This is Nick. This is Jack. And today's housing pod is the best one yet. Our top three stories about the housing market of the last year. Best is Nick and Jack here. And if you're here in this episode, then Jack's baby just came. Jack's on paternity leave right now. I'm elbow deep in diapers, Nick. I know, I know. You're doing well. So all week long, we're dropping our best ones yet,

the best one yet. And today's show, well, we've done one bonus pot on parenting. We've done one

on innovation, but this one is on housing. So send this to a buddy who's trying to sell a house,

trying to buy a house, someone who's renting a house. I'm just complaining about their landlord.

Jack, three stories for today's show.

What have we got?

For our first story, we're going back to September 24th, 2024.

Costco was launching their first ever Costco apartment building.

And the solution to your high rent, it may actually be Kirkland Condos.

For our second story, we're going to July 23rd.

Because a top cause of America's housing

crisis may actually be our elevators. Because an American elevator costs five times more than a

Spanish elevator. And our third and final story, we're going back to July night. The fastest

growing city in America is a Texas retirement community, median age

73. But the real winner of boomer boom towns is actually millennials. But yet,ies, before

we hit that wonderful mix of roomy stories, fantastic mix of stories, Jack. Do you rent, do you

buy, or do you cry? Oh, the housing market right now. It looks like a

typo. Mortgage rates are at 30 year highs. Home prices hit all-time highs every month, seemingly

always. So home sales have fallen to the lowest level since your parents' kitchen had dunkeros.

Ah, that era. They had better snacks and a better housing market. They did. In the 90s,

you could buy like all of Tribeca for the price of today's latte. Today, you need a guarantor

to rent a space for a scooter. It's ridiculous. It is ridiculous. In this economy, the housing

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