That’s what the National Real Estate Investor magazine says, anyway. Well, not fine, exactly, but they predict that another couple of years of “stagnant job creation and tepid economic growth” will yield better results come 2011. Dr. Rajeev Dhawan — one of the economists they consult — “is projecting real gross domestic product growth at a rate of 1.4% in 2008, decelerating to 0.5% in 2009 before beginning an anemic recovery to growth of 2.2% by 2010,” they write. Banks will rebound, they say, and oil prices will drop, and maybe inflation will fall, and, after the rough patch, the world of real estate will recover. Even if that scenario plays out, here’s the big question: Since the New York City market took longer to fall, does that mean it’ll also lag on the way back up?
Economists Expect Real Estate Recovery in 2011 [NREI]
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