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What Happens When Millions of Renters Can No Longer Afford High Rents and Move Back Home?

What Happens When Millions of Renters Can No Longer Afford High Rents and Move Back Home?

What's no longer affordable is eventually jettisoned, including high-rent homes and apartments.

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Nov 28, 2023
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Recency bias can stretch back 40 years. It's been over 40 years since the U.S. experienced a deep recession (what I call a "real recession") which is characterized by elevated inflation, interest rates, yields, unemployment, defaults and bankruptcies, none of which can be reversed with air-drops of "free money" because higher inflation, rates and yields…

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