The U.S. housing market that has badly deteriorated in the past three years will stabilize this summer and the United States will be the first economy to rebound, real estate mogul Sam Zell said Monday.
"Housing market stability will appear sometime this summer," Zell said, speaking before more than 2,000 people attending a luncheon at the International Council of Shopping Centers' annual convention in Las Vegas. "I can't tell you if it's June 29 or Aug. 1."
The dearth of new supply should help the housing market find a bottom, Zell said. U.S. homebuilders have been forced to severely scale back on new homes, to an estimated 350,000 this year at current construction rates from 1.7 million in 2006.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Zell: Housing market will stabilize this summer
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