# Real Estate Loses Luster-Will Stock Market Revive?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 2, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-loses-luster-will-stock-market-revive/466110 "2008-10-02T01:06:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-loses-luster-will-stock-market-revive/466110/1 "2008-10-02T01:06:39Z")

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It occurred to me that the big run-up in stocks (which ended around 2000) was followed by everybody investing in real estate. All of a sudden, people were buying up old houses and fixing them up, building condominiums, etc.-all of which drove up house prices. Now that RE has crashed, where will all the money go? There isn’t enough gold-so will people start pouring money back into the stock market?:eek: