Hey Friends!
I hope you had aĀ Merry Christmas and that youĀ are still enjoying the holidays.Ā Ā Here isĀ the last Fun Fact Friday of 2025!
Blessings,
Andrew
Fun Fact 1:Ā
US Rents were down 1.1% over the last year, the 30th consecutive month with a YoY decline.
Source: Charlie Bilello
Fun Fact 2:Ā
If youāre currently renting and waiting to purchase a home, hereās the good news: renting a home is now cheaper than paying a mortgage in all 50 of the largest metros in the US. And the average monthly cost to buy a home is 40% higher than the cost to rent.
Source:Ā Charlie Bilello
Sad Fact 3:Ā
Living alone has more than doubled since the 1960s. In the 1960s, 13% of households were occupied by one person. Today, it is approaching 30%.Ā
Source: U.S. Census Bureau; Nick Maggiulli
Fun Fact 4:Ā
In 1960, 16.8% of occupied homes nationally lacked complete plumbing
including 47.8% of homes in Mississippi. Today, about 99.6% of homes have complete plumbing. There aren’t too many outhouses or ice boxes left in America. Young people don’t even know what an outhouse or an icebox is.
Source: Alex Tabarrok (Prof of economics at George Mason)
Quote I’m pondering:
“It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard… is what makes it great,” Jimmy Dugan, played by Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own.Ā Ā
He says thisĀ in response to the player who wants to quit because “it just got too hard”.
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