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With mortgage rates back to 6.5%, maybe we'll begin to see easing in prices. I'm hearing Texas markets are starting to soften.
1 posted on 07/17/2026 9:18:05 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: Miami Rebel

And the effect immigration has had?


2 posted on 07/17/2026 9:20:16 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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I’ve never known house prices to go down here in upstate NY


3 posted on 07/17/2026 9:20:43 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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IMHO it's a problem with government both local and national (not Trump).

1) Soft on crime policies reduce supply by making many starter homes in unlivable high crime areas. Lower supply --> higher prices elsewhere.

2) Illegal immigrants increase demand for starter homes. Increase demand ---> higher prices.

3) Section 8 money (HUD) for single family dwellings (houses) increases demand for houses. Increase demand ---> higher prices.

So many young people vote Dim, then complain that boomers are messing up the housing market. When it's the Dims that's making starter home prices unreachable.

4 posted on 07/17/2026 9:23:56 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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The report found that the median existing home price in June reached $440,660, an increase of 1.8 percent year-over-year

1.8 percent increase year-over-year is actually below the rate of inflation and is good.

5 posted on 07/17/2026 9:24:46 AM PDT by FreeReign
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Don’t count on a huge drop.
Things went soft 6 months ago in Scottsdale but now speeding up again.
My place will probably be up 10% in the next year.


6 posted on 07/17/2026 9:24:57 AM PDT by Zathras
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When will so called MAGAs take off their gloves and treat Trump policies objectively? Hard working families are struggling like never before on my sixty years of living. Cost of living unmanageable for most. Step 1) stop playing to Israel. 2) turn use billions earmarked to Israel and invest in American infrastructure.

Jobs would be created. Let Israel put on their big boy pants. They can hoist in their petard.


8 posted on 07/17/2026 9:27:38 AM PDT by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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Another great for Seniors, horrible for young people statistic. This is why young people are giving up hope of having a future of buying a house to start a family. And why some are turning to Socialism.


14 posted on 07/17/2026 9:55:06 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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Please! Freepers from lib states...move to South Carolina to keep this state RED! Home prices are escalating, but you can still get a band for your buck here.


15 posted on 07/17/2026 9:56:26 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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Paying way more for crappier new homes.

Yes, today’s new homes are COMPLETE CRAP.


16 posted on 07/17/2026 10:00:40 AM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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Thanks to never ending inflation and regulation, I think the only time prices actually went down was during the 2008 crash.

Generally, what happens is that the market shifts from that of a buyer’s market to a seller’s.

In the buyer’s market, prices go up at a slower rate.

You will see more people cutting list-prices during a buyer’s market but that is because they priced it too high for that very market. The average price of resulting sales still goes up.


17 posted on 07/17/2026 10:03:09 AM PDT by fruser1
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Is this good or bad?


19 posted on 07/17/2026 10:05:33 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven)
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Not even covering inflation. The term “a new high” is meaningless.


23 posted on 07/17/2026 10:20:32 AM PDT by Fido969
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Texas and other markets went to high, too quick.


31 posted on 07/17/2026 10:50:27 AM PDT by ThisLittleLightofMine
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* 30+ Trillion Big Un-Beautiful Bill(s)Signed by Trump, (and his predecessors,) Bills. Starting with Mr.”read my lips”

* Everything is up, in this counterfeit economy.

* So called stock “market”. 40k, absolutely ridiculous.

* Wheelbarrow for tangible assets.

* And ⛽ 📈, Hormuz, deflection from the real cause: 30+ Trillion Dumping ✖️


44 posted on 07/17/2026 7:23:38 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." ) I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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