Also, look at the statistics for population growth versus number of new homes built -- simple supply and demand if you know such figures is always the best predictive.

Condos while a PIA in alot of ways, are much more predictable with repairs. 

If you know your market and do the right repairs to the home you can predict where your cost will go in repairs and how likely it is to turnover.

Is there a predictable relationship between more available funds per month and increased borrowing ability?

No one can predict a crash. 

Nobody knows what will come two years from now, but there is a better chance at predicting what will happen 4 or 5 months from now. 

While no one can accurately predict the interest rate, if I have to guess, it's going to go up, so why not just get a loan now?

i agree with @matthew paul, there is no way to predict any of this, and one of the worst regrets suffered is that of lost opportunities, you can hear it if you talk to any senior citizen about investments, rarely do they tell you about their victories, most of the time they will tell you about the one that got away, and so it is with life.

Account Closed     Predicting another dip is a fools errand.

Seller predicts possible rents of $900/mth.