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🚨 OH. MY. GOSH!!!!!!! It has been revealed that the city of Asheville NC will only rebuild 8 HOUSES with the $225 MILLION grant they received from the Trump administration after Hurricane Helene. Yes, you read that right… EIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! …OUT OF 11,488 DAMAGED HOMES… pic.twitter.com/H1xaWuoJKu — Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) May 5, 2026
JERUSALEM, March 31 – Israel will destroy all homes in Lebanese villages near the border and 600,000 people who fled the south will not be allowed home until northern Israel is secure, the defence minister said on Tuesday, vowing to inflict Gaza-like destruction in the area. Israel Katz reiterated Israeli plans to establish a buffer …
They all knew…But they chose this pic.twitter.com/lasbyrxzBL — Ounka (@OunkaOnX) March 2, 2026 🇺🇸🇮🇷 IRAN HAD AGREED TO ZERO NUCLEAR STOCKPILE! "Trump had a massive win there. He could have declared victory. Instead, he chose to declare war."– Former Obama advisor on Nuclear deal pic.twitter.com/f9hrkNOOyX — Radar 𝘸 Archie🚨 (@RadarHits) March 2, 2026 Mario Nawfal …
1971. The year Nixon took the dollar off gold. House: $25,200. Now: $410,000. Car: $3,560. Now: $48,000. Harvard: $2,600/yr. Now: $57,000/yr. Gas: $0.36/gal. Now: $2.88/gal. Average income went from $10,000 to $60,000. Everything got 8–22x more expensive. Wages only went 6x. But sure, it’s the avocado toast. @grok so nixon did a big mistake??? That …
There’s a correlation to the size of the homes. On avg they’re also getting smaller. h/t RobertBartus
Homebuyers’ demand just dropped again in late 2025 – showing that the U.S. Housing Market downturn is getting worse. NAR’s pending sales index just dropped -1.2% from last year, and is down -27% from the long-term norm. Homebuyers are on strike, and the market has gotten so bad that sellers are now quitting. Access housing …
pic.twitter.com/2pNtcVjzdw — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) October 16, 2025 You just said welfare using other words. Would it exist without government? No? Now rethink your statement — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) October 16, 2025 Its not looser underwriting lol. They are very through. FHA loans are introduced to encourage home ownership for lower to middle class American …
Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the ocean on Tuesday as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic, the National Park Service said, marking the latest private beachfront structures to fall into the surf there in recent years.
Retail might be strong today, but underlying generational debt pressures and stagnant wages signal that this trend cannot sustain for more than a few quarters without breaking. "Gen Z and millennials are delaying traditional milestones like marriage, homeownership, and parenthood due to high housing costs and stagnant wages," per FORTUNE — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) September 16, …
Rates going to start tumbling like 2008. Maybe because the smart money knows that houses are insanely overpriced, and the loss of FedBux "value" when Housing Bubble 2.0 implodes is going to be stupendous byu/Boo_Randy_II inWallstreetsilver Mortgage Demand is 34% below pre-pandemic norms, 55% below the pandemic peak and lower than 2008-2012 crash byu/Altruistic_Horse4104 inREBubble …
Home prices are about to turn negative again. I illustrated the last several year of home prices to show what's under way. pic.twitter.com/OZGqCtMypQ — Mike Simonsen 🐉 (@mikesimonsen) August 16, 2025 Transfer of power to the buyers. 🤙🙌 pic.twitter.com/mTIec4zllk — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 17, 2025
Texas metros see massive home inventory surge while southeast FHA mortgages flash warning signs. Housing foreclosures and housing distress remain low—but FHA mortgages in the Southeast are flashing a little yellow ResiClub PRO members can read my report here: https://t.co/OclST19mue pic.twitter.com/Nq4xEj1ZNM — Lance Lambert (@NewsLambert) August 10, 2025 Inventory of Homes for Sale Balloons in …
Who the fuck is going to buy all these houses? pic.twitter.com/TImgMRPeHt — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) June 3, 2025 Crazy chart. Household stock ownership as a % of assets now approaches 30% and has passed the days of the tech bubble. Something I never thought I’d see in my lifetime. Stock PE’s are now back up …
It doesn’t matter if your mortgage is gone. You’re still not free. If you own a home, you’re still on the hook for a bill that never stops growing. You may think you’ve paid off your house, but the government says otherwise. You still owe them every year just for the privilege of staying in …
On Sunday, May 25, 2025, a rare and powerful tornado tore through the city of Puerto Varas in southern Chile, leaving a wide trail of destruction across the downtown area and surrounding neighborhoods. The tornado struck at approximately 3:30 p.m. local time, with estimated wind speeds between 86 to 111 miles per hour.
$700k houses on $5M plots of land. California’s Wildfires highlights the Land Speculation Problem. byu/Not-A-Seagull ingeorgism
We are starting to see a surge in Foreclosures hit the U.S. housing market due to years of moratoriums and banks not legally being allowed to foreclose. Now all that is over with and the ugly truth of just how many people are behind and haven’t been paying the mortgage is starting to surface. Only …
After the horrific hurricane damage that destroyed or damaged as many as 100,000 homes in Western North Carolina, one would think FEMA and local officials would move heaven and earth to get those affected out of flimsy tents and trailers and into solid dwellings as winter inexorably descends. One would think wrongly: WNC resident (and …
Typhoon Krathon has battered Taiwan, particularly hitting Kaohsiung hard with intense rainfall and powerful winds. This led to widespread flooding and significant damage, prompting the closure of schools and offices. Many residents in vulnerable areas have been evacuated as a precaution. Authorities have responded with extensive preparations, distributing sandbags and deploying nearly 40,000 troops to …
via JOHN RUBINO The current housing bubble features three new players, all of whom are about to switch from “buy/hold” to “panic sell.” They are: Boomers forced by declining health and/or shrinking stock portfolios to sell their McMansions. Wall Street private equity “landlords” who gorged on houses and apartment buildings (sometimes buying up entire neighborhoods …
by confoundedinterest17 Cacklenomics strikes again! The University of Michigan consumer survey revealed that buying conditions for housing just hit an all-time low. High house prices and high mortgage rates aren’t helping. Purchase loan demand keeps dropping.
Investors are now selling at a loss in Florida’s Housing Market, with the Zillow Value estimates on some listings collapsing as much as 30%. Indeed, the seasonally-adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of May was 481,000, marking the highest level since January 2008. This surge in inventory is a result of rising …
The affluent Bay Area city of Atherton, California, which has seen a dramatic rise in home burglaries this year, is using a unique method to catch perpetrators. The Atherton Police Department recently turned about 50 homes into “bait houses,” where they’re embedding tracking devices into items of property they believe burglars will want to take. …
With elevated home prices these days, buying a house can be a significant challenge. But for “Rich Dad Poor Dad” author Robert Kiyosaki, it’s a breeze. During an interview with personal finance YouTuber Sharan Hegde, Kiyosaki revealed a staggering fact about his real estate portfolio. “I own 15,000 houses,” he stated. Hegde asked if Kiyosaki rents …
In the heart of San Francisco, a battle brews over the city’s approach to homelessness, as residents grapple with sky-high costs and dwindling economic opportunities. Key Points: San Francisco’s homelessness crisis mirrors challenges in other major U.S. cities, exacerbated by soaring housing costs and limited inventory. Controversy erupts over the construction of tiny houses for …
Property taxes go up due to home value increase. Home insurance goes up to replace said overvalued home + cost of materials due to inflation Double whammy. I’ve had several friends who are starting to get priced out of their own home. Sorry if I’m late to the game on this information but this seems …
Real estate is completely collapsing. There is no question. Don’t let anybody lie to you. This is South Padre Island, Texas. I lived there for more than a decade. I have never seen even 1/10 of this number of units available at once. 284 houses for sale at the same time. pic.twitter.com/AABH4oM45C — Uncle Milty’s …
Cough cough… doesn’t a clearing house fail when its remaining participants fail to recapitalise it after the default of a major participant within the group (that busted the clearing house in the first place)? 👀 https://t.co/zaoYvqE0Bj — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) April 26, 2024 View post on imgur.com Post-2008 crisis, derivative clearing mandated, necessitating clearers backed …
Insurance companies across the country are using satellites, drones, manned airplanes and even high-altitude balloons to spy on properties they cover with homeowners policies — and using the findings to drop customers, often without giving any opportunity to address alleged shortcomings. “We’ve seen a dramatic increase across the country in reports from consumers who’ve been dropped by …
