U.S. Housing Hasn't Bottomed, Prices May Fall 10%

U.S. housing prices may still fall more than 10 per cent, killing an incipient recovery, as demand from first-time home buyers fades, leading economist Nouriel Roubini said Thursday.

Mr. Roubini, one of the few economists who accurately predicted the magnitude of the financial crisis, said massive losses in commercial real estate loans will add to the problem, forcing banks to raise more capital. “The stress is moving from residential mortgages that are still in deep trouble, to commercial real estate, where they are just starting to recognize that they're going to have massive, massive losses,” Mr. Roubini of RGE Global Monitor told reporters after a presentation for a World Economic Forum report on the global financial system.

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