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Some charts really do tell the story. This one (via Business Insider) shows the plunge in home prices during the last few months of the Bush administration. (Grey bars show recession years.) Notice that the line was barely impacted by previous downturns.
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Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.