We Should Be Shocked By What Inflation Is Doing To Home Prices, Because We Have Never Seen This Before
By Michael Snyder If you are shopping for a home right now, I really do feel sorry for you. Home prices in many areas of…
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Smart Tech Expert: Future “Smart Homes” Will Include Sensors in Clothing, Furniture, etc. Connected to Hazardous “Smart” Meters
By B.N. Frank It’s amusing as well as alarming when industry folks go to great lengths to depict “Smart Homes” as something desirable now and…
“This Is Wealth Redistribution”: Blackrock And Other Institutional Investors Buying Entire Neighborhoods At Huge Premiums
By Tyler Durden As the real estate market continues to break records, a cabal of institutional investors has been tossing gasoline on the fire –…
Lumber, Labor, and Gas Markets Tell SAD Stories
By Art Carden The hits just keep coming. First, lumber prices exploded. Second, there was a terrible jobs report. Third, there was a gas shortage….
Priced Out Of The Newly Built Housing Market, Millennials Are Turning To “Fixer-Uppers”
By Tyler Durden What was once a feel-good story about millennials moving out of their parents’ basements and finally buying houses of their own has…
And Now Rents Are Soaring Too
By Tyler Durden With BofA predicting that the US is facing a period of “transitory hyperinflation” as a result of soaring commodity prices in everything…
Federal Judge Overturns CDC’s Eviction Moratorium
By Tyler Durden Update (1300ET): White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed at today’s briefing that Biden’s Justice Department is reviewing the federal judge’s decision, and…
Skyrocketing Lumber Prices Have Increased The Average Price Of A New Home By $35,872 In 1 Year
By Michael Snyder Do any of you remember when you could buy an entire house for $35,000? There was a time in America when middle-class…
“Mom And Pop” Landlords Dying On The Vine As Un-Evictable Tenants Enjoy Pandemic Protections
By Tyler Durden As millions of renters across America continue to benefit from sweeping protections against eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic, their landlords haven’t been…
The Mass Exodus From The West Coast Is Driving Home Prices In Idaho To Insane Levels
By Michael Snyder Lots of people have been moving away from the west coast over the last decade, but we have never seen the sort…
State-Supported “Clean Energy” PACE Loans Have Put Borrowers at Risk of Losing Their Homes; No Energy Savings for Some Either
By B.N. Frank Last month, Activist Post reported about book and film, Bright Green Lies which expose many examples of “greenwashing”. From Investopedia: Greenwashing is…
What Skyrocketing Home Prices Say About Inflation
By Stefan Gleason Anyone who says inflation isn’t a problem hasn’t tried shopping for a new home recently. Housing costs are skyrocketing. The median sales…
Feds Warn Mortgage Firms: “Tidal Wave Of Distress” Coming As Forbearance Programs Set To Lapse
By Tyler Durden The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) warned mortgage firms Thursday “to take all necessary steps now to prevent a wave of avoidable…
Formerly Homeless Man Enjoys New Life In First 3D-Printed Home In US
By Elias Marat A formerly homeless man is now enjoying his advanced years in a comfortable, entirely 3D-printed tiny home – the very first of…