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True Dough

(24,595 posts) Sun Jul 27, 2025, 08:15 AM Jul 27

Imagine we had elected the candidate who campaigned to give first-time home buyers $25,000 [View all]

I wonder how this chart would have looked under her leadership?

Barchart
@Barchart
BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Housing Market

First-time home buyers have fallen to a record low 📉

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Imagine we had elected the candidate who campaigned to give first-time home buyers $25,000 [View all] True Dough Jul 27 OP

Just cut out the middle man: just give it to the 5% who are holding 11,000,000 housing units off the market ... marble falls Jul 27 #1

Hear Hear! OldBaldy1701E Jul 27 #2

They get really cold with their off job relationships, too. marble falls Jul 27 #3

When you say "11 M houses off market," does that mean they're rentals or just sitting abandoned? There is a huge market Silent Type Jul 27 #4

Interest rates are too high combined with home prices Melon Jul 27 #5