Citigroup chairman Win Bishcoff said that housing prices in the US and Britain could fall for another two years before leveling off. It sounds nice, but it’s wrong. House prices are going to continue falling for long than two years - especially in highly-speculative areas like California, Florida and Nevada. The reason? Option ARM and Alt-A loan resets that start to kick-in in earnest around 2010. See below graph. So while various pundits and “people ...
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Citigroup chairman Win Bishcoff said that housing prices in the US and Britain could fall for another two years before leveling off. It sounds nice, but it’s wrong. House prices are going to continue falling for long than two years - especially in highly-speculative areas like California, Florida and Nevada. The reason? Option ARM and Alt-A loan resets that start to kick-in in earnest around 2010. See below graph. So while various pundits and “people ...Shared by Greg (2) Puneet Thapliyal (5)
