If, or when (if you read some economists), the "Fed Reserve Bubble" pops, we could potentially see a drop in real estate value.

I read the Wall Street Journal, TIME, and have recently started reading the Economist.

According to this recent article from the Economist, 52% of Los Angelenos rent and the vast majority spend well over 30% of their income on rent.

You might also want to check out local forecasts at UHERO: http://www.uhero.hawaii.edu/The state's leading economists forecasted the median sale price on Oahu to increase to $750k next summer, up from ~$640k this past summer.

Many Economists are becoming concerned at the possibility of negative interest rates becoming a real possibility.

However Moodys chief economist thinks otherwise. https://www.economy.com/dismal/analysis/free/25178...

Keep in mind I believe strongly that inflation is on the way, this is something that many economists will disagree with, others will agree with me.

I posted some stats from "The Economist" in a post in the REO forum yesterday, so I won't repeat them here.

The 12/8/07 issue of "The Economist" has an article about the plan.

Or the comments by the National Association of Realtor’s Economist about how home prices are growing quicker than incomes are causing buyers to hold off on purchases,See Here.A quick look into MLS activity today has 55 properties “back on” the market(meaning the previous contract failed to close) and an additional 17 revisions to financing.