• Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    That means prices are coming way down, right? I mean, we’ve been told that’s how it works in capitalism, right? High supply means prices go down, so we’ll be having bargain sale prices for homes pretty soon!

    Surely capitalism wouldn’t lie to us…right?

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      1 month ago

      Capitalism is for them to fuck you lol

      Pesants keep forgetting about the big club or not understanding they are not a part of t.

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    1 month ago

    Well they just keep building houses in the middle of the desert in Arizona nowhere near anything in particular hours drives from any jobs and other similar places nobody actually wants to live.

    People keep confusing supply in general with supply where it is desired. Homes aren’t like gold. They don’t flow to where the people are to ease demand when a new mine is found. They are stuck where they are built. If you build a bunch of them in the desert, it does literally nothing to the demand in New York or Boston or any other city.

    If anything, it actually contributes to rising costs because those workers, supplies, and capital that went to building these useless houses were not being used to build houses and condos where they are wanted or needed

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      1 month ago

      Also, building a bunch of homes priced at what you thought you could potentially sell them for 2 years ago no longer pencils. The ride had to end some time, we’ll see how it goes.

      Builders and developers have loans due, they’ll be forced to cut, and then that will force existing he prices lower. That should finally impact rental housing and apartments…but of course each group will fight it all the way and lobby for lowering interest rates to prop up current pricing.