Re:Happy 400th birthday to the world's oldest bond
by chgs on Tuesday December 24, 2024 @12:14PM
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> My personal rule of thumb is that rents remain fairly stable as a proportion of earnings
This is the problem, because supply is artificially constrains if wages double (through efficiencies), rents increase to soak up the extra productivity.
My personal rule of thumb is that rents remain fairly stable as a proportion of earnings under balanced supply and prices are then a function of rents / mortgage rates.
Over the past 15 years median household income has gone from $50k to $80k while mortgage rates more than halved from 6.5% in 2006 to 3.1% in 2021. Most of that 2-3x increase is from the fall in rates.