Once the housing market begins to recover, I would phase out the mortgage tax deduction.

Our economy isn't going to recover until the housing market finds its footing.

I'm not a housing market expert, and I don't want to pretend to be one.

The housing market will get worse before it gets better.

There's not a big market out here for housing. You don't find what you need, but you find what you can handle and be comfortable in.

Housing has peaked and we're expecting some moderate weakening in 2006. It's starting to turn into a buyers' market, with fewer buyers chasing more homes at these mortgage rates.