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Hoy este artículo en Business Week refiere a una columna de Robert Samuelson donde dice que los precios de las propiedades volverán a su nivel en el 2004. Curiosamente, Samuelson no ve eso como algo extrictamente negativo sino como la solución a la crísis de la vivienda. El resume el problema de este modo:

There’s so much supply because many prospective customers can’t buy at today’s prices.

… home prices got too high. Easy credit, lax lending standards and panic buying raised them to foolish levels. Weak borrowers got loans. People with good credit borrowed too much. Speculators joined the circus.

…But home prices could not rise faster than incomes forever. Inevitably, the bust arrived. Credit standards have been tightened, and the (false) hope of perpetually rising home prices — along with the possibility of always selling at a profit — has evaporated. For many potential buyers, prices have to drop for housing to become affordable.

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