All it really means is better stuff at yard sales.

[quote=pri_dk]We tend to think of the last decade as the time of the “crash,” but in the bigger picture our little real-estate downturn is completely insignificant.

Over 23% of all the goods and services made since 1AD were produced from 2001 to 2010

http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/06/quantifying-history

Let’s say that again: Nearly a quarter of all economic value produced in recorded history has occurred since the turn of the 21st century.

So have some perspective:

Were were all born in in the right place at the right time.[/quote]

Ya, but most of the stuff was made probably (in chronology): japan, hong kong, taiwan, south korea or mexico, china, vietnam.

[quote=pri_dk]Stuff usually doesn’t stay where it was made.

The US should certainly be on that list – still the world’s #1 manufacturer (although China is catching up quickly.)[/quote]

Well I have said several times the downturn is really just in the real estate related sectors,
If we could get the housing market to get back to a normal market (ie.. not just investors buying REO’s for steep discounts for all cash). Then we would be under 6% unemployment.
If the banks were to loosen up the mortgage market just a little this would be over in a flash.
Makes me think they are just waiting for a signal or something.

[quote=pri_dk]

One day things will just be “normal” again, probably long after many have stopped paying attention.

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The operative words here are “one day” because that’s exactly how long it will last. If you look at CA real estate cycles, we tend to spend more time in the extremes than around the averages or normal values for any of the metrics.

So, most likely we will cross through normal one day on our way back up to an overheated market.

[quote=briansd1][quote=pri_dk]
In the meantime the rest of the economy chugs along, faster than many people realize.[/quote]

Yes, GDP is has surpased 2008 levels. That’s why it’s ludicrous for some to say that we are still in recession.
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2011/10/gdp-slightly-above-pre-recession-peak.html

Real estate values are still down, but other sectors of the economy are chugging along. It’s a good thing that real estate is becoming a smaller portion of the economy.[/quote]

Subtract the extra debt we have accumulated and the money printed and see where the system is right now.

Gonna miss you at Family Winemaker in a few weeks or are you going to be back in town?

[quote=Nor-LA-SD-GUY2]OK I got the link bookmarked,
Lets check back in a few years.[/quote]

And even if you are remotely right are you going to fire out a post and proclaim victory in a few years………….I love the guys that “called the bottom” with a sentence on a blog as if that is some accomplishment. Embarrassing………….