Comments on: Wealth disparity and the housing shortage. https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/06/wealth-disparity-and-the-housing-shortage/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/06/wealth-disparity-and-the-housing-shortage/#comment-49651 podrock Sat, 07 May 2022 16:33:40 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94025#comment-49651 25 years, 512% rise. 25 years, 512% rise.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/06/wealth-disparity-and-the-housing-shortage/#comment-49648 ER Sat, 07 May 2022 15:12:13 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94025#comment-49648 I bought my house in Florida 20 ywars ago for $80K. (2B,2B, in a retirement community). Its current market value is between 3 and 4 times as much. I bought my house in Florida 20 ywars ago for $80K. (2B,2B, in a retirement community). Its current market value is between 3 and 4 times as much.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/06/wealth-disparity-and-the-housing-shortage/#comment-49647 ER Sat, 07 May 2022 15:10:45 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94025#comment-49647 that there are fascist bigots in Canada, too. I guess its not just Americans who are fucked up, but Anglo-Saxons everywhere. that there are fascist bigots in Canada, too. I guess its not just Americans who are fucked up, but Anglo-Saxons everywhere.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/06/wealth-disparity-and-the-housing-shortage/#comment-49646 RL Sat, 07 May 2022 15:09:26 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94025#comment-49646 Housing prices have outpaced inflation for a while now... Housing prices have outpaced inflation for a while now…

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/06/wealth-disparity-and-the-housing-shortage/#comment-49645 RL Sat, 07 May 2022 14:48:02 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94025#comment-49645 They have facilities in Aukland... but they don't seem to to be doing much in my area of experience, unfortunately. They have facilities in Aukland… but they don’t seem to to be doing much in my area of experience, unfortunately.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/06/wealth-disparity-and-the-housing-shortage/#comment-49639 RL Fri, 06 May 2022 21:45:59 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94025#comment-49639 I could only do it if it were Rubles I could only do it if it were Rubles

]]> By: Pebble https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/06/wealth-disparity-and-the-housing-shortage/#comment-49638 Pebble Fri, 06 May 2022 21:29:37 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94025#comment-49638 US dollars US dollars

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/06/wealth-disparity-and-the-housing-shortage/#comment-49637 RobVG Fri, 06 May 2022 21:18:51 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94025#comment-49637 :[ :[

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/06/wealth-disparity-and-the-housing-shortage/#comment-49636 ER Fri, 06 May 2022 21:06:31 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94025#comment-49636 The purchasing power of the average family has gone down. Back in my airphoto days, I would look at a contact print and see these endless constellations of suburban homes. It occurred to me,"there's a lot of wealth down there, even the ones that are mortgaged have equity". Its only a matter of time before someone figures a way to harvest that resource... The purchasing power of the average family has gone down.

Back in my airphoto days, I would look at a contact print and see these endless constellations of suburban homes. It occurred to me,”there’s a lot of wealth down there, even the ones that are mortgaged have equity”. Its only a matter of time before someone figures a way to harvest that resource…

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2022/05/06/wealth-disparity-and-the-housing-shortage/#comment-49634 RL Fri, 06 May 2022 20:16:02 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=94025#comment-49634 Is that US dollars though? Or NZD? Is that US dollars though? Or NZD?

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