Time & Perspective Quote by Mike Simpson

"There's never been a better time to sell properties" is the kind of line that wants to sound like reassurance but lands as a tell. As a politician, Mike Simpson isn’t just making a market prediction; he’s choosing a side in a housing story that’s become an everyday pressure point. The phrasing is absolute, salesy, and conveniently unspecific: better for whom, exactly? Homeowners sitting on appreciated assets, sure. Investors looking to cash out, also yes. Renters hoping to buy, first-timers shut out by rates, and communities facing displacement hear a different message: now is the moment to extract value, not to stabilize it.

The intent is transactional optimism. It frames housing as a portfolio item rather than shelter, leaning into a mood of urgency that conveniently flatters people with property while sidestepping the moral and political mess underneath: supply shortages, affordability crises, and the widening gap between those who own and those who don’t. The subtext is political risk management. Praise the market, signal confidence, and you avoid admitting that the “better time” is partly produced by policy choices, zoning fights, and a national inability to build enough homes in the places people need to live.

Context matters because “best time to sell” often appears when prices have surged, inventory is tight, or uncertainty is looming. It can read as a dog whistle to donors and developers: the system is working - for the people who already hold the keys.