Yes and real estate tends to be the best hedge against inflation!

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/13/foreclosures-rise-october-ho...Foreclosure starts, which are the initial phase of the process, rose 6% for the month and were 20% higher than the year before.  

13% of FHA loans from 2024 are underwater.21% of VA loans from 2024 are underwater.That’s despite national home prices rising this year.

It's a gut-feel thing but I think your right that the direction selected is Inflation.

Material prices have continued to rise, particularly mechanical/plumbing supplies, but it's been gradual and no changes within reasonable rehab life cycles that are truly profitability altering.

-------Today’s Interest Rate: 6.34%(☝️.15% from this time last week, 30-yr mortgage)-------The Weekly 3 in News: -Despite tariffs and immigration headlines, residential construction material and labor cost inflation remain in check—at least for D.R.

COVID inflation was exactly that. 

When adjusted for inflation to 2020 dollars, this price is roughly $104,619.

Factors like:✅ Sellers holding tight to  low interest rates✅ Capital gains concerns✅ Multigenerational households✅ Rising construction costs✅ Inflation and interest rate pressures✅ Economic uncertainty…all limit inventory and make real estate increasingly valuable.My father and grandfather always said:“Buy land—they’re not making any more of it.”They weren’t exaggerating.Here’s the perspective that matters:🏢 Global Real Estate: $393.3 Trillion📈 Global Equities: $126 Trillion📄 Global Debt Securities: $144 Trillion🪙 All the Gold Ever Mined: $20.2 TrillionYes—you read that correctly.

Inflation will continue to drive home prices.