To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock must grow 50% in 20 years

Re:To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock mus... by boreas on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @05:02PM (#16971591)

You need to provide statistics for extraordinary claims about housing being purchased by foreign investors and not used. Common sense says it should be a very marginal phenomenon. After all, renting out property should almost always be worth it with the high housing prices in the area.

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Re:To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock mus... by coccinelle on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @11:07AM (#16977599)

I’ve been wondering about that when it comes to rent-controlled places like SF. It seems « tenant occupied » properties sell for less than equivalent empty places. Then is it worth it to let a tenant in who might just drive down the price of the place if you decide to sell a couple of years later?

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