This is going to be unpopular with many (the truth often is), but what President Trump has said is true. There is no affordability crisis. I could blather on about statistics and examples, but I don't think I could say it any better than the big man himself:
*“We have a great economy and the prices are coming down,” Trump told reporters Sunday night before boarding Air Force One on his way back to the White House from his Florida resort.
He blamed Democrats for an economy he described as having “the highest inflation in the history of our country. I have it down now to a normal level and it’s going down further.”
In a social media post Friday, Trump said of the GOP: “We are the Party of Affordability!”*
I don't think it gets any clearer than that. Gas is cheaper, eggs are cheaper, housing is cheaper, wages are up, inflation is down, there are lots of jobs out there (if you're willing to work), and the stock market is setting new records every week. If you're still struggling, then maybe you need some self-evaluation. I saw people on this forum complaining about food stamps being shutdown. I think they might be deep state plants sent to try and stir up dissention, and we shouldn't tolerate any of that. This is about Making America Great Again through the Great Awakening. We need to stop the complaining, and get in line. As the sidebar says, we are soldiers on the digital battlefield, not some just some pansy fair weather supporters who run at the first sign of hardship. It is not our job to question President Trump. If he says it, I believe him, which is at least the bare minimum. I mean, after all we have seen, after the violence, the accusations, attempts at assassination, wardrobe malfunctions, and misleading headlines, they still can't stop him. This is the revolution. There are now millions of us. We should no longer tolerate those who pretend to be supporters, but constantly doubt and sow desention. Heck, if charging a small fee for being able to log in and use this site is what it takes, I would be all for that (as long as the money from that went to support President Trump). I think that would clear out the doubters really quick, and then we can get on to figuring out the best ways to support our commander in chief. Whose with me?!?
P.S. Mods, can we sticky this post?
"It is not our job to question President Trump."
Absolutely toxic mindset. The whole point of the Q top is to question what we're told.
"There's no affordability crisis"
As long as a 4 bedroom house is selling for 7 figures and the concept of a 50 YEAR MORTGAGE is being entertained, guess what? There's clearly an affordability crisis. Believe what you can see with your own two eyes!
Yeah you have a wealth mindset. Most in here are still stuck on the paradigm the world lays on them. 30 year mortgage like its God ordained. Problem is also most people wont make the extra payments theyll go buy some stupid toy like a boat or 4 wheeler.
Exactly right, most people live beyond their means because they want all the toys. If you have to buy it on credit, other than a car and a house, you can't afford it.
Sub 4-500k for that may exist in some red states, but not in a lot. Much of Tennessee real estate is closer to the blue shithole pricing than 4-500k. And not just for new homes; 20+ year old houses are selling for $200+ per sqft.
On top of that, even if you have a house to sell, most still can't afford to buy something because of mortgage rates (current mortgage of under 3% versus today's rates of around 7%).
That's not true at all! My brother-in-law just bought a 4 bedroom for over 1 million outside of Raleigh. Raleigh and the surrounding area has typically been fairly affordable, but not anymore. In my neighborhood, a 3 bedroom 2100sqft home is 400k. Tell me That's affordable to a small family.
So you know why those houses suck (and I know because mine was 475k)? There's no yard. Good luck having a yard for your kids to play in. We are in a cheaply built, cookie cutter new construction for 475k with no yard and a half of India as our neighbors. You're making it seem like these are 4 bedrooms of old in suburbs like we grew up in. It's not. The reason these Indians afford it is because they have 10 people in a single home with 4 of them paying on the mortgage.
I grew up on 1 acre with a 1600sqft 4 bedroom that cost my dad 110k. You can't buy a house like that for that money. You are saying 500k is affordable and indicative of there being no affordability crisis. You're mad.
50 year mortgages are great. 30 years is better than 15, why wouldn't 50 be that much better?
That's not "affordability" though.
The housing market isn't based on any factors within the buying power parameters.
It's completely fictitious-it's basically a stock market.
And you're upset about 50 year mortgage when 30 year mortgages with variable interest rates are and have been completely ludicrous ideas from the jump.
As I said, housing is not a benchmark for affordability.
People are so spoiled when it comes to housing. If you can't afford a whole ass house by yourself, get a roommate or two. People move out and expect to buy some mcmansion in the suburbs, but that isn't how it works. Start from the bottom and work your way up. If you need seven roommates to make a housework, then get seven roommates.
That's why so called affordable housing pisses me off.
Thats assuming its happening everywhere. Ive been warching the market for 14 months with a letter of committment in hand to buy a house. Since thennive seen house prices drop almost 15 percent in most cases. Houses are staying on the market linger but that is pushing thebprice down. What is really killing the affordability now isnt price, its the interest rate. Even that is starting to inch down. Its more toxic to be negative when things are actually improving even if every person hasnt fully experienced it. The numbers prove it.
No, what is toxic is whining about little things when President Trump has clearly proven again and again that he knows what he's doing, and is right about things. The only way the Deep State wins is if we believe them. I've decided to live like things are affordable. I've taken on some more debt, but I firmly believe that my income will increase with the removal of immigrants. I should be making probably twice as much as I do now simply because my value is being diluted. That is changing now.
"I've decided to live like things are affordable."
Thanks for admitting you are living in a fantasy.
It isn't a fantasy if it is true. People said I was living in a fantasy when I said President Trump would win, then he did. This is what it means to trust the plan. If we're not willing to put our money where our mouth is, how can we convince others we truly believe what we say we do? I had my home paid off, but I took out a new mortgage to buy a lake house and a boat. My wife says it is a midlife crisis, but she won't understand until she sees that the plan is real and that Q has been guiding us. Just look at President Trump? Many of his friends and family have become rich, because they have put their trust in him. General Flynn is about to take in $50 million for the persecution he suffered for his loyalty to President Trump. There will be rewards for those who are loyal.