The Great Unlisting: Why the American Housing Market Is Dying Before Our Eyes
U.S. Housing Market Meltdown: The Engine of the American Dream Has Stalled
The illusion of stability in the U.S. housing market has shattered. March 2025 brought us the worst home sales for that month since 2009—when we were drowning in the Great Recession. Sales of existing homes have not just slowed; they've collapsed, plunging to levels that scream “crisis” to anyone paying attention. With 4.02 million homes sold on a seasonally adjusted annual basis, we’re now scraping the bottom of a barrel we hoped was long behind us.
But let’s not pretend this rot started recently. The housing decline didn’t originate with Trump, nor did it begin yesterday. This has been festering for years under inflationary monetary policy, reckless fiscal expansion, and the economic sabotage we’ve come to know as Bidenomics. In 2024, existing home sales totaled just 4.06 million—the worst performance since 1995, despite the U.S. population being nearly 75 million larger today. On a per capita basis, housing demand is now in a deeper ditch than we saw three decades ago.
The Supply Surge and Demand Drought Are Crashing the Market
The fundamental mismatch is now unmistakable: demand is dying while supply surges. The number of homes for sale jumped 20% year-over-year in March, rising to 1.33 million listings. In Florida, it’s worse. The Sunshine State now holds a record 172,209 homes on the market. That’s not a healthy inventory—that’s a panic pile-up.
And when supply outweighs demand by this margin, there’s only one way for prices to go. Down.
The Condo Crash Has Begun
Condominiums, the speculative darlings of the last bull run, are now leading the decline. Prices that had soared 60-80% between 2019 and 2022 in markets like Austin, Tampa, and Mesa are now nosediving. In Austin alone, buyers who got in at the peak are 22% underwater. Those gains? Evaporating.
The Federal Reserve, of course, is still sitting on its hands—watching the carnage with a blank stare. They triggered this collapse with their aggressive rate hikes, and now they’re hesitating to reverse course. If they do cut rates later this year, it won’t be because they’ve found wisdom—it’ll be because they’ve run out of excuses.
Real People Are Hurting
Let’s not sugarcoat the social toll. A recent Harvard poll revealed that 2 in 5 adults under 30 are barely scraping by financially. These aren’t just bad numbers. This is a silent generational collapse. Financial insecurity is now the norm, particularly for women, Hispanics, and Americans without college degrees.
The bleeding doesn’t stop at housing. Jack in the Box just announced it will shutter 150 to 200 restaurants, citing declining revenue and unsustainable costs. The American consumer is tapped out, maxed out, and priced out. This is what four years of supply chain chaos, inflationary spending, and monetary malpractice delivers.
It’s Time to Get Out of the System
We warned this was coming. We said the Fed’s policies would kneecap the housing market and wipe out discretionary income. And here we are. The question now is not “Will things get worse?” It’s how much worse before people wake up?
If you're still parking your savings in a bank, praying that your 401(k) survives another recession, or assuming the government will bail you out—think again. This system is not designed to serve you. It’s built to extract from you.
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