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A Grim Warning to Home Buyers (It's Getting Worse) - Live Stream Replay

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Ken McElroy

Business, Investing, Education, Business News, News

4.8692 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Ken and Danille McElroy discuss the current economic landscape related to the skyrocketing US home prices and the worsening supply and demand crisis. Learn why the housing market is becoming increasingly challenging for buyers.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Real Estate Strategies podcast.

0:02.8

Let's get right into this episode.

0:05.0

Home prices hit a record high this past month and Jerome Powell is losing his mind.

0:11.4

Yeah, can you believe this?

0:12.6

I'll tell you what, hiking interest rates are not working.

0:17.5

Well, that's exactly, you know, it, right?

0:19.6

Like hiking the interest rates was supposed to bring down inflation, and it is in a lot of areas, but it's not in housing.

0:27.5

There's one huge flaw that is there's only one thing that's going to bring prices down, and that's increased supply.

0:35.2

Yeah.

0:35.8

And the problem is that you're going to talk about later, is that

0:40.6

hiking the rates also makes people stop building. Yep. Yeah. So hiking rates, you know,

0:46.8

restricts supply. Right, right. Well, I think it's important to note. So the cost of homes in the

0:51.6

U.S. climbed for the 11th consecutive month in May,

0:55.0

up 5.8% from a year ago. And now your average home is $419,300. Can you guys believe that?

1:05.0

So about $2,800 per month with current interest rates before taxes, insurance, and HOA.

1:09.6

I know. And I was looking at the affordability insurance, and HOA. I know.

1:14.8

And I was looking at the affordability factor, right?

1:17.8

Then we're at, obviously, you guys must know this.

1:21.5

Housing affordability is at an all-time low.

1:22.1

Yep. Like people obviously cannot afford to, I think you, we were were talking before you said they need like was

1:29.9

130 140 grand so this is an interesting statistic so for the because you remember this is not

1:35.6

just about buying the home you have to qualify for the mortgage right so in order for the

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