Re:Oracle Moving HQ to Austin
by Xenograph on Friday December 11, 2020 @05:27PM
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The real estate market (and well, most real markets) cannot be completely explained by simple supply/demand calculations covered in a high school economics course. Nor can they be entirely explained by a highly-trained economist. There are many factors at play that complicate matters.
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Re:Oracle Moving HQ to Austin
by raziel2701 on Saturday December 12, 2020 @12:02AM
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Like what?
For example, Prop 13 in CA caps property tax increases on primary residences, which keeps people in their homes longer than they would otherwise stay, which in turn reduces the for sale inventory.
Another example is Trump's Tax Act, which capped "SALT" deductions (State and Local/Property Taxes). This impacts housing prices relative to rents because you can't deduct the full amount of your property tax in high value states like California.
These are two examples...