Saturday, November 26, 2005

Bubble Market Defined

There are a huge number of bubble markets across the USA. What is a bubble market?

A bubble market is any area where residential real estate prices will decline more then 20% in real dollars [inflation adjusted] over the course of 3 years. In most bubble markets, the peak price was reached in June, July or August of 2005.

Many bubble markets will experience real price declines much greater then 20%. Some may experience price declines of 60% in real dollars over the next 3 years. Of course some markets may keep on declining for more then 3 years.