Economy, jobs expected to remain weak through 2014

High unemployment and poor economic conditions will keep pressure on housing prices for a very long time.

"It's going to take many years before you get back to anything approaching full unemployment, and 2014 is probably too early," said Hatzius, speaking at a conference held at the Newseum in Washington. The conference was sponsored by the left-leaning think tank and advocacy group Demos.

Some on the panel predicted unemployment will tick upward before it heads lower. And Feldstein predicted that housing prices could fall even further, especially as more underwater homeowners give the banks the keys to their homes, increasing the supply of available ones.

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