consensus was that things would flatten out, but not drop. Dr Talbott changed that viewpoint for us by systematically refuting the arguments that could possibly explain the extreme run upIn my family the topic of the housing market crash gets daily attention. It all really started when I read Sell Now!: The End of the Housing Bubble by John R Talbott last September. We had lived in our house for 8 years and had become quite comfortable. We lived in one of the big US cities where the real estate market run up had been most pronounced. As a result, we felt very lucky. This was influencing our purchasing decisions as the equity in our house was making us feel wealthier than we had before the run up in prices.

That all changed the day I read Sell Now! and started to think of the housing market crash possibilities. Up to this point, the idea of prices falling a little bit had crossed our minds. But in most social circles, the consensus was that things would flatten out, but not drop. Dr Talbott changed that viewpoint for us by systematically refuting the arguments that could possibly explain the extreme run up

lived in our house for 8 years and had become quite comfortable. We lived in one of the big US cities where the real estate market run up had been most pronounced. As a result, we felt very lucky. This was influencing our purchasing decisions as the equity in our house was making us feel wealthier than we had before the run up in prices.

That all changed the day I read Sell Now! and started to think of the housing market crash possibilities. Up to this point, the idea of prices falling a little bit had crossed our minds. But in most social circles, the consensus was that things would flatten out, but not drop. Dr Talbott changed that viewpoint for us by systematically refuting the arguments that could possibly explain the extreme run up

ry lucky. This was influencing our purchasing decisions as the equity in our house was making us feel wealthier than we had before the run up in prices.

That all changed the day I read Sell Now! and started to think of the housing market crash possibilities. Up to this point, the idea of prices falling a little bit had crossed our minds. But in most social circles, the consensus was that things would flatten out, but not drop. Dr Talbott changed that viewpoint for us by systematically refuting the arguments that could possibly explain the extreme run up

d Sell Now! and started to think of the housing market crash possibilities. Up to this point, the idea of prices falling a little bit had crossed our minds. But in most social circles, the consensus was that things would flatten out, but not drop. Dr Talbott changed that viewpoint for us by systematically refuting the arguments that could possibly explain the extreme run up consensus was that things would flatten out, but not drop. Dr Talbott changed that viewpoint for us by systematically refuting the arguments that could possibly explain the extreme run up in prices we'd seen. Additionally, he outlined very credible data from Japan showing that a very similar phenomenon had happened 15 years ago.

The graphs were startling. They literally took the breath out of me. When you looked at the raw data, it didn't look so bad. Just as the cocktail party conversations had suggested, the prices seemed to flatten out after previous run ups. However, the graphs showing real prices after adjusting for inflation were really bad. They looked like a bell curve. A steep UP and then a steep DOWN. And the implication was that we were sitting at the very top of the biggest curve in the last 100 years right then, in the 3rd quarter of 2006, poised for a dramatic ride down. Not good.

Dr Talbott brought me