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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by nmfisher on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @09:47PM (#27455813)
I'm really not sure that's true. I don't know exactly how many were built, but Melbourne (Australia) added a lot of CBD apartments and the price continued to shoot up.

Those were overwhelmingly tiny/cheap/low-quality/investor-bought apartments, but the fact is they were still there.

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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by mixmastamyk on Thursday June 10, 2021 @03:08AM (#27457781)
That there are places where foreign buyers outnumber locals ten to one, or other govt interference happens, do not refute basics of economics. Australian cities are tiny compared to Asia or even LA, and certainly units built were not in the millions.

i.e. if your locality has additional issues, the solution is to fix them. Don't use them as excuses to build less housing for folks that need it.

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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by ClumsyPilot on Thursday June 10, 2021 @09:19AM (#27460373)
You accuse others of economic illeteracy while yourself fail to grasp or address basic concepts like inelastic goods and market failure.

I see the church of free market is strong here.

Open an article by an actual economist, not a political pundit. They know for a fact you can't build your way out of the housing bubble.

https://www.ft.com/content/e1160d72-8414-371e-94dc-3c4c7a499...

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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by mixmastamyk on Thursday June 10, 2021 @04:48PM (#27465620)
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
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