Populations seem to be declining in many cities and you investors there solely to chase cash-flow.

We also had a declining population until recently.

Over the past three months, shares of Fannie have lost 55.5% and Freddie have dropped 56.2%, while the S&P 500 has declined 19.1%.

Sid, I look at OM's for bay area apartment buildings everyday and as much as I want values to decline and metrics to compress so that I can buy, I am not seeing a significant decline in values or NOI's at this time.

At the same time, I don't see a point where we have a glut of inventory and prices decline in the near future.

Although still up 9.1% from a year ago, existing home sales took a tumble in February, as harsh winter weather and declining affordability weighed on closings.

B of a declined our loan modification and i haven't paid my mortgage for 20 months so Im in default and the house is now in foreclosure.

Look around the neighborhood, are other homeowners improving their property, or is the neighborhood in decline?

I'm near Salem, NJ and its been in decline for years.

From an insurance standpoint if you have Knob & Tube or Aluminum wiring that is a decline from most standard companies.