<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:57:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/affordability/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Burgerflation]]></title><description><![CDATA[source A local investment expert did an analysis of the Spur Burger which is a local family steak house in South Africa. Most families growing up in South Africa would have at least visited this establishment]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@cryptoandcoffee/burgerflation-3tr</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@cryptoandcoffee/burgerflation-3tr</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptoandcoffee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:55:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc32JkGudbxedbE4pxY1d6QA6btUtTyQwDq2soTLd2vZCwgu4TvY6pwRmPBPvhToXDAXAsMr8g9gmhUrSZd3sRBvUELDD9AhXAweLW9BFYoss8avnvkJLAzbEKUz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Affordable" Housing is NOT Coming Anytime Soon!]]></title><description><![CDATA[When you live in a town — little or large — that considers itself heavily civically involved, it seems like there's almost always some kind of storm in a teacup brewing over a local issue. "Affordable]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@reddragonfly/affordable-housing-is-not-coming-anytime-soon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@reddragonfly/affordable-housing-is-not-coming-anytime-soon</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[reddragonfly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:05:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQLaxpLPbXbd4joHa3DhtMMsjvbFAxPKkr79ogCMtYpJX6abXYfMWKioUwCQFYTsyfohjRfymwxvHLeLnfcJpKi8Pi3PEfExdtX8Y1b1VZPSisvUbbAxF18?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[More City Politics Stupidity: Affordable Housing That Isn't!]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a former member of the commercial base of our town I like to keep my eye on local politics and most of the time just feel grateful that I'm no longer part of that circus! Like many towns in the US,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@reddragonfly/more-city-politics-stupidity-affordable-housing-that-isnt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@reddragonfly/more-city-politics-stupidity-affordable-housing-that-isnt</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[reddragonfly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 08:59:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQLaxpLPbXbd4joHa3DhtMMWUvtjbRRXEvWCtGfEJ7AWq8pEBYBWkhuNhS2UCRwb9bWMufgDgUt5CdBZVJXyS7XkavX9R3ajMNYkZknnLeZfTK9carrj4ge?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Governments Plan to Solve America's Affordability Crisis | My Thoughts...GLOBAL ECONOMIC MELTDOWN IMMINENT... hope you are prepared...US Economic Collapse Just Days Away | You Should Be Concerned]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Governments Plan to Solve America's Affordability Crisis | My Thoughts GLOBAL ECONOMIC MELTDOWN IMMINENT... hope you are prepared US Economic Collapse Just Days Away | You Should Be Concerned]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@sadcorp/the-governments-plan-to-solve</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@sadcorp/the-governments-plan-to-solve</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sadcorp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 08:54:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e33brw5L8nRvf4pFKS4TNGfTtMwZAYk94Qv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[America’s Affordability Crisis To Worsen | How to Escape and Build Wealth...🚨 Texas COLLAPSES—Nationwide CRASH Imminent!...Liberal CEO Of Crowds On Demand EXPOSES How Paid Protests Are Really Organized!]]></title><description><![CDATA[America’s Affordability Crisis To Worsen | How to Escape and Build Wealth 🚨 Texas COLLAPSES—Nationwide CRASH Imminent! Liberal CEO Of Crowds On Demand EXPOSES How Paid Protests Are Really Organized!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@sadcorp/america-s-affordability-crisis-to</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@sadcorp/america-s-affordability-crisis-to</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sadcorp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:14:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eJ1DqjSdXoVzZTf49hVtHWCYKWnHB4LVDbL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Trainwreck That is Real Estate in the USA!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Because Mrs. Denmarkguy and I are planning to move from our fairly large house — expensive and energy draining to maintain — to something far smaller and more economical, I have recently spent more time]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@denmarkguy/the-trainwreck-that-is-real-estate-in-the-usa-7ea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@denmarkguy/the-trainwreck-that-is-real-estate-in-the-usa-7ea</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 05:58:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35baDbeamSjjZVQMKwZSguc7uBjP86sPj5PvfikHNNKrcR6mpyKsiXHMbp34KC5zqmKzEZ9SwiRkYmbXfbZUKDvvn5fCMM5GFqgd4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[There Goes the Neighborhood!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unless you've been living under a rock, I doubt you've missed the fact that housing prices have reached the point where most "regular" folks simply cannot afford to buy and maintain a home any]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/there-goes-the-neighborhood</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/there-goes-the-neighborhood</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 23:31:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJ6f5P7HArQE3XTCa6iUDNhFyD513yhjubqceQsm981wst93rQLnNhAZFpnZ2i8TZxrTedR9gX4zrPiVue7YY2nNcB6dr9c6GckkFiSxfeNRxfFHQdc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Team : The_AI_Avengers By Shivani Goyal, Honey Agrawal, Tanishq Panwar We are AI, ML,DS Enthusiast and focus to solve real world problems Personalized AI Assistant on Healthcare Diagnosis ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know about the Hive from the IEEE DTU "VIHAAN 007" Hackathon Design a versatile healthcare solution applicable to both individuals at the ground level and large hospitals. The system should]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/vihaan/@agrawalhoney/team-theaiavengers-by-shivani-goyal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/vihaan/@agrawalhoney/team-theaiavengers-by-shivani-goyal</guid><category><![CDATA[vihaan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[agrawalhoney]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:39:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personalized AI Assistant for Healthcare Diagnosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are designing a versatile healthcare solution applicable to both individuals at the ground level and large hospitals. The system should offer accessible disease prediction and management tools for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ieeedtu/@agrawalhoney/personalized-ai-assistant-for-healthcare</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ieeedtu/@agrawalhoney/personalized-ai-assistant-for-healthcare</guid><category><![CDATA[ieeedtu]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[agrawalhoney]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:03:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can We Learn From Mistakes We Can Afford to Make?]]></title><description><![CDATA[They say money buys freedom. Freedom from worry, from limitations, and even from the consequences of our own actions. It can oftentimes paint the picture of mistakes as mere inconveniences, easily rectified]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@takhar/can-we-learn-from-mistakes-we-can-afford-to-make</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@takhar/can-we-learn-from-mistakes-we-can-afford-to-make</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[takhar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 19:53:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvgeEigDRtRZXJUDM66FgT1PdEpdgnsP5yckNc6LV5DQrezEEvGb1ULBWTWZmDU8D8xkDAFm27GKB8eoG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commentary: Affordability, Debt, Marketing to Overspend, and... Business Viability]]></title><description><![CDATA[I got to thinking about the nature of a lot of advertising, and about the general fact that so much marketing and advertising seems geared towards trying to get people to spend more money than they can]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@curatorcat.leo/commentary-affordability-debt-marketing-to-overspend-and-business-viability</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@curatorcat.leo/commentary-affordability-debt-marketing-to-overspend-and-business-viability</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curatorcat.leo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 07:35:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCPyqTGYooqrCKPbFmt2KQWMV1KifPjujf1NagT2bPWxoWgvwSmSaV3Qi9ZYzAA3Yxg5vb5mz9dEY7MUh9YnVrZcRwfk9j6fAXzZcamu49V4S9wZMFhxYzsg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Party Is Over for UK House Prices. Part 4.]]></title><description><![CDATA[#property #houseprices #affordability #mortgages #UK #Nationwide #interestrates today we will do an update on UK house prices and how asking prices are taking big hits in the top end of the market in places]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/market/@maneco64/the-party-is-over-for-uk-house-prices-part-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/market/@maneco64/the-party-is-over-for-uk-house-prices-part-4</guid><category><![CDATA[market]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maneco64]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 10:13:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e7vxmmTJZKpsBGVLbR5ga55jE916rKknw1Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude: Investing on a Shoestring — When You Really Can't Afford to!]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the things I ”learned” a long time ago was that investing was really not for ”regular” people. 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The 12-Month Home Price Index Increased 15.77% With Respect to Last Year in July 2022]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 12-month National home price index increased again in the United States. According to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, the 12-month increase in July 2022 was 15.77% compared]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@marcusantoniu26/concept-september-29-2022-the</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@marcusantoniu26/concept-september-29-2022-the</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marcusantoniu26]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 02:00:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnL7m546CVU7Vrhka?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concept and Opinion: August 23, 2022. ESG and its Dangers]]></title><description><![CDATA[ESG is an acronym that means environmental, social and governance. ESG is best defined as a framework that helps stakeholders (investors, customers, suppliers, and employees) understand how an organization]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@marcusantoniu26/concept-and-opinion-august-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@marcusantoniu26/concept-and-opinion-august-23</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marcusantoniu26]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2022 03:35:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnL7m546CVU7Vrhka?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concept: August 1, 2022. What are the Benefits and Risks of Owning Gold Tokens?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, stablecoins backed with gold and reflecting the gold value have started to appear. They seem to be an alternative to owning physical gold, since people find it difficult to store it safely and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@marcusantoniu26/concept-august-1-2022-what</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@marcusantoniu26/concept-august-1-2022-what</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marcusantoniu26]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:52:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnL7m546CVU7Vrhka?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are young people really struggling to buy homes?]]></title><description><![CDATA[37.8% of people under the age of 18-35 own a home. 61.3% of people 35-44. 69.4% of people 45-54. 75.4% of people 55-64. 79.6% off people over 65. 65.4% of American’s currently own a home, but there seems]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/home/@leguna/are-young-people-really-struggling-to-buy-homes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/home/@leguna/are-young-people-really-struggling-to-buy-homes</guid><category><![CDATA[home]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leguna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2022 00:23:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCXp44VvvRtFgSEXrvwzvRNwVQE3cbSyMGbvqwvmRwnwaMurkRk5jj4KqzVHEEph1MPRDNUHpcZfdEsnEoQ1Ru2uk5H3ERZBk2vnzaDTbjkKhLz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concept: July 11, 2022. 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See my previous post, regarding this topic. However, this may not be sustainable due to the soaring mortgage prices and the signs that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@marcusantoniu26/opinion-june-17-2022-is</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@marcusantoniu26/opinion-june-17-2022-is</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marcusantoniu26]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2022 02:32:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnL7m546CVU7Vrhka?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How affordable is a trip to Disney World?]]></title><description><![CDATA[$113 is the average price of a day pass for five days at Disney World. $108 is the average for a kids pass on the same number of days. 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