What’s funny is how much property values and rent have risen in the US in 2020 to 2022, when population growth has been flat due to Covid. (Population has increased 1 million in that time, from 331.5 million to 332.5 million.) obviously, newborns aren’t buying houses, but the excess deaths (not to mention early retirements requiring around the clock care) were entirely due to Covid and should have opened up a number of properties for first time homebuyers.