Decline In Median Home Price Approaches 50% In Some Cities
What happened here will some day be a new chapter in Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.
– Greg Swann, a Phoenix, AZ real estate agent
(Via BeSpoke Investment Group)
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