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Re:US Reps Urge DOJ to Investigate Anticompetitive Conduct A... by tptacek on Monday November 28, 2022 @07:14PM (#33781822)
PE firms own only an infinitesimal fraction of all available housing.
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Re:US Reps Urge DOJ to Investigate Anticompetitive Conduct A... by BolexNOLA on Monday November 28, 2022 @07:17PM (#33781857)
You’re not wrong but it’s a little more complicated than that.

https://www.marketplace.org/2022/03/02/how-private-equity-is...

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Re:US Reps Urge DOJ to Investigate Anticompetitive Conduct A... by tptacek on Monday November 28, 2022 @07:22PM (#33781903)
Is it any more than just a little more complicated? None of this establishes how PE firms would gain any sort of pricing power.
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