Thursday, February 5, 2009

Sober Assessment of Housing Market by Banker With Good Track Record

Bloomberg has an article this morning about a very sober assessment by John Talbott, a former investment banker for Goldman Sachs.
Here are some excerpts:

Talbott is an oracle with a track record: His previous books predicted the collapse of both the housing bubble and the tech-stock binge before it.
Talbott’s latest predictions are sobering. The U.S. is only halfway through the total potential decline in housing prices, he says. Home values will continue to deteriorate for four to five years, he forecasts.
Here is the full story.