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The California contradiction – Record high unemployment and highest home prices in the nation. Share of Californians employed at record low levels and July home sales forecast dire home price cuts moving ahead. During bubble years July home sales came in at over 60,000 for the month while last July they came in at 34,000.


Shadow inventory Armageddon – Foreclosure timeline up to an average of 599 days with 798,000 mortgages having no payment made in over 1 year and no foreclosure process initiated. Shadow inventory grows to over 6,540,000 properties.


Manhattan Beach 800 square foot home sells for $870,000 in 2007 and now chases market down. Refinancing proposal will not save housing because shadow inventory and bank accounting chicanery is true problem in our economy.


Where the income is lacking – Calabasas median home price falls from $1.39 million to $877,000 in one year. A city where nearly 80 percent own yet incomes are unable to support bubble prices.


Real Homes of Genius – Prime Bel-Air zip code lists only 1 foreclosure while shadow inventory has 56 properties, twice the entire MLS data. Chasing the market down from $1.5 million to $870,000.


The worst housing crash since the Great Depression just got worse. What happens when home values pop in other bubble metro areas? New home sales fall 82 percent from peak versus 80 percent during the Great Depression


Southern California would be the second most populated state in America and half of all home sales in July were distressed properties. Worst July in four years and every county is down year-over-year in price.


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