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      10-12-2019, 08:17 AM   #95
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Originally Posted by Run Silent View Post
Nope.

With exception of certain markets where housing has gone insane, overall as a country, home prices per square foot are actually cheaper today than they were 50 years ago, when adjusted for inflation.

Bottom line - it costs less to buy a home today than it ever has in modern history in the United States. People are just choosing to buy nicer and larger homes than they should be buying.

Not the fault of the costs of home ownership - the fault of people today making dumb ass financial decisions.





https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/today...last-40-years/
Well, that and states just love to have citizens buy expensive houses for the property tax revenues...
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