{"id":683,"date":"2014-07-02T20:14:18","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T20:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mn-bankruptcy.com\/blog\/?p=683"},"modified":"2025-08-11T19:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T19:37:26","slug":"no-inflation-in-housing-home-furnishings-or-car-costs-since-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mn-bankruptcy.com\/blog\/no-inflation-in-housing-home-furnishings-or-car-costs-since-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"No Inflation in Housing, Home Furnishings or Car Costs Since 2012?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every two years as long as I can remember the Minnesota exemptions were increased. \u00a0But guess what, this year &#8211; 2014 &#8211; the Minnesota Department of Commerce has announced that there will be no increase in the Minnesota State exemptions. \u00a0Here&#8217;s a video I recently posted about this. \u00a0Some day I&#8217;ll get the lighting right when I do these videos.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rxpHJBJR8C4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is based on some statistics that they have showing that apparently there has not been enough inflation to trigger any increases. This would indicate that the cost of buying a car has not increased, the cost of buying a home has not increased, and the cost of household goods and furnishings and appliances has not gone up.<\/p>\n<p>I am inviting your comments and feedback. Has there really been no increase in the cost of buying a house, the cost of buying a car or the cost of buying home furnishings and appliances during the past two years? If those costs have gone up in other parts of the county, have they not also increased in Minnesota?<\/p>\n<p>Do you think the MN Department of Commerce is right, or have you experienced some price increases in the past two years?<\/p>\n<p>This is for general information purposes only and is not legal advice. \u00a0It does not create an attorney-client relationship. \u00a0I am a debt relief agency. \u00a0I help people file for relief under the federal bankruptcy code.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every two years as long as I can remember the Minnesota exemptions were increased. \u00a0But guess what, this year &#8211; 2014 &#8211; the Minnesota Department of Commerce has announced that there will be no increase in the Minnesota State exemptions. \u00a0Here&#8217;s a video I recently posted about this. \u00a0Some day I&#8217;ll get the lighting right &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mn-bankruptcy.com\/blog\/no-inflation-in-housing-home-furnishings-or-car-costs-since-2012\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;No Inflation in Housing, Home Furnishings or Car Costs Since 2012?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12,28],"tags":[194,193],"class_list":["post-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bankruptcy","category-chapter-7","category-filing-bankruptcy","tag-claiming-your-assets-as-exempt","tag-minnesota-state-exemptions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>No Inflation in Housing, Home Furnishings or Car Costs Since 2012? - Better Call Dave - Bankrupt MN Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Exemptions protect your assets in bankruptcy. 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