Coincidence? I think not. Houses, SUV's and pickup trucks can't find any buyers, even though "incentives" are rampant

It's funny too that the sellers are using "incentives" and trickery versus your basic price drop to try to move this dead inventory. The difference is while the NAR and US government report bogus housing price data as the truth (and the gullible media and clueless Americans believe them), whereas the automakers and NADA just report unit sales.

It's also funny that clueless consumers celebrate when they hear housing prices are going up, and celebrate when they hear SUV prices are coming down.

Bottom line - want a SUV or house at 50% off? Just go make an offer. Desperate times call for desperate measures...

SUVs, trucks stuck on car lots - '06 models hit by higher gas prices

Detroit's automakers struggled to unload large inventories of trucks and SUVs last month, despite generous incentive offers, as U.S. consumers continue to favor smaller fuel-efficient vehicles.

General Motors Corp. reported on Friday a respectable month with a nearly 4% increase from last year's tepid August sales. But Ford Motor Co. continued to slide, with overall sales down 11.6% -- trucks down 21%, cars up 8.5% -- from a strong August 2005.

Makers of the traditional U.S. brands are finding it difficult to move 2006 pickups and SUVs off dealer lots as consumers slow spending on vehicles in response to rising gas prices, interest rates and more competition from foreign automakers.

Sales for Ford and Dodge trucks were not as strong as the companies would have liked, said Paul Taylor, chief economist for the National Automobile Dealers Association, based in McLean, Va.
"That sets the stage for a strong incentive-driven September and October sales period," he said.