That's all you've got??? State an obivous fact that is a result and not a cause and hope that it slips by??? C'mon, Mike, what's your theory on what's driving the improvement?? I gave you mine and you belittled it, so how about stepping up to the plate and offering an explanation of your own? Telling us that "bankruptcy is down and that foreclosures are down" is nothing, since it doesn't address why these are happening. Lets get down to your theory about the root cause of the improvement....

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I would say it is due to the improving economy.

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Yet another avoidance... What is it that is driving this improving economy?? Please try to be specific and avoid generalities....

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Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush

Leftists and very small children don't seem to be able to understand that the Government isn't there to "fix" the economy, anymore than a tick is there to fix your dog.~Oftencold

Well I think we have found level and are rising. The economy took a hit but when we say economy what we are talking about is spending. I think we had the initial crash followed by a regrouping by families and companies to the new realities. As this happened we hit bottom and have grown more slowly because there hasn't been any temporary boom like we have seen before to help pull us out. Things like the .com industry and the more recent housing boom. We are growing and much slower than we would like.

Geez we had years of people pulling equity dollars out of their homes and spending billions like drunken sailors. Even when money was that loose unemployment was 6.5%. So for us to be even in this shape without that huge piggy bank we were playing with before is stunning.

You want to claim it is because people feel good about Mitt. Maybe people feel good about getting out of two wars.

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People are getting tired of living in apartments and they have growing families. Where I live,existing home sales are up and new homes are being built. Also...I read somewhere that over the last 4 years due to hard times,people had not been spending much and focused on paying down their debt. That alone may place them in a better position to purchase or build a home.

I see housing being built and I am in California. My home has come up in value.

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I've seen the same in Michigan the past few months. I'm also charging substantially more rent for my rental homes and people are happy to pay it. As expected,it took awhile for the economy to begin to stabilize.

More good news today,several more new homes going up near me and Grand Rapids unemployment is at just 6%...

So nothing but generalities??

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Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush

Leftists and very small children don't seem to be able to understand that the Government isn't there to "fix" the economy, anymore than a tick is there to fix your dog.~Oftencold

The tax assesment went up on my home. Is that evidence enough. I have to pay more property tax this year. Just got the bill.

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