Comments on: Housing Prices – Part III

By: Ben Hyde

Ben Hyde — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:56:21 +0000

I believe that all the charts I have shown, including the Time’s chart are in constant dollars. The housing index charts are constant dollars converted onto the housing index.

By: Yummy Yummy » Graph of American house values from 1890 to the present

Yummy Yummy » Graph of American house values from 1890 to the present — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:37:54 +0000

[...] bigger over time. It would be interesting to see the same graph in price/square feet. (via ben hyde) Posted by admin [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:14:26 +0000

Unlike those other charts this is inflation-corrected. Housing has largely traced the broader rate of wage inflation over the years — as it should, given that it’s always been a major portion of the average person’s income. Anything like housing or food that’s 20-30% of post-tax income naturally is going to have a growth rate that trends towards income growth over an long period — otherwise it would rapidly outgrow the ability of people to pay for it. (Unlike, say, the price of a cup of coffee.) That’s what’s so disturbing about this graph.

By: A Duet in Rhapsody :: New York Times Housing Prices

A Duet in Rhapsody :: New York Times Housing Prices — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:42:06 +0000

[...] sizes and shapes.
{ 2006 08 30 } New York Times Housing Prices [Ben Hyde](http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2006/08/housing-prices-part-iii/ ) linked to this interesting NY Times history of housing prices. ![27leon Graph 2 [...]