Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable

Re:Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable by shrimpx on Friday November 02, 2018 @11:01PM (#18368432)

I think you're basically saying that for housing to stay affordable, entry level housing should lower in quality over time. If you buy an entry level house today for price X, and you expect it to be worth X*k at some future time, and you expect other people to still buy houses for X at that future time, then those houses have to be lower quality.

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Re:Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable by twblalock on Saturday November 03, 2018 @02:04AM (#18368962)

If X is adjusted for inflation then the quality can stay the same as long as the supply/demand curve doesn't shift. As population increases, you need to increase supply to achieve that.

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Re:Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable by nadezhda18 on Friday November 02, 2018 @11:16PM (#18368476)

Or maybe just smaller?

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