I recommend looking into the fire movement in order to determine if financial independence and retiring early are really what you’re looking for.

I would argue that the price went down and the value has stayed the same, which is another reason why I prefer to look at inflation as a matter of price movements instead of a matter of value.

Quote from @Cole Simpson: Have you heard of the F.I.R.E Movement?⁣

Fundamentals of low supply, low interests rates and high construction cost should limit the down side price movement in a recession.  

Aloha,Actually, depending on your location, you may have frequent movement of this type construction.

She also told me that she has put the tenant's name on some website most of the property managers use in North Carolina so the tenant will be flagged if she applies for new rental.It's been more than a year and I a not seeing any movement on this.

The areas by the Gulf have some high insurance premiums that are capping the prices... so not just mortgage rates.It would be interesting to see the distribution of the national numbers on new home starts, if they are clustered in TX.Anyway, I think perhaps with that much general "movement," the housing market in TX (its a massive state anyway), isn't entirely frozen like other markets. 

There’s no movement now because it hasn’t truly hit us.

BS Kinesiology Movement Science, Penn State University. 

Numerous studies, including those by Nobel laureate Robert Shiller have shown that movements in interest rates have no impact on residential real estate.