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9 Free Ways to Increase Arizona Home Ownership
What Arizona can do to help stabilize house prices, which would increase Arizona home ownership, family wealth, and economic growth, all for FREE.
Apr 19 • 
John Wake
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The Easiest Way To Make Homes More Affordable
As usual, presidential candidates want new tax breaks for home buyers to increase affordability and home ownership. That never works. They should do the…
Oct 11, 2024 • 
John Wake
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The Movie "It’s A Wonderful Life" & The Weird History Of "Building & Loans" In Real Life
[An earlier version of this piece appeared in Forbes.com in December 2021.] “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a great movie but what the heck is a “Building…
Dec 1, 2022 • 
John Wake
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The Volatility Mismatch Theory of Housing Supply and Demand, and House Price Instability
Why House Prices Skyrocket
May 21, 2022 • 
John Wake
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The Real Reason House Prices Skyrocketed
What The Real Estate Industry Won't Tell You
Apr 1, 2022 • 
John Wake
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6 Tax Breaks Landlords Get that You Don't
Part 1 of 18
Jun 10, 2021 • 
John Wake
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We Could Have Switched From 30-year Mortgages To 20-year Mortgages... Without Increasing Monthly Payments!
Real estate trade associations are not going to like this article.
Apr 9, 2021 • 
John Wake
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2020 Home Prices LOWER than in 1990 in Some Cities… After Adjusting for Inflation and Mortgage Interest Rates
Real, Mortgage Payment-Adjusted House Prices Since 1990
Jan 25, 2021 • 
John Wake
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