Home Is Where The Risk Is

- WatersTechnology Staff
- 01 Mar 2009

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For many, buying a home is the single largest purchase they will ever make-and the single largest investment, since they expect house prices to outperform all other investments. Indeed, the housing market is a key indicator of overall economic health. Hence, a housing market collapse takes a heavy toll on any economy.

According to Standard & Poor's, in 2006, Americans cashed out or borrowed $650 billion against the value of their homes, encouraging consumers to live beyond their means. By 2008

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