Housing is not and necessarily overpriced. There are small regions which it has been monetized but otherwise the structures themselves are roughly what they should cost. Based on the cost of materials and labor.

If you build every aspect of a modern house personally, no subs all custom. You will make roughly 1.25x to 1.55x the cost of materials. In cold climates.

So your chart is a story of wage deflation not house inflation.

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If ignore the wage deflation side and want to focus reducing house prices. New construction Residential has up to 70% disadvantage when selling compared to privately owned similar property. Most governments are subsidizing private home ownership and sales.