Housing Market 2011: A Spirited Dialogue

Rob Hahn and Jeff Corbett are partners in 7DS Associates, a strategic management consultancy focused on the real estate business. As industry insiders and observers, they agree on many aspects of the current housing market; they disagree on plenty of others. AOL Real Estate asked them to conduct a dialogue throughout this last week of the year, discussing the big real estate topics of 2011. This is Part 1 of 5.

Rob-

Been thinking about our recent conversations around what to expect out of the housing market in 2011. While we share a similar bearish outlook when it comes to factors like rising interest rates and further depreciation of property values, I should mention that I think it's a great time to buy, if you can afford to. Call me crazy, but let me explain.