Economists have found that not only do real estate agents not try to sell houses for too much, but instead they try to sell them for too little.

Pretty much everyone in his office shares the same view, and he's sent me economists newsletters that say the same thing.  

You might try browsing the PDX monthly RE section and the economist for some insight there.Good luck to you!

The latest episode that really stood out to me was when economist Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics was interviewed.Best,

I'm not an economist so maybe I'm missing some numbers from somewhere.

Here's some info to share with your local politicians and State assembly:Contacting Califronia state assemblyman:http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/You should also look up your local city council members and contact them.Almost every Urban Planning and economist organization agrees that rent controls hurt local governments/cities:This is really an issue with the city.

You don't see the big name economists on FoxNews or CNN that says "Bryan Clement, High School Graduate", it just doesn't happen.

I am not an economist, but if you ask 100 different ones, you will get 100 different answers.We are still seeing record low unemployment, very good job growth and solid consumer spending.

Here is a site that can give you a good overview, search it and check out resources as they are provided within articles and commenters, see www.zerohedge.com Here are some quotes and link to a complete article that was recently released there:http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-27/hope-not-good-policy-saxo-bank-warns-entire-world-headed-minsky-moment'Mads Koefoed, Saxo Bank’s macro economist, projects US growth at around 2.0% for all of 2014.

It's written by the CEO and chief economist.