{"id":13132,"date":"2010-09-01T19:38:27","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T02:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=13132"},"modified":"2010-09-01T19:38:27","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T02:38:27","slug":"the-american-dream-is-not-dead-%e2%80%94-it%e2%80%99s-just-taking-a-well-deserved-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/13132\/the-american-dream-is-not-dead-%e2%80%94-it%e2%80%99s-just-taking-a-well-deserved-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"“The American dream is not dead \u2014 it\u2019s just taking a well-deserved rest.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the New York Times,<\/em> economist Karl Case of Case-Shiller fame says: Buy!<\/a><\/p>\n

This financial crisis has made us all too aware that we live in a Catch-22 world: the performance of the housing market drives the economy, and the performance of the economy drives the housing market. But housing has perhaps never been a better bargain, and sooner or later buyers will regain faith, inventories will shrink to reasonable levels, prices will rise and we\u2019ll even start building again. The American dream is not dead \u2014 it\u2019s just taking a well-deserved rest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the New York Times, economist Karl Case of Case-Shiller fame says: Buy! This financial crisis has made us all too aware that we live in a Catch-22 world: the performance of the housing market drives the economy, and the performance of the economy drives the housing market. 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