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Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable

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Re: Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable

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The author understates the issue by quoting a 2.5% average annual increase in rent since 1980. Far more relevant is the 10.9% average annual increase in property price [1] over the last six years.

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> Median house price September 2012: $735k

> Median house price September 2018: $1.37M

> (1.37/0.735)^(1/6) = 1.109

https://www.zillow.com/san-francisco-ca/home-values/