Here is a version I once did with the census data and you can see the Silent Generation really was the peak of home ownership, and it’s been harder for every generation since.
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Here is a version I once did with the census data and you can see the Silent Generation really was the peak of home ownership, and it’s been harder for every generation since.
The decline in home ownership for people in their 30s is pretty consistent for each subsequent generation after the greatest generation, even baby boomers were worse off than the prior generation.
August 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The decline in home ownership for people in their 30s is pretty consistent for each subsequent generation after the greatest generation, even baby boomers were worse off than the prior generation.
July 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Was curious how it looked at a more granular level. Much weaker relationship at county level, but still there. Outside of NYC area and Chicago, no counties over ~35% Hispanic had price growth in may:
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July 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Was curious how it looked at a more granular level. Much weaker relationship at county level, but still there. Outside of NYC area and Chicago, no counties over ~35% Hispanic had price growth in may:
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It’s because we have never built enough housing, outside of the post world war 2 housing boom. When you look at home ownership by age by generation, the ww2 vets are the peak, then each subsequent generation has been lower. The lesson is, it only stays affordable with massive govt backed building.
March 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It’s because we have never built enough housing, outside of the post world war 2 housing boom. When you look at home ownership by age by generation, the ww2 vets are the peak, then each subsequent generation has been lower. The lesson is, it only stays affordable with massive govt backed building.
I would think athletic success would improve a schools attractiveness among similar quality schools. People aren’t going to suddenly pick a worse school over better options because of athletic success. And right now, the enrollment crisis is very much divided by school quality.
March 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I would think athletic success would improve a schools attractiveness among similar quality schools. People aren’t going to suddenly pick a worse school over better options because of athletic success. And right now, the enrollment crisis is very much divided by school quality.
Downtown Houston went from 25k in the 1940s down to 2k in 1980s.
January 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Downtown Houston went from 25k in the 1940s down to 2k in 1980s.
You can see here, at every age, baby boomers have had true lower homeownership rates than the silent generation. And further lower for each subsequent gen.
January 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
You can see here, at every age, baby boomers have had true lower homeownership rates than the silent generation. And further lower for each subsequent gen.
Oh then yes, they absolutely were very remote in fall 2020. Here is UNC chapel hill for example: (Years refer to fall semester)
November 5, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Oh then yes, they absolutely were very remote in fall 2020. Here is UNC chapel hill for example: (Years refer to fall semester)
Work from home is something women are using more than men, especially moms.
If you look at the data from the CPS, before the pandemic, moms had way higher days absent than they do now.
The idea that wfh is hurting productivity is a myth. It is unlocking time that people wouldn’t have worked.
If you look at the data from the CPS, before the pandemic, moms had way higher days absent than they do now.
The idea that wfh is hurting productivity is a myth. It is unlocking time that people wouldn’t have worked.
October 21, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Work from home is something women are using more than men, especially moms.
If you look at the data from the CPS, before the pandemic, moms had way higher days absent than they do now.
The idea that wfh is hurting productivity is a myth. It is unlocking time that people wouldn’t have worked.
If you look at the data from the CPS, before the pandemic, moms had way higher days absent than they do now.
The idea that wfh is hurting productivity is a myth. It is unlocking time that people wouldn’t have worked.
It really started when the president of the organization didn’t want a bunch of development in Hollywood that would spoil his view from his office. So he used his powerful organization to push against development.
September 24, 2024 at 11:28 PM
It really started when the president of the organization didn’t want a bunch of development in Hollywood that would spoil his view from his office. So he used his powerful organization to push against development.
You can see the volume of extensions of 2023 loans in this chart. The second, higher bar for each future years is the addition of all the 2023 loans that were extended.
September 1, 2024 at 12:31 AM
You can see the volume of extensions of 2023 loans in this chart. The second, higher bar for each future years is the addition of all the 2023 loans that were extended.
Here is another datasource of the same datapoints:
August 31, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Here is another datasource of the same datapoints:
It’s ineffective. The fundamental issue is a supply issue. Subsidies that don’t increase development won’t make a big difference.
We have been living off the post-war build. Every generation since has had lower and lower ownership rates than the prior at the same age.
We have been living off the post-war build. Every generation since has had lower and lower ownership rates than the prior at the same age.
August 18, 2024 at 2:07 PM
It’s ineffective. The fundamental issue is a supply issue. Subsidies that don’t increase development won’t make a big difference.
We have been living off the post-war build. Every generation since has had lower and lower ownership rates than the prior at the same age.
We have been living off the post-war build. Every generation since has had lower and lower ownership rates than the prior at the same age.
The absolute only thing to make it so more people can buy homes is to build more homes. Our home ownership society was built on the post ww2 boom, and we have been slowly descending back to the pre ww2 society of renters.
August 15, 2024 at 10:56 PM
The absolute only thing to make it so more people can buy homes is to build more homes. Our home ownership society was built on the post ww2 boom, and we have been slowly descending back to the pre ww2 society of renters.
Since 2014, the share of adults 25-35 living with their parents has been above 20%. Since 1850, the only other time adults lived with their parents at such a rate, was in the 1930s during the Great Depression.
June 5, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Since 2014, the share of adults 25-35 living with their parents has been above 20%. Since 1850, the only other time adults lived with their parents at such a rate, was in the 1930s during the Great Depression.
And then quickly moving on to build their free speech zones to protect everyone from the mean protestors chants.
April 19, 2024 at 3:37 PM
And then quickly moving on to build their free speech zones to protect everyone from the mean protestors chants.