I created this report for part of an economic project at Notre Dame. Props to Calculated Risk for ideas on data visualization, and good material in general. Thank you.

1. Have we reached a bottom?
“The crash is over” – Mark Zandi, Moody’s Chief Economist 4/25/12
Source: Standard and Poor’s, Derived
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2. Will housing now leap forward?
Source: NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, U.S. Census Bureau, NBER.
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3. More likely to languish during 2012…
Source: NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, U.S. Census Bureau, NBER.
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4. Foreclosures causing a “gap”
as new home sales flatline
Source: NAR
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5. Bottom is not really here…yet
Prices have more room to fall
Source: MBA National Delinquency Survey, Lender Processing Services
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