The popular book Die Broke notes that the sharp rise in housing prices in the US in the 1960s and 1970s was due to underlying structural factors: The large generation of "baby boomers" were starting careers and families, thereby increasing demand for housing. At that time, some of the older generation about to retire happily sold their houses to the younger at high prices.
最近在美國大受歡迎的理財書《破產上天堂》分析指出，六、七十年代的美國房市飆漲，是因為龐大的嬰兒潮正值成家立業，房屋需求量大增；正好嬰兒潮的上一代面臨退休，於是把房子以高價賣出去。