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Housing Will Bottom June 30, 2009: Cramer

Bombastic guru lists 10 signs of a real-estate turnaround

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 8, 2008 2:29 PM CDT

(Newser) – Jim Cramer has spent over a year “shouting in my usual unhinged way” about the bleak real estate market, he writes in New York. But now he’s so confident housing’s headed for a bottom that he’ll name the exact date: June... Read full story »

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Bombastic guru lists 10 signs of a real-estate turnaround

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