tahoma Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 The Economist Based on the average of the two measures, home prices are overvalued by about 25% or more in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, New Zealand, Britain, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden (see table). Indeed, in the first four of those countries housing looks more overvalued than it was in America at the peak of its bubble. Despite their collapse, Irish home prices are still slightly above “fair” value—partly because they were incredibly overvalued at their peak, and partly because incomes and rents have fallen sharply. In contrast, homes in America, Japan and Germany are all significantly undervalued. In the late 1990s the average house price in Germany was twice that in France; now it is 20% cheaper. I'd say about 35% off current prices would get us near fair value... in real terms we have already lost 25% from 2007. Hopefully there will be an undershoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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