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Re:San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S. by tonyedgecombe on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @10:35AM (#24765928)
Historical norms included much higher interest rates and women not participating in the labour force.
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Re:San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S. by jeffbee on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @10:42AM (#24766019)
Indeed, but that's why the state needs policy for this. It's should not be true that landlords capture all of the marginal productivity of 2-income households.
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Re:San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S. by barry-cotter on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @11:02AM (#24766231)
They wouldn’t if building housing was legal.
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Re:San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S. by whimsicalism on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @11:11AM (#24766321)
> Historical norms included much higher interest rates

And that impacts rental pricing... how?

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