Inflation Has Outpaced Wage Growth. Now It’s Cutting into Spending

Re:Inflation Has Outpaced Wage Growth. Now It’s Cutting into... by Gunax on Sunday July 17, 2022 @06:44PM (#32132232)

But the purchaser exchanged money for property. The transaction did not alter their wealth.

I understand that we typically think of owning property as a means of increasing wealth, more so than renting. But this is only true because we let home values increase.

And it might not even be true now, if renters places their savings other investments.

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Re:Inflation Has Outpaced Wage Growth. Now It’s Cutting into... by SantalBlush on Sunday July 17, 2022 @08:52PM (#32133270)

Even if home prices stay flat, it would increase the would-be-renters' wealth. Their payments would not only build equity which can transfer to another purchase, but once they pay off a home, the payments are finished. That means more net-positive cash flows to their own pockets. The notion that home prices need to rise for wealth building is completely and unequivocally false.

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Re:Inflation Has Outpaced Wage Growth. Now It’s Cutting into... by ac29 on Monday July 18, 2022 @12:38PM (#32140261)

> once they pay off a home, the payments are finished

Property taxes and maintenance costs continue forever.

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