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The Apartment Story — The National
This crash is going to take a long time. Even with the record number of foreclosures and speculators giving up en masse, there are still more speculators giving up every day. It seems there is a never-ending supply of 100% financing deals gone bad. This isn’t that surprising when you think about it. Every speculator has a unique financial situation and a unique stubbornness when it comes to admitting a mistake. The combination of these factors means that some will hold on longer than others, so we will continue to see these people give up one-by-one for some time to come. They will all give up, and when they do, they add more fuel to the fire burning down our housing market. Even if some of them manage to avoid foreclosure, they will sell when they get back to breakeven to get out of the bad investment. There is no way prices will consistently rise again until all these people have been flushed out of the market. With each passing month, we get new foreclosure records, so the process is in full swing.
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27 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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