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Why houses are so expensive

25% of all houses sold in the first three months of 2025 were bought by real estate investors. These investors take houses off the market and drive up prices.

They just sit on these houses, using them as a place to park money. Or they rent them out at high rents.
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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
Real estate has become an asset class. Housing needs to be decoupled from those who regard buildings as financial investments only. Having a roof over your head is a basic human right, not a privilege.
@SunshineGirl Yep. And for that reason nobody outside some good natured people in charities will ever give a serious effort in ending homelessness because if they actually did solve it we would have an instant market crash.
thisguy20 · 41-45, M
I do know a guy who one could describe as a "real estate investor"; he buys houses which are essentially uninhabitable and either rehabs them or knocks them down and builds new houses which he then sells...
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@thisguy20 I would describe that as a proper investment which helps everybody in the end by returning habitable property back to the market.
thisguy20 · 41-45, M
@FreddieUK Yes, that is true. Although the "build new" tend to have selling prices in the millions: not exactly something the overall market is in need of more of
SageWanderer · 70-79, M
Rented houses, leased cars it’s the plan to eventually have everyone in an indentured society. Just like the old company houses, stores and script.
Housing and homelessness will never be solved under capitalism. It is literally impossible when shelter is treated as a luxury commodity and not a basic requirement for survival and human right.
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
Taking good property off the market while there are homeless people is downright immoral. But since when has morality had any effect on real estate investors?
Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M
Those investors call me daily. I try to scam a free meal out of them before demanding a million euros.

I love messing with them. They just don't learn.
Because we didn't nothing to house ourselves as a society or as a country. We tread on human rights.
https://youtu.be/qIpCtiGUusY?si=bWgh8bOj-Wwwwdia.
Khenpal1 · M
ask , Trump , my guess is us debt
Northwest · M
This should not be allowed. These funds are multi-level marketing based. This is the kind of stuff Trump loves.

 
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