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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

#718: The Housing Market Is Lying To You with Melody Wright

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent

Technology

4.8804 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Marty sits down with Melody Wright, housing market analyst and investigative researcher, to discuss the deepening cracks beneath the surface of the U.S. housing and labor markets — from record-low home sales and rising mortgage delinquencies to corrupted government data, municipal fiscal collapse, and the broader consumer credit stress that mainstream financial media continues to ignore.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free.

0:10.0

If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts.

0:16.0

So it's all acting like safe haven.

0:18.0

I believe that in a world where central bankers are tripping over themselves to devalue their

0:23.5

currency, Bitcoin wins.

0:25.3

In the world of fiat currencies, Bitcoin is the victor.

0:29.2

I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin.

0:31.9

If you're not paying attention, you probably should be.

0:36.2

All right, take two, Melody.

0:37.6

Welcome back to the show.

0:39.0

Thank you so much.

0:39.9

Thank you for having me.

0:40.9

It's my pleasure to be here.

0:42.8

Well, like I said, it's timely talking to you as somebody settling on a house next week.

0:47.6

It may not be the best market to do it, but I got to get my forever house.

0:51.6

And for anybody who didn't catch the first interview with Melody in Q3, beginning of Q4,

0:59.1

last year, this is a little background. Melody's a housing market analyst, an independent

1:02.8

researcher. She's based in Tennessee. She runs the N3 underscore Melody substack, which is great.

1:10.6

I highly recommend subscribing to it if you want to stay up to date on this.

1:13.6

She's doing deep dive analysis on housing data, labor markets,

1:16.6

and the intersection of government policy but real estate,

1:19.6

former mortgage industry professional,

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