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Eric Hovde: “If you look at the value of housing it has always tracked…”

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 41:38

Now they're off about 8% over the last couple years. But they're still way outside the historical tracking of inflation. If you look at the value of housing it has always tracked the rate of inflation through our country's history. But there's another reason, an equally big reason. Because one thing you'll learn when you deal with economics, demographics are a huge, huge driver of economics. And what is the second reason? (41:38–41:46)

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Asserts that historically, housing values have tracked the rate of inflation.

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