Jake Ferrier

supporter of truth & facts. champion of sarcasm. bitter about home prices. propagator of plants.

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

I usually don't correct people who pronounce Ferrier as "ferry-yay"

I'm not that fancy, but I'll take it.

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

TV show idea: "House Hunters: 2022"

The entire season is the same couple looking for a house, every episode sees higher prices and ends with being outbid, season ends ambiguously

I'd watch

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

after seeing our 40th house today and being outbid for the 8th time earlier this week, we enter month 8 of home searching tomorrow - we're elated

[Theo Moudakis @TheoMoudakis]

Please enjoy my #HousingMarket cartoon for Wednesday's @TorontoStar

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

Many love Revelation's multicultural Heaven, but few care to embrace or practice the theology required to make it happen [on Earth as in Heaven]

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

1 yr ago, a $500k house would cost ~$2100/mo (after 20%/$100k down)

Today, that same house, now worth over $600k, will cost over $3000/mo at today's rates (after $120k down)

A generation is being priced out of home ownership, but sure let's be mad at Biden about gas prices

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

Nice.
~Rising rates are having a counterintuitive effect on the market. Shoppers are actually sprung into action in an attempt to buy a home before rates rise any higher. Shoppers are nervous if they don’t buy today, they may never be able to~ https://t.co/ZRtlzsVCjt

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

After years of saving, months of being outbid, ever increasing prices, and now interest rate hikes, our prayers for a home officially feel like prayers for a miracle.

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

Increase in the last year
Gas: $1.32
Median home: $56,000

How come half the politicians are up in arms about one price hike but no one seems to care about the other?

1 in 7 homes is now owned by investors and their profits are also at record highs.

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

5 months into home searching, and 5 days after planting our seedlings, our community garden closes for the year... Sad day in apartment life...

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

Just reached the "flagged realtor ad as offensive" phase of home buying

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

Month 3 of house hunting.
Feeling hopeless/discouraged.
Posts short prayer of hope on computer monitor.
Prayer promptly falls to ground.
Hopelessness = vindicated

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

Yes, the issue is clearly the $30/yearly invested into avacado toast

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

It's adorable when people ask "oh what neighborhood do you want to live in?" as if this market has just a hotbed of affordable homes scattered throughout the area

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

The Halloween party at our apartment complexes is going to be "ALOT OF FUN"

I for one can't wait to see what there planning for us.

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

Today I found out one of my plants is called "party time" and I think it's exciting.

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord"

..to immigrants, displaced in a foreign empire

Good reminder this morning at church (from a Korean-American pastor wearing a Mexican poncho nonetheless)

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

A brief story:

We can't afford houses, so we rent
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Since we all rent, rent surges with home prices
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As rent goes up, we save less & landlords gain wealth
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More wealth (& cheap loans) means more income properties
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More income properties means less homes on the market
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[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

Earlier this week, someone publicly announced why they're leaving our church, largely citing changes made that distance our church from white-centeredness

Making room for others is the epitome of being the church. Thankful for this reminder and challenge from @CommonPrayer

[Jake Ferrier @FerrierJake]

It's 'the new jar of coconut oil is completely liquid' degrees in our apartment