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Re:Housing shortages are making homeownership unaffordable a... by nybsop on Sunday July 24, 2022 @06:20PM (#32218359)
It's weird to write an article about the housing crisis without mentioning the artificial scarcity caused by the foreign speculators and domestic monopolists like Blackrock buying up all the houses.
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Re:Housing shortages are making homeownership unaffordable a... by nathanaldensr on Sunday July 24, 2022 @07:40PM (#32218944)
In my experience it's been very difficult to find any singular piece of writing that talks about all the angles. It's a complex issue, but each of the complexities matters and they affect one another.
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Re:Housing shortages are making homeownership unaffordable a... by missedthecue on Monday July 25, 2022 @01:54AM (#32220960)
BlackRock does not buy houses

https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/insights/buying-hous...

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Re:Housing shortages are making homeownership unaffordable a... by peyton on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:53AM (#32221307)
They invest in new construction and hire management companies to rent out houses. I would argue that spending money to acquire a new house is “buying a house.”
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