During the pandemic, housing prices soared and owners saw their home values nearly double overnight. Popular culture both facilitated and reflected that shift, with shows that primed us to see homes not as places to live in but as assets to buy and sell.

 

During the pandemic, housing prices soared and owners saw their home values nearly double overnight. Popular culture both facilitated and reflected that shift, with shows that primed us to see homes not as places to live in but as assets to buy and sell.

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