Oct 17, 2026 · 51 min · 13 segments
One man has put more than a quarter of a billion dollars into this election since July. Crypto and AI super PACs are sitting on nine-figure war chests aimed at Congress and state houses. And in…
Obviously gas, uh, went from $2 and 81 cents in January to over $4 and 30 cents by fall.
Everything that moves by truck plane or heating oil got more expensive while groceries and rent, of course, uh, Increased as well,
but not by as much.
Now, of course, this is going to cause an issue for a lot of us here in the cold weather.
Because, of course, with heating oil getting more expensive, anytime you're trying to heat your house, and of course, this isn't for everyone, but now that you're trying to heat your house, that's going to be more expensive.
We've talked about on this podcast, regardless, utilities right now are super expensive.
What's like the, you know, why are young people not buying houses? Well, I think I just saw for the first time we have...
In history, the percentage of sellers compared to the percentage of buyers, there is significantly more sellers than there are buyers currently right now.
I know that the average interest rate for mortgages was sitting at about 7.5%, give or take, nationally.
If I just apply that, to my loan and I was looking at, um, you know, a difference of just one percentage over the lifetime value of the loan, right? Obviously you're paying, you know, majority of people are getting, you know, 13 years.
God forbid, you know, shit changes over 30 years, lose a job, whatever stuff happens.
Obviously gas, uh, went from $2 and 81 cents in January to over $4 and 30 cents by fall.
Everything that moves by truck plane or heating oil got more expensive while groceries and rent, of course, uh, Increased as well,
but not by as much.
Now, of course, this is going to cause an issue for a lot of us here in the cold weather.
Because, of course, with heating oil getting more expensive, anytime you're trying to heat your house, and of course, this isn't for everyone, but now that you're trying to heat your house, that's going to be more expensive.
We've talked about on this podcast, regardless, utilities right now are super expensive.
What's like the, you know, why are young people not buying houses? Well, I think I just saw for the first time we have...
In history, the percentage of sellers compared to the percentage of buyers, there is significantly more sellers than there are buyers currently right now.
I know that the average interest rate for mortgages was sitting at about 7.5%, give or take, nationally.
If I just apply that, to my loan and I was looking at, um, you know, a difference of just one percentage over the lifetime value of the loan, right? Obviously you're paying, you know, majority of people are getting, you know, 13 years.
God forbid, you know, shit changes over 30 years, lose a job, whatever stuff happens.
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