Wall St. vs. Main St.: Real estate forecast 
Experts: Housing boom will end, not with a bang but a soft drop
By Janis Mara, Wednesday, December 21, 2005.The real estate market is gliding toward a soft landing in 2006, according to a Wall Street economist and a real estate economist who discussed the issue in a national teleconference Tuesday.
What was billed as a debate between Wall Street and Main Street sounded more like a duet by the time David Seiders, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders, and James Glassman, senior economist for JP Morgan Chase, ended the NAHB-sponsored teleconference.
"I do foresee weakening of the housing sector, but this should be a simmering-down process toward a more realist
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