avg yearly home vs rental appreciation

long term, they actually match more inflation. but maybe NYTimes is factoring in the lower % for purchase because we're in a decline.

> long term, they actually match more inflation.

shouldn't they actually match wage inflation in theory? well... to be exact it should match discretionary income that can be used towards housing.

Interesting question - my first thought is that rentals include annual costs, including taxes, maintenance / labor, etc. On ownership, the annual costs are separate from the price of the place. So there could be greater appreciation of annual rents as compared to the purchase price or fixed portion of owning.

Of course I say that because I assume that we will be seeing greater taxes over time, and despite unemployment rates, I suspect that labor / maintenance costs are increasing too. Plus energy.