HOME PRICES ARE STILL TOO HIGH

HOME PRICES ARE STILL TOO HIGH

Courtesy of The Pragmatic Capitalist 

Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture had this excellent chart earlier this afternoon that clearly gives a 30,000 foot view of the housing market.  I’ve shown a similar chart in comparison to annual inflation, but this also provides some perspective in terms of median household income and CPI for rent.  As you can clearly see, house prices are STILL more expensive that any other time in recent history:

Source: The Big Picture