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Sunday, December 9, 2007

Home foreclosure set new record high as prices keep declining


The real estate industries in America are being affected by the tremendous fall of house prices, to the extent that some of which are now planning for a foreclosure. Find out why.


--Housing markets from Punta Gorda, Florida, to Stockton, California, will crash and suffer price drops of more than 30 percent before the housing crisis is over, a report from Moody's Economy.com said.

On a national level, the housing market recession will continue through early 2009, said the report, co-authored by Mark Zandi, chief economist, and Celia Chen, director of housing economics.

The report paints a worsening picture of the hard-hit housing sector, which is in the midst of its worst downturn since World War II.

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