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Eric Hovde: “Covid and zero interest rates shut housing through the roof.”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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2025 Sunwest Bank Economic Forum with Eric Hovde

Published | Video Starts at 40:45

But when you factor housing appreciation against inflation, you're eating a negative real return. Now why would I make that prediction? There's two reasons. One, Covid and zero interest rates shut housing through the roof. During the great housing bubble that started in kind of 04, you jumped up 20%, you took a pause, you jumped up another 20%. So it was accumulated increase of 41%. (40:45–40:49)

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Asserts that COVID-19 and zero interest rates caused a significant increase in housing prices.

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