Housing slump may rival late '80s
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The Massachusetts housing market will remain in a slump, and by the time it hits bottom about a year from now, prices will have dropped 14 percent from the peak in 2005, according to an economic forecast released yesterday.
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It started with subprime mortgages. Now owners of McMansions are defaulting, and the effects of the housing bust are beginning to ripple through the economy.
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U.S. home prices will likely drop for the rest of this year, then rebound in 2007 as the housing supply tightens, the National Association of Realtors said today.
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The housing market, in its deepest rut since the early 1990s, is likely to get worse in the near term, economists said.
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Home prices are not very far below peak levels in most markets, but continued weakness could change that.
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Although existing homes are selling at their slowest pace in four years, most Americans are confident their homes are worth more now than they were a year ago, according to a survey released on Thursday.
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New figures suggest buying to let - a phenomenon of the housing boom - could be waning.
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Not everyone has suffered from the current housing slump. Exceptions include entrepreneurs with deep experience in real estate and those who have carved out a special niche.
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When the Washington area's housing market boomed at the turn of the century, so did local government spending. Now a cooler market is creating budget gaps in a region that until recently was spared leaner times.
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Pending home sales fall, but also prove opportunity for long-term investors.
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Soaring U.S. home values in the first five years of this decade have left homeowners feeling flush, but housings costs also have risen sharply, cutting into stagnant incomes, Census Bureau data show.
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A lean supply of homes in hot  markets and a growing U.S. economy is expected to keep house  prices in most parts of the country from reversing course,  analysts and real estate agents say.
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Property prices are falling at rates not seen since the 1990s housing recession, surveyors warn.
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Housing bust and falling sales-tax revenues remind some officials of the period before 2001 recession.
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Business & money: Weakening house prices and soft consumer spending set to make 2008 worst year since early 1990s
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The market's turmoil may be especially unsettling for middle-aged homeowners.
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In once-booming areas, now hard hit by housing crisis, stimulus plan could be too little, too late.