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I didn't know income had anything to do with real estate.

By HEY YOU   Follow   Wed, 16 Jan 2013, 6:27pm   686 views   8 comments
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http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/inflation-adjusted-home-prices-united-states-costs-of-inflation-in-housing/

"Adjusting for inflation, household income is back to levels last seen in the 1990s. So in real terms, Americans are spending more money on a variety of items adjusting for inflation. In other words, most are losing purchasing power. This can be in the form of college education, healthcare, food, energy, or even housing. This is an important trend to understand because it highlights why the Fed has so aggressively pushed interest rates lower to make up for this lack of real income growth."

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1. inflection point Follow Befriend 4 threads 266 comments Fremont, CA

   1   9:07pm Wed 16 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Perhaps you have never lived on a budget then. The thought is that you have a fixed wage, lack of interest income dur to ZIRP, larger energy, food, and helath care bills. That means the part of the pie left to buy a house is less.

2. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 414 threads 4,133 comments Baltimore, MD

   2   7:00am Fri 18 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   According to Iwog, these things don't matter: http://patrick.net/forum/?p=1220476&c=918632#comment-918632 http://patrick.net/forum/?p=1220476&c=920203#comment-920203

3. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 247 threads 4,716 comments

   3   10:21am Fri 18 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   HEY YOU says In other words, most are losing purchasing power. This can be in the form of college education, healthcare, food, energy, or even housing. It's sheer negligence and dereliction of duty. Plain and simple. Here's a comment from a study on the ineffectiveness of SNAP... One aspect of the program the report says is inadequate is the government's response to rising food prices. The researchers found a 16-month lag between when the government assesses the cost of food and when it adjusts benefit amounts to accommodate price hikes. When we allow investors to manipulate our Energy prices, everything else becomes an incidental casualty. Besides the fact that even food commodities are being hedged by the investors, to make them fat and rich while the cost of those goods soar through the roof.

4. PockyClipsNow Follow Befriend 19 threads 1,534 comments Los Angeles, CA

   4   10:32am Fri 18 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike   Income doesnt matter only permaZIRP matters now. In 20 years your grandkids wont believe u ever earned 6% from a bank account or CD they will be buying up rental homes just to get a 1% return.

5. Michinaga Follow Befriend (2) 3 threads 283 comments

   5   9:45am Mon 21 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike   PockyClipsNow says Income doesnt matter only permaZIRP matters now. In 20 years your grandkids wont believe u ever earned 6% from a bank account or CD they will be buying up rental homes just to get a 1% return. I'd happily accept a 1% return on everything, if we had sound money and zero inflation. The problem is that Helicopter Ben wants us to earn 0.01% on our savings while the value of that savings is shaved off by 2% a year.

6. drew_eckhardt Follow Befriend (1) 2 threads 324 comments Sunnyvale, CA

   6   12:09pm Mon 21 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Michinaga says I'd happily accept a 1% return on everything, if we had sound money and zero inflation. The problem is that Helicopter Ben wants us to earn 0.01% on our savings while the value of that savings is shaved off by 2% a year. If only life was that good. The Fed is trying for a higher inflation rate, perhaps 30% per decade or 2.7% per year.

7. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 414 threads 4,133 comments Baltimore, MD

   7   12:14pm Mon 21 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Michinaga says while the value of that savings is shaved off by 2% a year. I'm pretty sure that it's more than 2% per year.

8. thomaswong.1986 Follow Befriend 15 threads 2,839 comments

   8   8:22pm Mon 21 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   HEY YOU says Americans are spending more money on a variety of items adjusting for inflation. In other words, most are losing purchasing power. This can be in the form of college education, healthcare, food, energy, or even housing. and have been saving less for the long term.