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Re:US home prices surge 17% in May, fastest in 17 years by c7DJTLrn on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @05:39PM (#27990086)
BlackRock might skew the average there.
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Re:US home prices surge 17% in May, fastest in 17 years by SomewhatLikely on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @05:43PM (#27990125)
https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2021/06/is-blackrock-buying...

BlackRock owns around $60 billion in real estate assets. The value of the housing market in the United States is more like $36 trillion.

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Re:US home prices surge 17% in May, fastest in 17 years by Guest42 on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @05:46PM (#27990161)
Given when they started, I imagine they’ve bid on a fairly high percentage of the sales in the last 5 years and had an impact on the prices and perceived value of the housing market.
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