own homes. And that is exactly what has happened. Fueled by political pressure from the left and… Continue reading | 2 Comments