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    The 2008 housing market meltdown in America created a ripple effect that had a negative impact on multiple real estate and stock markets throughout the world. Also, many people who were investors in the America market have never recovered from this financial disaster. So, one must contemplate how this event could have transpired in a country with such a strong economy with governmental regulations designed to protect the average investor. Nevertheless, it is simple, it took brokers, real estate appraisers

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    rebound from the hold created by the housing crisis. Throughout history, the housing market has been a key indicator of financial stability and the real economy. Housing booms and bust are often reflections on the mortgage market, labor mobility and consumer spending. With interest rates near zero, at the moment, the real estate market has experienced a steady rise in new and existing home sales, prices and mortgages. Likewise, developments in the U.S. housing market have been instrumental to gains in

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    It has been 7 years since the housing bubble burst and the financial systems collapsed back in 2008. Since then, some will say that the housing market, as a majority, has healed and regained footing but is that entirely accurate? It has been an up and down rollercoaster since the collapse of 2008, however the housing market has only started to recover within the past 2 years. “Right now, I would say we are 64% back to normal and a lot of what is driving the housing market’s strength is existing home

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    A) The Property Market 1) Current Condition Property market is one of the key challenges in the economy of Australia that need to be overcome for economic stability and economic growth. Housing is one of the important sectors of property market because housing provides shelter to us. But the current condition of housing is challenge for us because • Rise in house prices: The price of houses are rising continuously in Australia from last few years and mainly two major cities Sydney and Melbourne

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    Within the past decade, Canada - specifically ontario, has seen and experienced a rapid increase in its housing market. Although some speculate a crash nearing, its strong growth in Ontario has become one of this decade’s largest issues. During the year of 2016 the average price of a home in the metropolitan area was $688,011, however, prices have increased by 33% in 2017 making the average home worth $916,000 dollars. This issue presents many difficulties as it affects Canada’s economy, it’s residents

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    Keeping the nations economy from experiencing a housing market disaster is in applicable. Our nation has been through some ups and downs the past decade that make many people wonder whether we could experience that of the Great Depression yet again. Though I do not believe there is a way to completely stop any sort of crash whether it be with oil, housing, stocks, and automobiles. At times we will always experience an economic slowdown. "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it." This

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    Australian Housing Market

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    Financial Markets Research Report Analyse the effects on the Australian economy of a sustained reduction in the cash rate with particular emphasis on the housing market. Overview of RECENT Reductions in the cash rate and the Effects on the Australian economy. In the last year alone, the RBA have lowered the cash rate by 50 basis points, from 2.50 to 2.0 percent. This was implemented, as the global economy grew at a moderate pace, however the Australian dollar declined against the

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    The Uk Housing Market

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    price of houses in UK housing market. Firstly we will have a look the past and the recent history of UK housing market. The UK housing market has been booming in the past few years, with prices rising much faster than household incomes. After its dramatic crash in the early 1990s, the UK housing market has staged a remarkable recovery.1 In the early 1980s widespread financial deregulation raised the availability of mortgage finance and stimulated the demand for housing. Real house prices rose

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    The Housing Market of 2007 has been described as one of the worst financial crisis since the great depression. Not because the actual hit of the crisis, but because of the lingering effects that still plagues the United States and other countries today even in 2015. The United States economy was not economically prepared for the crisis that presented itself in 2007. This financial crisis hit a variety of areas such as the housing market which seemingly was one of the major causes of the financial

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    Australian economy. The housing markets in Sydney and Melbourne have slowed. Nationwide measures of housing prices have changed little over the past six months, with prices having recorded falls in some areas. As seen in graph 1 in 2018 the forecast for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane are that housing prices will drop but in 2019 they will rise again. If the RBA were to raise interest rates home owners with mortgages would be in great financial trouble and the housing market may crash. This is why

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