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Bubble in US house prices collapsed

The bubble in US house prices—which had seen house prices grow at an anualized rate of 8% between 1998 and 2006—collapsed in 2006/07 as the supply of easy credit began to dry up.


US Real Home Price Index 1900 to 2007

Source: Robert Shiller (via Sequoia Capital)
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