Episode #1350

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*Is the housing market going to crash?* Everywhere you turn, there seems to be *another headline forecasting the next housing market meltdown.* But what’s behind all the noise? Actual data? Or just fearmongering?

If the housing market _is_ going to collapse, *real estate investors want to know,* which is why *we’re giving you the “crash math”* on today’s show—the *data that can help predict* the likelihood of *a housing crash.*

There are a few *key indicators* that can *tell us the direction of the housing market,* and if we had all of them in 2008, we would have seen the writing on the wall. So today, we’ll *comb through multiple data sets, show you which figures matter most,* and share our own predictions about a potential crash.

We’ll even *revisit the 2008 Financial Crisis,* the *warning signs most people missed,* and the aftermath. Then, we’ll *compare the numbers, trends, and patterns to* what we’re seeing in *2026.*

Most people agree that *this real estate market feels “stuck.”* But is this “Great Stall” the calm before the storm or simply a lull we have to ride out before things improve?

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0:00 Intro
2:22 Mechanics of a Crash
4:35 Demand (Buyer) Side
11:48 Sponsor: Baselane!
13:25 Supply (Seller) Side
18:42 How 2008 Happened
20:46 Delinquency & Foreclosure Rates
26:56 Will the Housing Market Crash?


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