It seems like many people felt that if everyone believed the real estate market boom would never end, that belief would keep it going forever.So while there were some warnings were made of this coming bust, those warnings were either ignored, or silenced.Similar to what happened before the Great D.

Common sense tells us no, but investors actions during the boom shows us that many believed it was possible

That's what they say everytime there is a boom or bust - EVERY TIME.

Way down toward the bottom of this page.In other posts I've made the prediction that some places will never again in our lifetimes see prices where they were during the boom.

WASHINGTON – Wells Fargo & Co . abruptly reconsidered a pricey Las Vegas casino junket Tuesday after a torrent of criticism that it was misusing $25 billion in taxpayer bailout money.

I thought I'd be opening a pandora's box.I must say, though, a recent news story on NBC about a garden at the white house, and the boom on growing your own;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#29803183and noting that there hasn't been a garden at the white house since the "victory garden" of WWII, does make one stop and wonder.Ralph

These are properties that were 150k+ at the height of the boom so it's pretty amazing.

Prices have dipped, it's definitely a buyer's market, and properties stay on the market for substantially longer than they once did here, but for the most part you didn't see the complete bottoming-out that other cities struggled with (and during the boom you didn't see exploding prices, either).

Only the West side (Anglophone side of Montreal) is experiencing the major boom.

The US Economy is still booming with no sign of stopping yet. some A type buildings are slowing down because of over supply issues in some markets.