Greenbuildermedia iconGreenbuildermediaSep 24, 2026

New Math For Housing Affordability

New COGNITION Smart Data offers proof that the race to the bottom in the housing market isn't working, and that full cost changes everything. I've been thinking about affordability for a long time, and increasingly I've come to believe that we've been trying to solve the right problem with the wrong equation.

New Math For Housing Affordability

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New COGNITION Smart Data offers proof that the race to the bottom in the housing market isn't working, and that full cost changes everything.

I've been thinking about affordability for a long time, and increasingly I've come to believe that we've been trying to solve the right problem with the wrong equation.

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New COGNITION Smart Data offers proof that the race to the bottom in the housing market isn't working, and that full cost changes everything. I've been thinking about affordability for a long time, and increasingly I've come to believe that we've been trying to solve the right problem with the wrong equation.

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