USA-hus; median price record high $414,400, cirka 3,8 mkr

The median price of an existing house reached a record high of $414,400 in 2025, with typical home values increasing nearly 50% from 2019 to 2025.

Family incomes have risen 30% since 2020, while median home prices have increased 54% in the same period,

Buying a house in the U.S. has become so unaffordable that the median age of a first-time buyer is now a record 40.

Aarthi Swaminathan MarketWatch  Jan. 20, 2026

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/homeownership-has-never-seemed-so-out-of-reach-will-trumps-davos-speech-offer-new-hope-af5d1742

Americans’ wealth is the result in part of a soaring stock market (up more than sevenfold from the bottom in 2009) and increasing real estate values (up 125% since 2009).

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-era-of-illiquid-millionaire.html

US May Be Resting on a Risky Wealth-Effect Foundation

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/10/us-may-be-resting-on-risky-wealth.html

The wealthiest 10% of American households—those making more than $250,000 a year, roughly—are now responsible for half of all US consumer spending.

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/03/who-exactly-is-buying-all-of-this-stuff.html