{"id":103067,"date":"2015-08-24T07:28:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T14:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=103067"},"modified":"2015-08-25T10:15:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T17:15:41","slug":"will-a-prolonged-bear-market-slow-seattle-real-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/24\/will-a-prolonged-bear-market-slow-seattle-real-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Will a Prolonged Bear Market Slow Seattle Real Estate?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWith stocks being hammered across the world since Friday, the price of oil in the gutter, and volatility through the roof<\/a>, pundits are starting to get somber about the market’s prospects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If we’re in the beginning of a serious bear market, will Seattle’s crazy real estate market finally start to slow?<\/p>\n

One of the major causes of the last real estate bubble was capital flight from stocks into real estate, so it is possible that a crash in the markets will just heat things up even more. However, if a tanking stock market takes down the overall economy this year, it seems unlikely that already-high home prices will be able to keep increasing. Also, I haven’t done the in-depth research on this, but I feel like markets like Seattle and the Bay Area that are home to lots of tech companies probably have a soaring stock market to thank for much of the recent frenzy in the real estate market.<\/p>\n

What say you? Assuming for a moment that the recent dip in the market isn’t just a temporary setback, will a bear market apply the brakes to Seattle’s speeding real estate market?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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