Quote from midlifeguy:
Imagine what will happen to Real Estate if this happens? Who could afford a mortgage?
You really have to look at who would benefit from this, us (pawns) or the minority that need low prices in real estate to make big bucks, in the end of the day you can't short sell property, hence low property prices are a must. It's a huge gamble though as it just might bring down the stock market, but you can benefit from its decline, so minority happy and pawns up the arse, as always. Everything is a cycle in life, anywhere you look you ought to find a cycle, Chinese have established this a long long time ago.
Hungry - Not Hungry
Have Money - Don't have money
Have cough - Don't have cough
You eat - you shit
You are born - you die
Cut hair - grow hair
Feel good - Feel bad
Love your job - Hate your job
Buy groceries - throw rubbish away
Buy property at low prices - Sell when prices are high
Have sex - Don't have sex
The list goes on and on
Higher interest rates will correct and possibly bring recession into housing market commanding lower average prices, don't buy anything now ImO.
Housing Index's monthly chart remains bearish, price keeps closing lower.
In the UK around 10 years ago a 1 bed flat (not in centre) could be bought for £35-40k, same flat now is worth 5 times that at the time when average wage hasn't changed at the same rate.
There are us (Westerners) and there's them (Easterners), in essence there is no difference at all, no matter what faith, colour of skin, etc. There are the Haves and Have-nots and thing is that Haves will always want more, greed has no merits. It's not about money at a certain level, but power.
"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely."