{"items": [{"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/693577068872?comment_id=693579643712", "anchor": "fb-693579643712", "service": "fb", "text": "You've probably been asked this before, but have you thought about doing this for condo prices?", "timestamp": "1414013685"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/693577068872?comment_id=693580791412", "anchor": "fb-693580791412", "service": "fb", "text": "@Andrew: If you have a good data source I could graph them.  But in general I would expect them to mostly just follow the same gradient as apartments.  Do they not?", "timestamp": "1414014533"}, {"author": "David Chudzicki", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/693577068872?comment_id=693585327322", "anchor": "fb-693585327322", "service": "fb", "text": "Own-to-rent ratios can vary considerably across regions. I have no idea if it varies within regions. That'd be pretty interesting, but also hard to figure out well, I think.", "timestamp": "1414017410"}, {"author": "Patrick", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/693577068872?comment_id=693596450032", "anchor": "fb-693596450032", "service": "fb", "text": "Own-to-rent ratios have varied with time in Greater Boston. Mortgage interest rates have a significant effect.", "timestamp": "1414023753"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/693577068872?comment_id=693599758402", "anchor": "fb-693599758402", "service": "fb", "text": "@Patrick: The mortgage interest rate, though, is going to be constant over the whole area. So at least the gradient should be the same for apartments and condos. Though I could believe condos could have a larger \"per-unit premium\".", "timestamp": "1414025760"}, {"author": "David Chudzicki", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/693577068872?comment_id=693601674562", "anchor": "fb-693601674562", "service": "fb", "text": "I wouldn't be too surprised if loan rates and availability can vary in a way that affects different areas differently, maybe only by affecting differently priced units differently.  (eg the Obama administration's recent push toward bringing back subprime mortgages)", "timestamp": "1414026945"}]}