Back East, the Wall Street Journal’s bullish group of more than 50 economists were leaning 2-to-1 that the worst of the housing bust is already over with only mild price declines to come. “We’re nearing the end of the slowdown for most markets,” said Ethan S. Harris at Lehman Brothers, reporting to the Wall Street Journal. Out West, on the same Monday, Nov. 20, more bearish forecasters said the worst is yet to come with some areas still due for 5 to 15 percent price declines.

Rather than being swayed away from the housing market by gloomy housing news reports, as recent real estate industry complaints have charged, consumers pay more attention to their own, individual housing needs, goals and market conditions, then what’s published in the media. That’s exactly what consumer advocates have always advocated. When consumers think about buying or selling a home, what’s in the media is one of the last things on their mind, according to a recent survey by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

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