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Monday, September 13, 2010

Capital One CEO: "Very cautious about the housing market"

by Calculated Risk on 9/13/2010 07:15:00 PM

From William Alden at HuffPo: Home Prices Set To Fall Further: Richard Fairbank, Capital One CEO

"I think we feel very cautious about the housing market," [Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank] said. "I think that even despite some of the recent months where home prices have gone up, I think it's a very plausible case for home prices to go back down again."
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"We are managing to a view that home prices are more likely to be headed down rather than up."
I think house prices started falling again in July, but it might take some time before we see prices falling in the repeat sales index. CoreLogic will probably release their July HPI this week, and that might show declining prices - but that is a weighted average of May, June and July.