By Jonathan Smoke | realtor.com
It’s been a wild week for the stock market—over the six trading days ending on Tuesday, the S&P 500 declined in value by almost 13%. If it had maintained that level for the rest of August, it would have ended up as one of the five biggest monthly drops in trading history. Fortunately, it recovered on Wednesday to an 8% drop compared with July.
So how do these negative swings in stocks affect housing? Well, it all depends on the nature of the stock market declines.
Eight of the 12 worst months for stocks were in the midst of recessions.
