The typical American home costs $429,000, around 5x what a family makes in a year.
Home sales are at their lowest in 30 years, so why aren’t prices falling?
The answer starts with what happened to homebuilding after 2008. 🧵
Austin shows what can happen when cities let people build: more homes, more options, more competition.
The lesson is simple: just build the damn houses.
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Most Americans haven't voted in the midterms yet, but prediction markets already give Democrats a 93% chance of taking the House.
But those odds are reaching newsrooms and donors already.
So what happens when a forecast starts influencing the race? 🧵
A study of 173.7 million Polymarket trades found news citations rose 33% after sharp price swings.
Even when the market corrects, its story can keep spreading, shaping which candidates look viable before voters decide.
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