>And every time the price of houses goes up, the property taxes go up.
We have been scammed by the cabal our whole lives. This is how it works. By raising home prices, banks can make bigger loans, their local cabal government cronies can charge more in taxes, the create greater chance of people defaulting and then the banks can confiscate years of your hard work and resell your property for the same high price. In reality, a home can only depreciate in value the older it gets as appliances wear out, wood rots, and everything deteriorates. A house should depreciate the same as a car or a boat.