House buyers want to buy at a favorable price, house sellers want to get the most for their property. But for the past several months — across the country — buyers have often had a tricky time finding a reasonably priced home. A recent headline says, “home prices have risen 100 times faster than usual.” And on InflationData we just updated the Inflation-Adjusted Real Estate Index adding data all the way back to 1890. We look at the idea that housing prices “always go up”.