http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/8252006_Buyers_Market.aspThe National Association of Realtors issued its monthly report on sales of existing houses on Wednesday, August 23 and one would think they were reviewing the DVD of "Chicken Little." The networks didn't necessarily lead with the story but it was up thereenCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31106.96)http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/8252006_Buyers_Market.asp#13598Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:00:00 GMT2bb7a989-b681-446d-a7f2-bd5f0562f228:13598Gary AndersonThis is reality: &quot;Japan provides a nasty warning of what can happen when boom turns to bust. Japanese property prices have dropped for 14 years in a row... Yet the rise in prices in Japan during the decade before 1991 was less than the increase over the past ten years in most of the countries that have experienced housing booms.... Americans who believe that house prices can only go up would be well advised to look overseas.&quot; http://www.economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4079027 <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=13598" width="1" height="1">