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Re:Maybe Treating Housing as an Investment Was a Colossal Mi... by cko on Monday March 06, 2023 @01:16PM (#35045102)
I think a more apt comparison would be monthly mortgage + interest payment divided by price per square ft over time. I suspect it just barely tracks inflation.

Houses have gotten bigger and interest rates have fallen since then.

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Re:Maybe Treating Housing as an Investment Was a Colossal Mi... by actionablefiber on Monday March 06, 2023 @01:47PM (#35045684)
I understand the bit about interest rates. But the disappearance of starter homes from the market is part of the problem, not a cool accounting trick to hide it.
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