🏠 The Great Housing Plateau: Why the American Dream Is No Longer a Ladder

The housing market was once a ladder — a path from one stage of life to the next. Now, for most people, it’s a plateau. The combination of high rates, tight credit, and structural scarcity has transformed homes from symbols of progress into instruments of leverage. But for those who understand the system, real estate remains one of the last tangible ways to grow wealth in a world where everything else is digitized and abstracted.