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The Cullen Commission estimated that in 2019 alone, $5.3 Billion of illicit funds was laundered through the Vancouver real estate market, which increased housing prices by 5%. [ 104 ] "The Vancouver Model" is a way for Chinese organized crime to launder revenue generated primarily by fentanyl sales through casinos .
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By the end of this year, we’ll see home prices rise by 1.8%, with a 3.5% increase by the end of 2024, Ashworth predicted in the paper titled, “U.S. Housing market crash turns not-so-sweet 16.”
As banks began to give out more loans to potential home owners, housing prices began to rise. Lax lending standards and rising real estate prices also contributed to the real estate bubble. Loans of various types (e.g., mortgage, credit card, and auto) were easy to obtain and consumers assumed an unprecedented debt load. [259] [228] [260]
Top economist who called the 2008 housing crash pours cold water on soft landing, pointing to rate hikes and a softening labor market. Paolo Confino. March 5, 2024 at 2:26 PM.
3 reasons why we aren’t in a housing emergency, according to an official at the center of the 2008 financial crisis Alena Botros February 20, 2024 at 12:06 PM
One 2017 NBER study argued that real estate investors (i.e., those owning 2+ homes) were more to blame for the crisis than subprime borrowers: "The rise in mortgage defaults during the crisis was concentrated in the middle of the credit score distribution, and mostly attributable to real estate investors" and that "credit growth between 2001 ...
Think back to late 2007, before the stock market crash of 2008. If you'll recall, the first omen of the Great Recession was a housing market decline. Now some economists are suggesting that a ...