His skills are not as an economist or stock analyst, which are occupations that require an ability to predict the consequence of new laws on an industry.3.

Charles, this is actually something that many economists have been advocating for a long time.

On August 3, a top Morgan Stanley economist recommended to the Senate Budget Committee that Fannie and Freddie ease their lending standards to allow millions of Americans to refinance their mortgages."

i too can only see interest rates going up, although i'm no economist...i'm trying to limit balloons and get as much fixed long term financing as possible..

Studies done by behavioral economists show that people get more lasting satisfaction from experiences than from material possessions.In addition to the reason given above above, I would like home prices to go down for one more reason: I think our society has created a "moral-hazard" favoring bubbles.

Simple math still works in a complex-math-addicted world no matter what textbook or economist one chooses for guidance otherwise.

. - William Yu is an economist at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

I think your getting into waters of PhD statisticians and economists.  

Some economists estimate we are around 5 million housing units behind the demand right now.That's why we're seeing rents escalating these days.

this recent article in the Economist offers a thought provoking historical and global perspective on why property values in well established and desirable gateway cities are what they are today.