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It took multiple years for housing prices to go up. It did not happen overnight. If you don't try, there is no chance.
by nullnilvoid 9y ago
It took multiple years for housing prices to go up. It did not happen overnight. If you don't try, there is no chance.
- mistermann 9y agoOr, you could control demand and be done with it in very short order. I'm not saying you can't build your way out of it, but waiting a decade for supply/demand to come back into some reasonable balance (maybe!!) isn't exactly "no big deal" to families just trying to get by.
- nullnilvoid 9y agoWhy can't you suppress your own craving for houses? Why do you want to regulate other people so that you can buy low-priced houses? The market is sending a clear message by increasing prices that we should build more houses. Why do you want to suppress that with regulations? It is economics 101 and how capitalism works.
- mistermann 9y agoYou're asking why someone wants to own a house? Where to start with that. And it's s far from Econ 101.
- nullnilvoid 9y agoYou have not answered my questions. Why control other people's demand while you don't control your own?