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Mark Fleming, chief economist at First American Core Logic, gives a reading on where we are in this housing cycle. In this January 2008 interview, Fleming says foreclosure trends will signal the first signs of a turnaround, and so far they hadn't let up. Like many others, Fleming doesn't see the downturn reversing any time this year.