"The real estate collapse was caused by banks who threw too much money at the developers," he said.

Many failed to provide their promised returns and were hurt by the real estate collapse of the late 1980's.

The fear of a real estate collapse - which I have seen and suffered through, so I know it can happen.

And, especially the fear of a real estate collapse during which I would be illiquid and need money.

A real estate collapse in Harlem around 1905 had given blacks their first toehold in the neighborhood, previously almost exclusively white.

Schiff regularly appeared on television in the years before the crisis and warned of the impending real estate collapse.

A real estate collapse had left banks in terrible shape.

By 1986, however, Texas was leading the nation into a real estate collapse.

They built an $11 billion portfolio that weathered California's real estate collapse better than nearly any other bank.

Analysts said it would be among the first buildings in the region to be erected on speculation since the real estate collapse of the late 1980's.