Housing down????????
No way !
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Yeah. And food and beverages up less than 10% over ten years. Bull!
10 years ago, the housing bubble burst, so even though it has recovered it is still down.
In the summer of 2015 houses in our neighborhood like ours sold for $175,000. Last week a house identical to ours one block over sold for $225,000, slightly larger homes recently selling for $265,000 and up. Tax assessors and property insurance companies are smiling all the way to the bank.
Cost of some clothing may be slightly down but it’s just pure crap. We used to be able to wear clothes for several years because it was made of natural fiber and well made. Can’t even get one season out of most things now.
Noticed that basic grocery items are up $.03 to $.05 each. Add that increase to the fact that all cans and packages contain slightly less product than before and it adds up to a lot of money to feed a family.