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Re:US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-fami... by WalterBright on Thursday January 08, 2026 @05:37PM (#46547499)
> they had access to a lot of basically free cash

What? Cash is never ever free. If it's your Scrooge McDuck cash vault, you're losing money by not investing it. If you borrow it, you're paying interest on it.

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Re:US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-fami... by conductr on Thursday January 08, 2026 @07:26PM (#46548519)
Mortgage rates were below inflation. That’s same as free money and why so many investors bought as much as they could leverage
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