Rethinking the China Bubble Nov 05, 2009; 1:34PM

Via Calculated Risk blog, some examples of how dependent the market is on first time home buyers and investors. Now that we have a new (and improved) tax credit of $6500 rolling through Congress to the "move up" buyers we'll see if government can incentivize that class to start daytrading home..... Read more

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Rethinking the China Bubble Nov 05, 2009; 1:34PM