With bank lending already down, renewed weakness [in housing] would supposedly strangle a nascent economic recovery. Scary stuff for sure, but also arguably overdone. Most would agree that heavy investment in the housing sector helped get us into the mess we’re in, so for housing worriers to suggest that an artificially enhanced property market is our cure is to get things backward.
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