^Wrt your 2nd sentence, it’s certainly possible, but with both the .gov and .com banks conspiring to not dump more homes on the market, and keep loan rates low, it seems a lot of enterprises are making formidable efforts to stabilize the market and even make it rise in several areas. Both residential and commercial construction are showing ongoing upticks. However, if the .gop gets back into the white house at the next election, a recession is a certainty.