Home Prices Are Now Higher Than the Peak of the 2000s Housing Bubble

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Post by lxm » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 4:58 PM UTC

Home Prices Are Now Higher Than the Peak of the 2000s Housing Bubble
npr.org

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Post by latchkey » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 5:14 PM UTC

Name something that costs less in 2021 than in the 2000s?

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Post by skywal_l » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 5:15 PM UTC

So is this finally the inflation that we were promised for so long? I guess all that money created during covid had to go somewhere. Too bad it's not going into education or healthcare...

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Post by loxs » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 5:15 PM UTC

So we are nowhere near that bubble, as current USD supply is several times larger, compared to then

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Post by justaman » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 5:15 PM UTC

latchkey wrote: post #2

Name something that costs less in 2021 than in the 2000s?

Televisions.

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Post by 14 » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 5:16 PM UTC

latchkey wrote: post #2

Name something that costs less in 2021 than in the 2000s?

Solar panels

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Post by gnur » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 5:16 PM UTC

latchkey wrote: post #2

Name something that costs less in 2021 than in the 2000s?

Anything related to storage or compute? I couldn’t image having a 2tb drive 20 years ago, but having a 2tb ssd in my laptop is kind of amazing

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 5:16 PM UTC

latchkey wrote: post #2

Name something that costs less in 2021 than in the 2000s?

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Post by pokoleo » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

latchkey wrote: post #2

Name something that costs less in 2021 than in the 2000s?

CRT displays and floppy disks

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Post by toomuchtodo » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

latchkey wrote: post #2

Name something that costs less in 2021 than in the 2000s?

Airline tickets.