Re:In January, there were more real-estate agents than homes...
by csomar on Monday March 22, 2021 @03:51PM
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That's just messing up with the market. You need to make both easy, so that people who want to settle and buy can do that; and people who want to be mobile and rent can do that.
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Re:In January, there were more real-estate agents than homes...
by munk-a on Monday March 22, 2021 @07:22PM
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I think the issue is that in the US the pendulum has swung so far in favor of landlords that the government needs to adjust things just to realign it so that both buying and renting are easy. Both should be options - I absolutely agree - but buying is quite difficult right now and a lot of folks are forced into renting for financial reason. That's pretty bass ackwards - a lot of folks aren't paying extra to be mobile - they're paying extra to be static and the additional costs they're forking over are deferring the time when they'd be able to afford purchasing.