The US Economic Bubble and Why Housing Prices Must Fall
Submitted by on May 31, 2010
As an introduction to the following article please watch the next short video which talks about the US economic bubble.
The housing bubble of the U.S. is significantly influencing the majority of the country's housing market. An economic bubble refers to the trade in assets or products that have inflated values. It can also be referred to as a financial bubble, market bubble, or simply a balloon. Even though there are always debates when it comes to the occurrence of the housing bubble, it remains to be a daunting event for many residents and the government itself.
Apart from the impact on the value of homes, it is said that whenever there is a collapse of the housing bubble, this brings about apparent effects to the mortgage market, real estate, and even foreign banks. With this being said, the recession within the country can be anticipated.
As housing can be considered as a physical asset, the price of a house should later on be the same or be higher that the full amount for its building. This is dependent to the requirement of the market for the building of new housing. The real question now is this: Do housing prices currently have the tendency to drop?
There is now a bursting factor when it comes to the housing bubble of the U.S. It can clearly be seen that there is an acceleration of the decline. Historical prices of housing evidently show how our generation illustrates the rise of housing prices.
The arguments regarding the bursting of the housing bubble of the U.S. seem to be endless. There are those who claim that the prices are reaching the floor while there are those who claim that the bubble is now the biggest financial bubble ever in history and that it is beyond expectations to drop the floor.
It can be noted that the lowest rate of housing is recorded during the aftermath of the housing bubble during the 1930's. The Great Depression affected many countries most especially the U.S. This caused a severed depression on the economy of nations. With it originating in the U.S., it widely and abruptly spread around the world starting with the crash of the stock market. After that, there were instances of varying housing rates especially during the World War I and the World War II. The boom happened during the 1970's which caused a high rise of the price of the housing in the U.S. Right until this decade, the housing rate continued to rise until it reached its peak in 2006.
The price of housing is expected to rise higher as of late despite the attempts of the government to remedy the economic bubble by arresting the downward spiral of the housing rate.