The disappearance of home equity value is a lead weight on the recovery
The same thing happened during the Hoover/Roosevelt catastrophe in the 20's/30's/40's. Home prices/values cascaded to 1/3 of their former pre-crash values. Same scenario in play today on a much larger scale.
2 posted on 09/23/2010 9:51:46 AM PDT by Don Corleone
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