Of course the cost of furnishings could vary dramatically, as I'm sure you know being an interior designer.

As the crisis continues to abate, colleges will shrink a bit as will the use of classroom, but not dramatically IMO.

Folks seem very willing to dramatically pay more in these “affordable” markets in a feeding frenzy fueled by cheap mortgages and limited choices for house hunters.

It will be interesting to see when (if ever) we get to a tipping point where SLC rents dramatically increase, and which factors drive that change...   

I'm sure I'm being overly dramatic.

You have given any details that would suggest your plumber isn’t being dramatic or just doesn’t like people.

Real estate income fluctuates dramatically year-to-year, season-to-season, but you can stabilize that by living off a budget and not spending your earnings.Once you've learned how to stabilize, then you should be setting extra money aside and investing.

So the dramatic shortages we are seeing seem likely to continue for the foreseeable future. 

pid=1782Houston Real Estate Highlights in May:-Single-family home sales increased for the twelfth consecutive month, up a dramatic 48.2 percent year-over-year with 9,702 units sold;-The Days on Market (DOM) figure for single-family homes dropped from 58 to 34;-Total property sales rose 55.5 percent with 12,100 units sold – the second highest volume in history;-Total dollar volume increased 100.5 percent to $4.4 billion;-The single-family average price reached a new record high, rising 29.7 percent to $387,105; -The single-family median price rose 21.7 percent to $304,000 – also a record high; -Single-family homes months of inventory registered an historic low 1.4-months supply, down from 3.3 months year-over-year and below the national inventory of 2.4 months;-On a year-to-date basis, single-family homes sales are running 29.5 percent ahead of 2020’s record pace;-Townhome/condominium sales jumped 103.4 percent with the average price up 15.7 percent to $238,839 and the median price up 21.7 percent to a record high of $213,000;-Single-family home rentals fell 26.8 percent with the average rent up 10.6 percent to a record high $2,025; -Townhome/condominium leases declined 3.5 percent with the average rent up 8.5 percent to $1,716.

Oregon a much smaller state has changed dramatically and I think most old timer Oregonians would say not for the better.