Bloomberg has a very interesting article about how retail is on the verge of imploding - not because, as we usually hear, of Amazon, though Amazon doesn't help.  It's because so many chains have been purchased by priv...

For example, west beltline is 2 years out from completion in certain neighborhoods, but some people are still fearful of investing for lack of security or management, EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW the beltline is a treasure trove of housing price implosion.

The great housing crash was more of a mortgage implosion.  

Again, some of this isn't about trying to define the "path of progress" as much as it is to scratch off the "path of implosion" areas. 

Mortgage lenders are more careful these days so I'm not seeing evidence of an implosion of that style. 

By now you might have heard that a few financial institutions in the US and beyond have run into some difficulties..Somewhat counterintuitively the implosion of SVB bank and the downgraded risk of other regional and international banks and lending institutions led to a significant reduction in US mortgage rates.

However, I will say Detroit Proper, due to the credit bubble, auto sector implosion, etc., etc., seems to have a greater than national average citywide percentage of abysmal areas that most other cities. 

Everywhere else, it tends to lead to an implosion sooner or later.

Going international without a huge amount of knowledge about what you're getting into, to me, is asking for a potential future implosion.

WHEN, when NOT if, rates come down to avoid the "everything implosion" which is really a commercial finance implosion, residential real estate will take off like a rocket.