Hey guys so really quick. I want to address a previous controversy in a previous video. I tore up this hundred dollar bill to illustrate how the fed removes money from the economy. I understand that this was upsetting to some viewers, but rest assured.

No real money was harmed in the making of these videos and in fact the only things harmed were these uh fake 100 bills from amazon that you could buy for pretty cheap, so uh. Now that we've settled that, what's up, graham, it's guys here. Well, they've done it for the first time. In a long time, housing prices are beginning to cool down with something we have not seen since 2008.

A price drop. That's right, cnbc now reports that sellers are beginning to lower their asking prices, as buyers are paying 38 more for their monthly mortgage payment than a year ago, right as the dallas federal reserve calls for a housing market bubble. So, given how unaffordable the housing market has become, with record low inventory buyers willing to pay a million dollars over asking and others offering up the name of their firstborn child? Let's discuss the new developments in the housing market. What experts predict is going to happen over the next one to three years, why housing prices are beginning to drop and, finally, how millennials have solved the retirement crisis, because this is surprising even to me - and i thought i'd seen it all anyway.

Let's talk about all of that and more on today's episode of am i wearing pants, to which the answer is: i'm not going to tell you, although before we start, i heard a rumor that, for every like this video gets a first-time home, buyer gets their offer Accepted okay, i have no idea if it's true, but it couldn't hurt just in case, so thank you guys so much and also big. Thank you to cointracker for sponsoring this video, but more on that later, all right. So, in terms of where all this craziness starts, here's what you need to know, because these next 60 seconds should be able to summarize everything perfectly. First, the march 2020 interest rate reduction allowed homeowners to lower their monthly payments, while simultaneously giving them more purchasing power.

At the exact same time, thereby causing prices to go up. Second, the shutdown resulted in a record low number of homes on the market and with a severely reduced supply. That leftover inventory was bid to an even higher amount. Third supply chain bottlenecks meant that housing materials took longer to arrive.

They were more expensive and consequently, that cost gets passed on to the consumer, which you guessed it causes even higher prices and fourth labor shortages also fed into the overall cost of housing, because with fewer people available to do the work they either charged more for their Time or fewer homes were built, leading, of course, to less inventory. All of that happening at the exact same time led to a very unique situation where housing prices rose to their fastest level and well pretty much ever, but that could soon be coming to an end, because for the first time in a very long time, we're beginning To see a new shift in the market and here's what's being discussed throughout the last few weeks, the federal reserve has been on a mission to raise interest rates and halt bond buying in an effort to combat high inflation. But the very obvious and very quick consequence of that is higher interest rates for everybody on everything. In fact, mortgage rates have risen at their fastest pace in 30 years, and the expectation is that they're about to go even higher much much higher.

Although the biggest impact in relation to this video is going to be home affordability and to break it down a little bit further, here's what i mean if you're in the market for a home and you've been approved for a fifteen hundred dollar a month payment. You could afford a three hundred and fifty thousand dollar loan to the three percent interest rate. However, if rates increase to five percent, the maximum you could borrow is now 275 000, which means you'll either need a much bigger down payment or you're, buying a less expensive home. So, as you would expect, with interest rates beginning to increase home, values are beginning to take a hit and, as a result, sellers are doing the unthinkable by lowering their prices.

Cnbc reports that the number of new listings last week jumped by eight percent right as the average borrower is paying 38 more than they would for the same home a year ago. In response to that, twelve percent of homes had a price drop, which is nine percent higher than a year ago. With these kinds of drops occurring faster each month, redfin went on record to say it goes to show that there's a limit to sellers power there's still way more demand than supply and buyers are still sweating, but sellers can no longer overprice their home and still expect Buyers to clamor at their door, however, we should just cut to the real juicy story here with a warning from the dallas federal reserve that we have entered a housing bubble. First of all, it's important to recognize that just because something goes up in price doesn't automatically make it a bubble.

After all, there is an element of supply and demand increased cost in a local job market that could positively influence prices higher. But in this case the dallas federal reserve has warned that the housing market has diverged from market fundamentals, where there is widespread belief that today's robust price increases will continue, or in other words, when a buyer purchases a home. Only because they believe that prices will go. Even higher, that is a sign of irrational exuberance, and that is the issue that we're seeing today in the market.

As they say, this can continue pushing prices beyond their fundamentals until investors become cautious, policymakers, intervene, the flow of money into housing dries up and a housing correction or even a bust occurs. So to look for a tipping point. They search for signs where housing prices have exceeded what economic fundamentals could justify and what they found was quite surprising. They show that, from 1999 through 2008, the market experienced a rational exuberance, just like it's showing now from 2020.

Until who knows how long, of course, this data means absolutely nothing without the analysis behind it, so to call it a bubble, they look for an imbalance between the rental to home ownership costs, along with price, to income, to determine whether or not we're in this irrational Exuberance phase - and the answer is yes kind of even though there's an imbalance between the price to rent ratio. Price to income is higher than normal, but still not irrationally exuberant. They explained that recent patterns may prove to be a less useful measure of home affordability, because low interest rates and stimulus allowed more money to be spent, although overall, they still did come on record to say that they do see abnormal housing behavior for the first time. Since the early 2000s, simply because prices are increasingly out of step with fundamentals, now on the bright side, they do admit that household balance sheets appear in better shape and excessive borrowing doesn't appear to be fueling the housing market boom.

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Inventory has been on a steady decline since the early 1990s. The chance of more homes getting built is probably not going to happen anytime soon. Second, supply can't keep up with demand. They say that supply demand and balance is the primary reason.

Home prices have escalated so rapidly and after not building nearly enough homes for over a decade, it'll take home builders several more years, at least to add more supply to the market. Third, unlike 2008 buyers are a lot less likely to default on their mortgage. Today, it was found that more than 76 percent of mortgages go to buyers with a credit score. Exceeding 760.

lending standards have increased and homeowner equity is at a record high. This means that the chance of a foreclosure or an underwater loan is relatively slim, and even if the market does decline, homeowners are not going to be forced to sell. Fourth, a declining economy could affect the housing market. They mentioned that rising interest rates could put a damper on consumer spending, which increases the likelihood of a recession, energy and commodity prices from the ongoing crisis with russia, ukraine could also have an impact, while consumer confidence drops to a 10-year low and fifth, most predictions indicate That housing prices will continue to rise, but at a slower pace.

For instance, the mortgage bankers association predicts a 4.8 increase throughout 2022. corelogic expects a six percent increase and realtor.com predicts a 2.9 percent increase. Now, granted inflation could very well be higher than those numbers, so we might actually see a net decline, but regardless these levels appear to stay, even though interest rates are expected to continue going up. That's why i believe the biggest deterrent for housing prices is simply going to be.

How quickly are interest rates going up? How much inventory is on the market and how many other people want to buy the exact same home that i do. Obviously, this type of real estate market cannot keep going forever, but at least for the next few years i could see housing prices remaining fairly robust. As long as there's limited inventory on the market, but just like millennials are now the largest group of first-time home buyers, they're, also taking a non-traditional approach to solving the retirement crisis with cryptocurrency yep. No seriously, a survey from investopedia found that more millennials own cryptocurrency than stocks and 28 say that they're planning to rely on their cryptocurrencies to support them in retirement.

On top of that, millennials also expect to retire three years sooner than gen x and seven years sooner than baby boomers, not to mention small side tangent here, but 45 percent of gen z and 40 of millennials turn to youtube for their financial education how's it going My fellow youtube connoisseurs anyway, even though americans feel fairly confident in their knowledge of investing only 25 feel like they have a solid understanding of cryptocurrencies and when asked which asset they expect to yield the greatest returns over the next decade. All three generations said cryptocurrency followed by stocks. It's also interesting that gen z mentioned that they felt the least educated when it came to taxes and 34 of them said that it was the most important financial skill they could learn today, which our sponsor coin tracker can help down below in the description anyway, when It comes to this. The younger generation said that they're, depending on generating returns from cryptocurrency to build wealth and fund their retirement, which investopedia mentioned, was concerning.

Given the lack of education around investing in crypto and to the fact, it's still not regulated by the industry. But in terms of my own thoughts on this, it's really hard to argue with the data, since the great financial crisis. Bitcoin and ethereum have been the top returning assets of the decade and even though some believe this to be a manic fad as more and more countries, corporations and hedge funds begin to use it. The price so far just keeps getting higher.

So it's very apparent why people under the age of 40 see this as a huge opportunity and why they believe this to be a good source for retirement. Plus studies show that you do not need a huge allocation to bitcoin to see a positive impact in your portfolio. In fact, fidelity found that just a five percent allocation to bitcoin has boosted the cumulative return of a traditional portfolio by 65 since 2014. Plus, to give you a head start feel free to use my link down below in the description to sign up for ftx us, and when you use the codegram, you could get all the way up to a hundred dollars in free crypto.

Just for signing up and making your first trade, so you may as well do that before the offer expires. Although in terms of my own thoughts on this, relying on cryptocurrency as a source of retirement is incredibly risky as much as i'm a fan of bitcoin and ethereum, and as much as i see them as a part of a well-balanced portfolio. Expecting them to continue increasing. At the same capacity would be almost impossible, even in the last eight years, seeing another twelve thousand to eight hundred percent return would place bitcoin at five million three hundred and seventy six thousand dollars by twenty thirty, which i don't wan na say, is impossible.

But listen. I'm not an expert on cryptocurrency by any means, but it would venture to say that the higher the price grows, the more stable and less volatile it will become and the slower it'll increase in price. As far as housing, prices for sellers higher interest rates will absolutely have an impact in your home's value and there's only so high. The prices could go until eventually you hit a wall, but for buyers.

The bad news is that, even though you might get a discount in the home's purchase price, your monthly payment could go up even more because of higher rates, and that needs to be considered now, at the end of the day. As long as you don't intend to sell your house in the next seven to ten years, it's probably a good idea to stay patient, wait for the right house and don't pay more than what your budget can support. Even for myself, i am actively looking to buy more real estate, know that higher rates are causing sellers to re-evaluate their asking prices. But i know to take my time: wait for the right deal and only purchase something once the seller subscribes.

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