[lotsofpulp]

Renting is not owning, and I question the utility of CPI’s method of measuring it that way.

My contention is increased real estate prices are affecting people’s lives in various ways, such as delaying families, not having families, moving people away from their networks, and at least allowing for a smaller portion of spending on other things in life due to a larger portion going into real estate.

Personally, I would label this asset inflation, but I don't know about the whole currency collapse thing.

[staticman2]

I don't disagree with your main points but we have terms like Housing Affordability Index we can use to discuss this. We don't need to use imprecise terms like "asset inflation" which can mean different things to different people.

[imtringued]

It's a problem in a lot of developed countries.

I don't know how to describe it, it's almost as if they have stopped "developing".