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    8 months ago

    Do people hold shares in the private equity firms buying up all the homes and driving up the housing costs? No no it’s all the NIMBYs fault.

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      8 months ago

      Corporations holding residential real estate are a growing part of the problem, but still a small one. The vast majority of single famliy homes are still owned by either their residents or small time, non-incorporated landlords.

      Never mind increasing the supply of housing would drive down prices and remove pressure regardless of who owns the existing stock.

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        8 months ago

        Do private homeowners and small-time landlords generally leave their homes vacant?

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            8 months ago

            the Chinese are corrupting our youth with these TikToks! buying up all the real estate is fine, but we draw the line at people slandering Israel with short-form vertical video.