Length of real estate bear market

There was an interesting table on the FT last Saturday that reported the length and extension of house prices drop (the bear market) in 15 economies since 1970 (mainly Europe, USA + Japan, Korean, New Zealand and Canada).
On Average, the bear market has lasted 6+ years, and the prices dropped between 16% (Canada) and 50% […]

Signs of a bubble bursting

I remember back in January a colleague of mine telling this story to a small audience.
“Sunday I was in bad with a bit of flu, and here he calls, the agent from XXX, asking me if I wanted to see some property to buy (he showed interest in buying a property weeks before). I […]