This is amazing. Bloomberg just published an article lamenting the H-1B crackdown on Indian workers in Texas because...
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) June 4, 2026
HOME PRICES ARE DROPPING DRAMATICALLY(!!)
The same article claims it's "racist" to scale back the number of H-1Bs (lol) and states as gospel truth that home… pic.twitter.com/GCprP4zX0H
Why can't young people afford houses?
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Redbrickbear said:This is amazing. Bloomberg just published an article lamenting the H-1B crackdown on Indian workers in Texas because...
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) June 4, 2026
HOME PRICES ARE DROPPING DRAMATICALLY(!!)
The same article claims it's "racist" to scale back the number of H-1Bs (lol) and states as gospel truth that home… pic.twitter.com/GCprP4zX0H
During a severe national housing affordability crisis, US banks issued risky loans to foreign buyers moving to America on temporary work visas
— Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) June 6, 2026
Then policy shifted and the tech job market turned
The end result, detailed in the New York Post: pic.twitter.com/RxfGVBIAVL
Probably the most alarming US housing chart I’ve ever seen:
— Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) June 7, 2026
In the late 1980s, the majority of homebuyers were families with young children
Today, just 24% of homebuyers have young children pic.twitter.com/0H8bF8NbRe
there is about to be some smoking deals is you have cash coming shortly, if you are looking for a home or looking to upgrade. The DFW $30K Millionaire will get squeezed.
Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down." pic.twitter.com/8QR4N5d8tR
— FactPost (@factpostnews) June 24, 2026
I see the concerns but don’t forget the most wealthy generation. Boomers are more likely to downsize only if forced to (assisted living or coffin)
— Peter Kiriazopoulos (@PeterofRecord) July 5, 2026
Majority I believe will age in place. Look at the rise in reverse mortgages
From the rising amount of estate sales I’ve had over… pic.twitter.com/9OSxwGcxT3
Hey, lil Danny twink...how's your house? lol,lol
Trump has a simple choice. He can choose 2 of 3. Protect Boomers, the business class, or young men. He's choosing to crush young men. Boomers want housing prices to remain high. The way to prevent a civil war is to get rid of cheap labor while keeping housing prices high. https://t.co/045jiO2HcS
— Fugitive Caesar (@ThomBrady5) July 7, 2026
Bleak and Radicalizing. https://t.co/nDNNmPRStC
— LT Jonathan Kendrick (@PlisskenPatriot) July 7, 2026
The worst part is that nobody’s even trying to fix this. The right tells young people to move to the middle of nowhere and work 3 jobs to pay for a collapsing house in the woods. The left says if they can just raise your taxes and bring in more migrants, everything will improve. https://t.co/jROBadaIlR
— John Q. Public 🇺🇸 (@JQPublic001) July 9, 2026
boognish_bear said:I see the concerns but don’t forget the most wealthy generation. Boomers are more likely to downsize only if forced to (assisted living or coffin)
— Peter Kiriazopoulos (@PeterofRecord) July 5, 2026
Majority I believe will age in place. Look at the rise in reverse mortgages
From the rising amount of estate sales I’ve had over… pic.twitter.com/9OSxwGcxT3
Unless you are extremely cash poor, reverse mortgages are not a good deal.
Call it a tax, the people are outraged! Call it a tariff, the people get out their checkbooks and wave their American flags!!!
Bipartisan affordability housing bill is now law, without President Trump’s signature, per NBC.
— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) July 11, 2026
Full story here: https://t.co/qrgzYZrTWM
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 10, 2026
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
Psalm 119:36
🚨Report: The average U.S. home is now more unaffordable to the average American than at any point in American history
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) July 13, 2026
Via: CBS News pic.twitter.com/9zBNdXb6DP
An excellent reason to deport all illegals: the 10-20 million Joe Biden brought in to the US account for 30% or more of the increase in rents. Housing markets and the economy in general has suffered ever since, with Americans in the lower classes and the middle class suffering more. The laws of supply and demand are real.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
Psalm 119:36
Western democracies are all trending towards a Pension and Landowner Superstate where all fiscal systems at all levels are reoriented towards transferring wealth to landowners, retirees, and retired landowners. https://t.co/vSIEcCpooC
— jeremy (@landvaluetax) July 13, 2026
lil Danny Twink. Sucks to still be living in your parents basement and not being able to afford a house because if no income..Sucks to be you, you twisted freak.
boognish_bear said:The worst part is that nobody’s even trying to fix this. The right tells young people to move to the middle of nowhere and work 3 jobs to pay for a collapsing house in the woods. The left says if they can just raise your taxes and bring in more migrants, everything will improve. https://t.co/jROBadaIlR
— John Q. Public 🇺🇸 (@JQPublic001) July 9, 2026
So true. Just look at this thread. It is full of people saying that housing IS affordable…. You just have to live in a high crime area, in a tiny home, work 2 jobs to save to move to the suburbs and blaming the younger generations for not managing their money well and taking stereotypes to the max.
David Friedberg says the greatest lie of the 20th century was putting all your net worth in your home
— dnap (@dnapway) July 22, 2026
"When you do that, then the only way to keep Americans wealthy and to keep the middle class stable is to keep the price of homes going up, because that’s the only asset."
“So… pic.twitter.com/35Mx9ZAQSY
Approximately 70% of existing homeowners hold mortgages with rates below 5%, discouraging them from selling and taking on higher rates, per Morgan Stanley
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 30, 2026
boognish_bear said:Approximately 70% of existing homeowners hold mortgages with rates below 5%, discouraging them from selling and taking on higher rates, per Morgan Stanley
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 30, 2026
So true. This is my wife and I currently. We want to move to a house with a little bit of land. We don't "need" to move. A little more house would be nice but really we want the land to use.
But we currently have a low rate. We don't want to pay a ton more just for a high rate.
Same for cars. We don't have payments on either of our vehicles but would like to get newer ones to avoid the maintenance. But neither of us has ever bought a car at a rate higher than 3.9. But right now it seems no one is offering less than 5. Some don't go lower than 6.5.
Both sort of blow our mind a little because we have excellent credit and yet that doesn't even seem to budge the rates at all.
cowboycwr said:boognish_bear said:Approximately 70% of existing homeowners hold mortgages with rates below 5%, discouraging them from selling and taking on higher rates, per Morgan Stanley
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 30, 2026
So true. This is my wife and I currently. We want to move to a house with a little bit of land. We don't "need" to move. A little more house would be nice but really we want the land to use.
But we currently have a low rate. We don't want to pay a ton more just for a high rate.
Same for cars. We don't have payments on either of our vehicles but would like to get newer ones to avoid the maintenance. But neither of us has ever bought a car at a rate higher than 3.9. But right now it seems no one is offering less than 5. Some don't go lower than 6.5.
Both sort of blow our mind a little because we have excellent credit and yet that doesn't even seem to budge the rates at all.
That sucks that you guys are stuck…but sounds like you are being smart about it. At least you are in a position where you can be patient and wait.
boognish_bear said:cowboycwr said:boognish_bear said:Approximately 70% of existing homeowners hold mortgages with rates below 5%, discouraging them from selling and taking on higher rates, per Morgan Stanley
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 30, 2026
So true. This is my wife and I currently. We want to move to a house with a little bit of land. We don't "need" to move. A little more house would be nice but really we want the land to use.
But we currently have a low rate. We don't want to pay a ton more just for a high rate.
Same for cars. We don't have payments on either of our vehicles but would like to get newer ones to avoid the maintenance. But neither of us has ever bought a car at a rate higher than 3.9. But right now it seems no one is offering less than 5. Some don't go lower than 6.5.
Both sort of blow our mind a little because we have excellent credit and yet that doesn't even seem to budge the rates at all.
That sucks that you guys are stuck…but sounds like you are being smart about it. At least you are in a position where you can be patient and wait.
Agreed.
The cars are the harder part as we both have vehicles that are out of warranty, slightly older and need to be replaced soon. But again the high rates seem too high right now. I've only bought a few vehicles but always had low rates. My wife is the same. So rates that are double what we are used to just seem high.
Colorado housing market is saturated with over priced listings.
Primarily because the sellers don't have enough equity to drop the price low enough to generate a sale.
Another wave of foreclosures seems to be a legitimate possibility
Primarily because the sellers don't have enough equity to drop the price low enough to generate a sale.
Another wave of foreclosures seems to be a legitimate possibility
The US housing market has reached its most unaffordable level in history.
— Eric Cole (@erichustls) August 4, 2026
If you EVER want a chance at buying a house…
Follow these 5 steps: pic.twitter.com/OZmMcLlzrd
KaiBear said:
Colorado housing market is saturated with over priced listings.
Primarily because the sellers don't have enough equity to drop the price low enough to generate a sale.
Another wave of foreclosures seems to be a legitimate possibility
Welcome back.
Call it a tax, the people are outraged! Call it a tariff, the people get out their checkbooks and wave their American flags!!!
America's biggest home builders are slashing prices.
— Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) August 6, 2026
Lennar has reduced its average selling price from $511k to $377k, a nearly 25% decline (inclusive of incentives).
DR Horton has cut from $415k to $366k, a 12% decline.
Four years ago, this would have been hard to imagine.… pic.twitter.com/vJCruOVAOr
boognish_bear said:America's biggest home builders are slashing prices.
— Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) August 6, 2026
Lennar has reduced its average selling price from $511k to $377k, a nearly 25% decline (inclusive of incentives).
DR Horton has cut from $415k to $366k, a 12% decline.
Four years ago, this would have been hard to imagine.… pic.twitter.com/vJCruOVAOr
Good…A price correction has long been needed
Young people just pull yourselves up by your bootstraps... pic.twitter.com/Y6qRw9gzij
— Heritage American (@bigbabolat) August 6, 2026
Redbrickbear said:boognish_bear said:America's biggest home builders are slashing prices.
— Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) August 6, 2026
Lennar has reduced its average selling price from $511k to $377k, a nearly 25% decline (inclusive of incentives).
DR Horton has cut from $415k to $366k, a 12% decline.
Four years ago, this would have been hard to imagine.… pic.twitter.com/vJCruOVAOr
Good…A price correction has long been neededYoung people just pull yourselves up by your bootstraps... pic.twitter.com/Y6qRw9gzij
— Heritage American (@bigbabolat) August 6, 2026
This shows exactly why people cannot afford rent or buying a house without multiple jobs. Unlike those in this thread that complain about young people buying too much stuff, spending unwisely, not budgeting, etc. (which I am sure some are but not all) the truth is that income has not kept up with costs.