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Thanks to Biden, you can’t heat (or buy, or rent) a home

Bidenomics has hit another ugly milestone.

In 2021, for the first time ever (per Census data analyzed by Zillow), the annual dollar growth in the value of a typical home was bigger than the inflation-adjusted median pre-tax income of a full-time American worker. 

The average home grew in value by nearly $53,000; the median worker earned around $50,000.

That’s right: The typical homeowner earned more by doing nothing than the median worker earned by, well, working. Overall, US homeowners with mortgages gained an eye-popping $3.2 trillion in equity.

And the trends are even worse: Zillow clocked the increase at almost 20% year on year. The median listing price rose to an all-time high in February as inventory levels were down to less than half of what they were pre-pandemic.

It’s not the homeowners’ fault, obviously, except insofar as they support politicians who make it harder to build new housing.

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