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Housing issues affect everyone in Connecticut, from those who are searching for a safe place to live, to those who may find it increasingly difficult to afford a place they already call home.WNPR is covering Connecticut's housing and homelessness issues in a series that examines how residents are handling the challenges they face. We look at the trends that matter most right now, and tell stories that help bring the issues to light.

Risk and Reward in the Housing Market: a Conversation With Economist Robert Shiller

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At the beginning of this century, when tech stocks were hot and dot-coms were appearing everywhere, Yale professor and renowned economist Robert Shiller was already warning of a bubble -- and he was right. Years later, when housing prices were skyrocketing and millions of American were betting big on real estate, Robert Shiller again predicted an impending crisis. Sadly, he was right again.

Now, with the housing market showing signs of improvement, many are getting the sense that we’re finally out woods. And with this feeling returns the idea that buying a home today means financial gains down the road.

But is this true? Was the recent crisis just an exception to the otherwise reliable rule that real estate is always a good investment? Or should we be re-thinking this conventional wisdom? In the latest edition of his bestselling book, Irrational Exuberance, Robert Shiller suggests we should.

This hour, we speak with Nobel Prize winner Robert Shiller, along with University of Colorado law professor Peter Haung. They explain exactly what modern day home owners and those in the market should know about this very risky business.

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John Dankosky and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

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