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Re:Yes, it is remote workers who spiked housing, rent costs by andrewfromx on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @01:41AM (#35257254)
oh this is great story for https://remoterenters.com/ thanks!
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Re:Yes, it is remote workers who spiked housing, rent costs by cidergal on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @01:42AM (#35257258)
Don't you mean it is our government and economic structure that made housing the shitty investment in the first place? Don't blame individual rational actors.
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Re:Yes, it is remote workers who spiked housing, rent costs by thatwasunusual on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @01:47AM (#35257282)
> Don't you mean

I mean? You are aware that I'm referencing a news article?

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Re:Yes, it is remote workers who spiked housing, rent costs by senttoschool on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @02:00AM (#35257354)
Maybe they're responsible for 10% of the increase in small cities and towns. I'm guessing that the other 90% was because of zero percent interest rates.
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Re:Yes, it is remote workers who spiked housing, rent costs by thatwasunusual on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @02:07AM (#35257403)
> I'm guessing [...]

Why?

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Re:Yes, it is remote workers who spiked housing, rent costs by senttoschool on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @02:08AM (#35257410)
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/12/inflation-intere...
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Re:Yes, it is remote workers who spiked housing, rent costs by thatwasunusual on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @02:47AM (#35257628)
If only you bothered to read the article itself;

> "This housing inflation affected both mortgages and rents, the report said. It concludes that other factors such as low-interest rates [...]"

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Re:Yes, it is remote workers who spiked housing, rent costs by hislaziness on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @02:43AM (#35257610)
Don't think I understand the argument here. Is it causation vs correlation issue?
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