• WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    In contrast to the housing bubble, where a lot of the value was in overpriced houses sold to individuals,

    was?

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      4 hours ago

      34% of single-family housing are now rented out. We’re not building enough housing, a fact that hasn’t changed since the housing bubble collapsed. So, a lack of investment in new property, large funds putting money into existing properties instead, and less risky homeowners overall means we don’t really have a housing bubble. We have a supply shortage, leading to high prices. The correction for that isn’t a crash.

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        1 hour ago

        since the housing bubble collapsed

        did it? it does not seem so. where I live to buy a house in good condition people need to take out loans that the bank may not even allow, but if it does they’ll pay it for decades. even empty plots are still very expensive. more and more people live in a rented place even though they don’t want to move, because their house is taken away.