Well, that's just it...world indexes weren't worth nearly what they were being touted at. I don't think it's unrealistic at all to expect to see us back where we were 10, maybe 12 years ago, when all this real estate shadiness began. Couple that with the industrial breakdown situation we see today, and OUCH. I'm betting on a retraction to late-90s levels, before the Clintons said everyone deserves a home, so give 'em loans they can't afford.
We're going to correct to somewhere around here, I think: