HOUSING MARKET COLLAPSE ACCELERATING: FEBRUARY SALES HIT LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 2009

Existing home sales just plunged to 4.09 million annualized — the worst February reading in nearly 30 years and the lowest monthly total since the depths of the Great Recession (Feb 2009).

Down 35% from the pandemic peak
Down 25% from pre-pandemic norms

This is not a soft landing or seasonal dip — it’s a full-blown buyer boycott.

Right now:

Buyers have vanished from the market
Sellers are dumping inventory at or below asking price
Media spin about “recovery” in early 2026 was pure fiction
Florida markets already cracking hard (Fort Myers -11.5% YoY)

What comes next:

Next 3 months: Prices accelerate lower as inventory surges and bids dry up
6 months: Underwater mortgages spike (2022–2024 buyers trapped) → foreclosures begin climbing
12 months: Full-blown regional crashes in Sunbelt (TX, AZ, FL, GA) → banks face billions in non-performing loans

Making it worse this time:

Oil surging past $120 amid war escalation
Inflation re-accelerating with no quick fix
Rates locked high → no meaningful relief coming
$2 trillion already wiped from equities this week
Record 401(k) hardship withdrawals — households are already tapped out
IEA dumping 400M barrels of emergency reserves → central banks in panic mode

Unlike 2008, this crash arrives with war, $120+ oil, persistent inflation, and mass layoffs all hitting simultaneously.

Bottom line:
Do NOT buy right now.
If you can sell at current levels — seriously consider it.
The real bottom is still months (likely years) away.

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