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The housing market tends to go into a boom and bust cycle. While it's looking a bit sad at the moment, expect it to come back again. If you believe the Reserve Bank governor then it's all the fault of politicians.

I read, this week, with interest the comments of fellow Yahoo!Xtra Blogger David McEwen on how property investors can handle the current real estate market.

Over the past couple of months we have written about how there is a bit of a Mexican stand-off between vendors and purchasers in the housing market.

I know there is a lot of negative sentiment out there about the property market at the moment, but I was a little bit surprised to see how bearish sentiment is.

The next week is likely to see lots of news on what’s happening with house prices around the country. First up is likely to be the QV data, followed closely by numbers from the Real Estate Institute.