I'm kinda limited on how much Ice Cream I can buy to eat at home as it is. If I do go buy it, I either have to make sure I have a cooler in my car or go to the Country Mart where I live to get it, because they're the only place I can go and get it home before it melts.
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I don’t think property doubled in the last 5 years. More like 40 percent in most cases. Property has doubled off the 2009 lows. Houses that were 350k in 2009 are around 700k today.
losing everything in a natural disaster is why insurance is needed and required for a loan.
what would you suggest we do to keep Home prices at bay? Raise the borrowing rates would be the only non-communistic option we have.
When the rates were up in the 7% range, in 2024 and early 2025, housing prices did come down in some areas. Now rates are in the low 6’s and buyers and sellers are creeping back into the market
I like to buy assets that appreciate and young adults should too.
Renting is pissing away money
Black Rock claims you are confusing it with Blackstone.
I didn’t see much about this here over the past weekend when it was being reported. At the time, they had not attributed the placement to China. This story probably deserved more attention.
Value fluctuations even during the fannie and freddie created crisis were location dependent. For example Florida values had fluctuated up and down in cities like Jupiter, FL for quite a while. Not because of gentrification and societal/banking issues.
Almost like someone was printing money for them, which I think is actually happening and causing the massive inflation we're seeing with the dollar. I suspect we gave printing plates to some foreign govt or banking institution.
He has no way of stopping it with the RINOs we have in Congress. EO wouldn't get it done. Attacking that company outside of legislation would cause a massive financial crisis with how much stock they own in other corporations. They need to be investigated by DOGE level programmers and hackers to find out exactly where their money is coming from and how they're operating.
They do need to be stopped and their assets seized, and SFRs returned to the market in a planned release that won't collapse the market. Then return to common sense real estate restrictions for both banks and corporations, preventing them from buying SFRs before OOC buyers.
Nope. It started with Clinton. It reached a fever pitch when Obama left office. Trump had no way to stop it.
That was part of the plan to keep him on the defensive and from attacking these issues.
Mitch kept the Republicans from attacking anything in their platform and cost them in the midterm elections ON PURPOSE, so they wouldn't be able to stop the fleecing of the people, crippling the economy, and the ramping up of inflation. They refused to address obamacare and health insurance issues for 2 years. They did NOTHING.
It sounds great and "moderate" to blame Trump for this, but that is either myopic or disingenuous.
There is an answer. It needs to be addressed before midterms and should be the main focus and message of Republicans that they WILL FIX IT, if given the mandate.
I do not think that is a fair statement.
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There are some crazy facts in some of these cases. I recently saw a case where the person was claiming asylum, but after they left their country, they stayed in another country for four years before making their way to the US under the previous administration. They never sought asylum in that four years or in any country through which they passed on their way to our border. This is a racket promoted by the Dems.
The actual time it takes for home values to double varies significantly based on market conditions, location, and the specific time period.
For instance, from 2000 to 2010, prices, remained fairly flat, after they nearly doubled in 2005-6 and gave back all their gains in 2008-2010. But, housing prices coming off the bottom, in 2009, have doubled across the board in most major cities.
over a 100 year period, I think the 15 year rule would probably be accurate. Although, some 15 year spans may more than double, and others may see little growth due to a crash or prolonged bear market.
ADs are always making calls to gage interest from prospective coaches through their agents. That's a big part of their jobs. They do it on the regular so they're not unprepared as much as possible when changes occur.
They make the calls now so that they don't waste time with people that aren't interested later.
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George Slopadopolous carries the water for the DNC as well as anybody. What a 
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The Google AI answer to housing prices surging recently:
The surge in the housing market following the initial COVID-19 lockdown was caused by a unique combination of historically low interest rates and a major shift in consumer demand for more space due to remote work
. This surge was amplified by existing supply shortages and significant investor activity.
Increased demand from lifestyle changes
The surge in the housing market following the initial COVID-19 lockdown was caused by a unique combination of historically low interest rates and a major shift in consumer demand for more space due to remote work
. This surge was amplified by existing supply shortages and significant investor activity.
Increased demand from lifestyle changes
- Remote work created a "search for space": As employers instituted work-from-home policies, many people no longer needed to live within commuting distance of a physical office. This prompted a wave of migration from denser urban centers to suburbs and smaller cities where housing was often cheaper and provided more square footage.
- Desire for more functional living space: Spending significantly more time at home made many people realize their living situations were inadequate. This led to a rush to buy larger homes with features like home offices, outdoor spaces, and dedicated rooms for hobbies and family activities.
- Millennials entered the market: The pandemic accelerated the long-standing trend of millennials reaching prime home-buying age. Combined with new lifestyle priorities and low mortgage rates, this demographic moved from the rental market into homeownership in large numbers.
- Historically low mortgage rates: In response to the economic uncertainty of the pandemic, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to near zero. This drove mortgage rates to historic lows, boosting buyers' purchasing power and making homeownership more accessible and attractive.
- Government stimulus and savings: Fiscal stimulus, including direct payments and expanded unemployment benefits, combined with reduced opportunities for discretionary spending (such as travel and dining out), allowed many households to accumulate savings. These savings could then be used for down payments on a home.
- Investor activity: As housing values rose, large institutional investors and "iBuyers" aggressively purchased homes as investment properties. This added to the competition for limited inventory, especially for starter homes, and helped to further drive up prices.
- Chronic underbuilding: The U.S. had a significant housing supply issue leading up to the pandemic, largely due to a slowdown in new construction following the 2008 financial crisis. When demand surged, the market was already operating with historically low inventory.
- Disrupted new construction: The pandemic further hampered new construction due to supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, making it impossible for builders to keep up with the sudden jump in demand.
- Homeowners locked in low rates: When mortgage rates rose in 2022 to combat inflation, many homeowners who had locked in low rates during the pandemic were disincentivized from selling. This phenomenon, known as the "rate-lock effect," significantly reduced the inventory of existing homes for sale, keeping prices elevated even as sales slowed.
isn't that convenient.
"Look at his overall body of work..."
Oh, OK. Let's apply that to the Catholic Church. Let's look at the inquisitions, the 100s of years of priesthood abuse scandals, silence during WW2, and the genocide of indigenous people all over the place. Lets look at them taking our money to use for flooding this country with illegal immigrants while refusing to take anyone into vatican city.
So should we judge the church by what they've done overall instead of any good things they've done recently OR individually? Let's do that then.
Completely a garbage political response by this pope.
Unsurprising. I trust local media much more.
Good stuff
If I knew how, a Dos Equis commercial would be a great idea for one of these.
Unless she's blogging or doing shopping network videos from the front lawn, it's a big nothing-burger. She can take photos anywhere and I don't care. Probably one of the few safe places she can take photos the way the leftists are these days.
do you guys miss having a potus that threatened us citizens with F-15s and nukes?
yeah, me neither.
yeah, me neither.
We take a cooler with us if we're going to get frozen desserts at the store. Nothing stays frozen long with all of the fillers that are used to make them smooth. Very few ice creams are solid at the store these days.
If you waved 100k in front of that vampire, he wouldn't be able to stop drooling all over himself. He goes whichever way the money blows. If they don't keep illegals voting, and cant stop their corruption from being outed and stopped, their party is toast.
what "European allies" is he talking about? Did he violate the law?
Our European allies are talking to Tim?
That's also an insurance issue. Most people don't realize their insurance doesn't cover true replacement value unless they're updating it with their insurer every few years.
And YES property values have doubled in some places in the last 5 years. They're up 65-75% In other areas, but only because they have receded due to mortgage interest rates skyrocketing.
My buddy has a property in Lexington that was valued at 150k in 2017. By mid 2020 it was worth over 300k. Got as high as 340k and could have sold for over 360k at one point, but they weren't ready to sell it at the time. Now the value has been dropping back down a bit.
Another business associate bought a townhouse in 2018 or 2019 for 77-80k. That property in Lexington is now valued at over 160k. That backs up your assertion that prices have doubled very recently.
Yep. Banks seemed to conspire to drive prices up. From 2019 onward. That's when they had a complicit agency, doj, and congress. No one was going to step up. This was all planned in advance.
Most common myth ever.
Huge renewables fan, but yeah, subsidized and inefficient.
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