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IS IT THE BOTTOM?

Economists at the National Association of Home Builders semi-annual forecast conference predict home prices will hit bottom in the middle of 2009. As evidence, builders point to increasingly affordable prices, new home incentives, fewer housing starts, declining interest rates and pent-up demand. “I’m hopeful that the markets will come to their senses soon,” said Michael Moran, chief economist for Daiwa Securities America.