Soft landing for housing market? Maybe not.

Is the soft landing for the nation’s housing market as big a myth as the housing bubble? Perhaps. The total inventory for new and existing homes for sale, after all, stands at 3.8 million units, 70 percent higher than in 1999. So, the market may be slowing — or cooling or normalizing or stabilizing or leveling off — a lot more acutely than even real estate professionals realize. more [CNN/Money]