A lot of disingenuity in this thread. I'm not in real estate, so I'm not gonna pretend to know the ins and out of this shyt. However, to those of you who think the housing prices will never correct, how exactly do you see this playing out? Something will eventually have to give.
Housing prices in an area will always be tied to wages and employment opportunities of that area. There's literally no getting away from that. I see people use Silicon Valley as an example, but fail to understand the reason prices were crazy was because of the higher wages and employment being able to sustain the madness and they world saw value in what the area produces.
I'm seeing areas where housing prices have skyrocketed, but employment/wages in those areas can't sustain the increase in housing costs... and not just mortgages, rent too... so let's say wages don't follow and people manage to keep their homes or rent at these high prices(people have to live somewhere), or the new buyers that just bought at these ridiculous prices have less money to spend in said area due to more of their income going towards housing, how does that affect businesses in said area? The same businesses that will see a reduction in revenue due to housing cost increases, but remains the main source of employment for said people in the area who need their employ to cover said housing costs. What happens then? Some of you do understand how a consumer driven economy works right? One person's spending is another person's income. Unless you expect the COVID relief to be a permanent thing moving forward which would basically be UBI, I don't see how some of you can say with a straight face that this will be the new normal. It's literally unsustainable.