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Sep 2023
14m 36s

A Tale of Two Housing Markets

Financial Times & Pushkin Industries
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Inflation is hitting the US and the UK, but housing prices are going up in the US and down in the UK. Today on the show, we ask why, learn about two completely different ways of thinking about mortgages and try to figure out which one works better. Also we go long Turkey, finally, and short an FT reader who’s really annoyed by Canada’s economy. 


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