Saturday, April 24, 2010

The Cost of The Median Single-Family Home in Ounces of Gold


This chart represents the median single-family home price divided by the price of one ounce of gold. 

This results in the home / gold ratio or the cost of the median single-family home in ounces of gold. 

For example, it currently takes 153 ounces of gold to buy the median single-family home. This is considerably less that the 601 ounces it took back in 2001

When priced in gold, the median single-family home is down -75% from its 2001 peak and remains well within the confines of its 5-year accelerated downtrend. 

"Gold is forever. It is beautiful, useful, and never wears out. Small wonder that gold has been prized over all else, in all ages, as a store of value that will survive the travails of life and the ravages of time."
  - James Blakely



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