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Monday, December 15, 2008

Sam Zell Predicts Spring 2009 Housing Recovery

From Realtor Magazine Online, Daily Real Estate News December 15, 2008

Financial mogul Sam Zell, beleaguered owner of the Tribune Co., which declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, told an Israeli business conference Sunday that the U.S. real estate market will be in recovery by spring 2009.

Zell pointed out that the U.S. population is growing and with fewer than 600,000 building starts in 2008, a million fewer than any of the last 10 years, demand for housing will rise.

Zell blamed the current crisis – at least in part – on ill-considered decisions.

"We are living through our first Blackberry recession where, literally, information is instantly disseminated around the world and people, in effect, respond to it, perhaps, often without any particular caution or attention,” he said.

Source: Reuters News, Ori Lewis (12/14/2008)

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