The US Case-Shiller National Home Price Index posts a year-over-year decline before end-2027.

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Six frontier AI models put this at 35% by 7 Oct 2029. Full reasoning from every model.

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35% — the median of 6 frontier models, resolving by 2029-10-07.

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Gemini (Google): 37% — Nominal US home prices rarely drop nationally without severe recessions due to persistent structural inventory lock-in. National Case-Shiller YoY declines have only occurred during the 1990-1991, 2007-2012, and brief 2023 mini-dips in modern data. Sub-4% fixed mortgages keep existing inventory locked away, requiring a large spike in unemployment to force distressed selling. A rapid jump in national unemployment above 5.5% alongside forced liquidations would immediately push this above 65%.

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Claude (Anthropic): 32% — Hinges on whether high mortgage rates and inventory buildup finally outweigh tight supply enough to flip YoY negative. National index YoY growth has slowed to low single digits in 2025-26, close to the flat line, making a dip plausible but not assured. Historically national Case-Shiller YoY declines are rare outside 2008-12 and brief 2023 dip, so base rate for a new decline is modest. Affordability strain, elevated rates, and rising inventory in Sun Belt/South markets are the key drags that could push the print negative by 2027.

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GPT (OpenAI): 63% — It turns chiefly on whether elevated mortgage rates and weak affordability finally outweigh the supply shortage nationwide. A negative print requires a broad nominal pullback, not merely slower gains; the 2007-12 episode shows it can occur after credit stress. By December 2027, the Fed, mortgage markets, and buyers have enough time for rates or unemployment to force distressed or price-cutting sales. I would raise this sharply if unemployment rises above 5% or 30-year mortgage rates stay near 7%; constrained inventory is the main offset.

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Grok (xAI): 22% — National prices fall YoY only if a recession or rate spike hits demand by mid-2027. Fed/economy must deliver a downturn by mid-2027 given 3-6 month reporting lags on Case-Shiller. National YoY declines occurred only in the GFC; 2022-23 MoM drops never produced a negative annual print. A sharp unemployment spike above 6% would most raise the odds; otherwise inventory and rate cuts keep prices rising.

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DeepSeek (DeepSeek): 22% — Needs a national YoY negative print by late 2027, which requires a real price break, not just slow growth. Case-Shiller national YoY has been positive in nearly every month since 2012, so the base rate for a negative print in any 14-month window is low. A negative print requires either a sharp demand shock or sustained high rates; the Fed cutting into 2026-27 makes that harder. The clearest trigger would be a recession with job losses and forced selling, which would move this from unlikely to likely.

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Qwen (Alibaba): 38% — Affordability ceiling and elevated rates must collide with a labor-market shock to break the supply lock-in that's propping up prices. Case-Shiller National posted YoY declines only in 2009, 2011-2012, and briefly 2023; base rate for any 14-month window is roughly 15-20%. The mortgage lock-in effect keeps existing inventory artificially scarce, but new-construction completions are rising and could tip the balance if demand weakens. A recession or unemployment spike above 5% would be the catalyst that finally overwhelms the supply constraint; without it, prices grind sideways at worst.

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