Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021

Re:Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021 by arcticbull on Thursday February 17, 2022 @01:08PM (#30376471)

There's no reason to think that, actually. Certainly not to think that it's responsible. You can pick from any of a large set of developed countries - Canada, the UK, much of Europe - they all had different monetary policies but punitive zoning rules and saw the same effects on housing prices.

The ones that stand out as having the most liberal zoning rules see the lowest increases in housing prices.

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Re:Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021 by peteradio on Thursday February 17, 2022 @01:18PM (#30376601)

You seem to have identified a case where there is an obvious effect, but that shouldn't then be used to dismiss the obvious potential for other effects. Anyway that's besides the main thrust of my response, that is, M2 of USA in 2020-2022 is nothing like the 30 year history of Japans M2.

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