Housing & Economic Analyst. Based in Dallas. As seen on Fox Business and Bloomberg. Boston Marathon Qualifier. Media Inquiries: amynixonmedia@gmail.com

Dallas, TX
The USA is weird now. If you’re a person under 30, you probably think it’s normal but that’s because you don’t know Trust me. It’s weird.
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Sometimes I like to drive around North Texas and admire the architecture
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This is nonsense They’re basically deadlocked in the polls
NEW ALL-TIME HIGH: James Talarico has a 61% chance to defeat Ken Paxton in Texas
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Just checking to see if you’re still dating that 6% mortgage rate you met 4 years ago…
BREAKING: 30-year fixed mortgage rate jumps has hit 7.45%, per CNBC
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If you’re buying a 2000+ sq ft home in the Dallas region, you need to budget $500-$700 for July, August, and September electric bills, especially if you own an electric vehicle I don’t care if you keep your house at 78, you will still pay out the wazoo
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And I’m hearing from multiple people with Reliant that their latest bill was $700-$800
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Housing market: there is record low demand for $450,000 starter homes at 6% mortgage rates Bond market: Okay, how about 7.25% mortgage rates? 🤡
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Economics 101: What is a Subsidy Capture? Existing homeowners absorb the subsidy value by raising prices This is another Boomer Bailout that does not improve true affordability metrics
JUST IN: First-time homebuyers could get as much as $50,000 for a down payment on a house, under a draft bill to be introduced by Senator Jeff Merkley and cosponsored by Senator Ron Wyden, per Axios
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Btw, all of the Covid stimulus was subsidy capture by the top 1-10% of the country That’s why the wealth gap became so extreme in the years following
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This guy scammed over 80 people from 2018 to 2024 Remember this anytime something seems off: just because someone hasn’t been arrested yet, doesn’t mean it isn’t fraud
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I’m telling you, there is a real future for young people in the service business She says she makes $400-$500 day. Assuming she works 5 days a week, that comes out to around $110,000 a year And she gets fresh air, stays in shape, and has cute, fun coworkers
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So many comments on this post about how she should marry rich or be on Only Fans because she’s attractive Believe it or not, many attractive women don’t want to do sex work and want to marry people they actually like. And do work they actually like
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The honeycrisp apple industry is price gouging us
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Zillow stock is down over 60% in the last year, despite multiple quarters of better than expected earnings
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Yes, the housing sector is and has been and continues to be in pretty rough shape, but this stock is undervalued at $29/share imo
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The reason a primary home is the top source of most retirees wealth is not because it’s the highest-yielding investment, but because it’s the most foolproof one It shields people from the two biggest investing mistakes: 1. Not investing at all 2. Selling too soon/not staying invested
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This is just bleak…on so many levels
Toy sales among adult-only households have now outpaced households with children for toy sales, growing 16% through June, according to a market research group. nbcnews.com/business/consume…
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How quickly one generation leapt from, “I don’t want kids” To, “I will BE the kid”
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The median average sales price of a new home in 1980 was $62,000. Median household income was $21,000 The median average sales price of a new home in 2026 is $400,000. Median household income is $87,000 Homes prices are 6.5x more expensive Incomes are only 4x higher
#Housing Mortgages. Newbies, things aren’t so bad
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I don’t think I’m ever going to understand the people who will wait in a line for 15 minutes to save 20 cents a gallon on gas at Costco
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Also, for those curious, the median household income of Costco membership households is a solid six figures, 60% higher than the median US household income A very negligible fraction of their memberships are households in poverty
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I’m all for using coupon codes and finding sales but 15 minutes of time spent in an annoyed state trying to jostle for an empty gas pump is worth far more than a few dollars
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