Mailbag, incl: Aren’t higher house prices rational? August 16, 2026
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Mailbag, incl: Aren’t higher house prices rational? August 16, 2026

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 15, 20261 hr 26 min

– How do we fix our political quagmire? – Are house prices really just a function of desire and competition? – Why aren’t we talking about AI more? – Where am I wrong on housing? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A listener production. Cheers. Market. The S&P.

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The ISX stops. This is the Motley Fool Money Mailbag. Welcome to Motley Fool Money. Yes, it's Sunday.

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Yes, it's special. Yes, Strawman is open to new members and it is our Mailbag episode. And of course, it wouldn't be a Mailbag episode without this man, Andrew Ram Page. The man who invented Strawman breathed life into it, tends it gently and carefully and

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