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Re:How housing became the world’s biggest asset class by DataWorker on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @01:12PM (#22120240)
It seems like housing demand is almost entirely a function of population growth. Supply is tied to a finite resource, land. We cannot do much to increase supply. The conclusion from this set of facts should be obvious.
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Re:How housing became the world’s biggest asset class by blaser-waffle on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @04:25PM (#22122222)
> The conclusion from this set of facts should be obvious.

Build more housing? Build more land? One-child policy?

Or were you talking about just shooting people?

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Re:How housing became the world’s biggest asset class by imtringued on Thursday January 23, 2020 @06:15AM (#22126587)
It's pretty much limited. The barriers are psychological but they do exist.
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