Quote from Hook N. Sinker:
I think a greater concern is demographics and transfer of good jobs out of the USA. A large part of the USA population is approaching retirement age and might expect to collect social security, medicare and other senior citizen benefits. If high wage jobs leave the USA then who pays for these senior citizen benefits?
Not to mention decuiding to cash out their home equity that they have come to rely on to fund a large part if not all of their retirement sooner rather than later if they see the housing market not getting any better. Prices have come down but I still see a great deal of supply just waiting to come to market hopng prices will start to recover and very little demand for it to sell to because of tighter mortgage retrictions, higher down payments, people having less disposable income and everyone who was going to buy has bought for the most part.