"bubble" and collapse 1
"Bubble" and Collapse of the Real Estate Market
Xin Zhou, Joyce
The University of Indianapolis
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Abstract
There are several times of "bubble" and collapse of the real estate market happened in the recent and current years. Before 9/11, more than 50 percent of all the mortgages were made to home- buyers who were at or below the median income, and it led to "bubble". After 9/11, GDP growth decreased and the unemployment rate increased, and the housing bubble burst. After 2001, the U.S. government used long-term low interest rates, which led to excess liquidity in the market. Money became nowhere to go into the real estate market, blowing a huge bubble. Current state of the real estate market seems get better, it is still hard to predict.
Keywords: real estate, bubble, 9/11, government, market
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