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We recently \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2017\u002F11\u002F22\u002Fbubble-alert-is-it-getting-too-easy-to-get-a-mortgage\u002F\">explained\u003C\u002Fa> that the lenient lending standards of the previous decade (which created false demand) no longer exist. But what about prices?","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F19145422\u002F20171221-Share-STM.jpg","As home values continue to increase at levels greater than historic norms, some are concerned that we are heading for another crash like the one we experienced ten years ago. We recently \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2017\u002F11\u002F22\u002Fbubble-alert-is-it-getting-too-easy-to-get-a-mortgage\u002F\">explained\u003C\u002Fa> that the lenient lending standards of the previous decade (which created false demand) no longer exist. But what about prices?\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nAre prices appreciating at the same rate that they were prior to the crash of 2006-2008? Let’s look at the numbers as \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.freddiemac.com\u002Fresearch\u002Foutlook\u002F20170921_looking_ahead_to_2018.html\">reported by \u003Cem>Freddie Mac\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>:\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171221-STM-ENG.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-36738\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171221-STM-ENG.jpg\" alt=\"Housing Prices are NOT Heading for Another Crash | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>The levels of appreciation we have experienced over the last four years aren’t anywhere near the levels that were reached in the four years prior to last decade’s crash. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\nWe must also realize that, to a degree, the current run-up in prices is the market trying to catch up after a crash that dramatically dropped prices for five years.\r\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cstrong>Bottom Line\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\nPrices are appreciating at levels greater than historic norms. However, we are not at the levels that led to the housing bubble and bust.","\r\nPrices are appreciating at levels greater than historic norms. 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