主题：【文摘】楼市“大范围降温”美国房市陷入了“鬼城” -- 倥偬飞人

Home Depot的CEO说住房市场是他35年来所看到的最差的情形；而一位经济学家则称目前的房市可以和大萧条时期相提并论！

The Globe and Mail.

“First, Americans quit buying homes. Now, they may have stopped fixing and furnishing them too. Bob Nardelli, Home Depot’s CEO said job losses in the home construction market are the worst he’s seen in 35 years, and the pain is starting to spread to the home renovation market.”

“‘The loss of jobs…in the home construction market is at unprecedented levels,’ Mr. Nardelli told analysts. ‘Home builders [are] basically writing off earnest money and liquidating land. We’re starting to see a lot of that unemployment find its way over to the small repair and remodel contractors.’”

“In October, U.S. retail sales fell at an annual rate of 0.2 per cent, the third consecutive monthly decline, according to a U.S. Commerce Department report yesterday. ‘The housing slowdown left its grimy fingerprints all over this report,’ economist Douglas Porter said.”

“‘People are being very cautious,’ said economist Ian Shepherdson. ‘The housing crunch is now hurting.’”

‘You’d have to go back to the Great Depression to find a housing period that is this unique.’