Friday, December 29, 2017

Housing Bubble 2.0: U.S. Homeowners Made $2 Trillion On Their Houses In 2017

Americans who are lucky enough to own their own little slice of the "American Dream" are about $2 trillion wealthier this year courtesy of Janet Yellen"s efforts to recreate all the same asset bubbles that Alan Greenspan first blew in the early 2000"s. After surging 6.5% in 2017, the highest pace in 4 years according to Zillow data, the total market value of homes in the United States reached a staggering all-time high of $31.8 trillion at the end of 2017...or roughly 1.5x the total GDP of the United States.

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