The end of the US housing downturn

2012 may well be the year in which the five-year-long decline in US house prices ends. But that doesn’t mean it will also be the year in which prices start to rise consistently. Tough credit conditions and rising foreclosures will prevent significant and sustained price gains until 2014.

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