Showing posts with label house. Show all posts
Showing posts with label house. Show all posts

Monday, February 2, 2009

The recession will end in... how about 2012?


About time someone started getting real about how long and how deep this downturn / recession/ depression is really going to be.

Hail courageous Mr Husing.

In California Riverside County has sunk into a deep recession — potentially the most prolonged since the Great Depression — and might not recover until 2012, economist John Husing says in a report to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.

Months ago, Husing said he saw recovery in 2010. He now predicts the rebound won't arrive until 2011 or 2012.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

House sales mirror the Great Depression


Bloomberg reports that sales of single-family houses in the U.S. dropped in November by the most in two decades and resale prices collapsed at a pace reminiscent of the Great Depression, dashing speculation the market was close to a bottom.