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		<title>Worst Downturn In A Generation For San Diego Real Estate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Houston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below excerpts from an article in the San Diego Union Tribune titled,
Decline &#8216;is shaping  up to be the worst  in a generation&#8217;
Foreclosures here have been depressing prices, creating home-buying opportunities for some households while robbing others of their homeowner status.
April marked the county&#8217;s 37th consecutive month of year-over-year increases in San Diego County [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westofthefive.wordpress.com&blog=2247015&post=191&subd=westofthefive&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Housing Crisis Is Over</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 01:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Houston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what&#8217;s going to stop the housing decline? Very simply, the same thing that caused the bust: affordability.
Wow!!! According to the New York times article quoted, it&#8217;s official, the United States of America Real Estate debacle is over and April 2008 marks the bottom of the downturn. Now THAT is a bold statement. One I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westofthefive.wordpress.com&blog=2247015&post=150&subd=westofthefive&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UCLA Anderson Forecast Outlook for San Diego County Real Estate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Houston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I write this post the economists for the UCLA Anderson report are having breakfast in San Diego at the Marriott. My prediction for these economists is the only thing on the menu at this years breakfast&#8230; CROW.
Yes, the UCLA Anderson report authors will have to eat some crow in San Diego today. Last year [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westofthefive.wordpress.com&blog=2247015&post=148&subd=westofthefive&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego Real Estate Market Opinion</title>
		<link>http://westofthefive.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/san-diego-real-estate-market-opinion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Houston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is from my April 2008 Newsletter I send out to clients:
This is a cRaZy market!!! Let me know if historically you&#8217;ve ever seen anything like this. Conventional wisdom would suggest that this many foreclosure on the market should mean that interest rates would be historically high &#8211; around 12-15%. Completely the opposite is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westofthefive.wordpress.com&blog=2247015&post=140&subd=westofthefive&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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