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Re:How Zillow's homebuying scheme lost $881M by tunap on Friday March 18, 2022 @07:41PM (#30729082)
"...the truth is that speculation in real estate and vacation towns have both been a thing for a very long time."

Eh, in the US, it was limited by the Glass-Steagal protections enacted after the speculators ruined the world economy almost 100 years ago. We can thank the 'Modernisation Acts' of 1999/2000 and QE for the economic rollercoaster in the US(so goes the world?) for the last 20 years in housing, energy & metals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_Steagal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm%E2%80%93Leach%E2%80%93Bl...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_Futures_Modernizatio...

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