In a Post-Boom World, Auto Prices Will Fall
by Patrick Barron
Mises.org
It seems that each new bubble brings forth claims that, although the bubble may be the result of artificially created demand, prices of this or that product will not fall and may even continue to rise. How many so-called real estate and financial planning “experts” claimed that the surest path to financial security was in buying the largest house possible with the least amount of one’s own money?
The Boom: McMansions and Luxury Cars
Since home prices never go down — we were told — the gain from using OPM (other people’s money) resulted in huge multiples of gain for the little invested of one’s own money. Thus, in the first decade of the new century, Americans were buying so-called McMansions: huge homes with every imaginable feature. When the bubble burst, the leverage effect worked in reverse. Mortgage balances far exceeded the lower market price, creating the so-called “underwater mortgage.” Lower prices had wiped out not only the little equity contributed by the buyer, but created a negative equity balance.
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Source: http://financialsurvivalnetwork.com/2016/01/in-a-post-boom-world-auto-prices-will-fall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-a-post-boom-world-auto-prices-will-fall
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