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Don't worry, with birth rates dropping like a rock we'll have plenty of extra houses in a couple generations, assuming humanity can make it that far.
The other factor with much of our development is that it requires an automobile, automobiles that are consistently getting more expensive to buy and repair. We've really fucked up.
No, we'll destroy houses for freeways and data centers. There won't be extra supply.
Or they’ll be bought up and turned into rentals. Student houses, Airbnb, etc.
Doubt it. There are plenty of empty houses right now.
Right now, the folks keeping an empty unit for speculation can afford to keep it empty.
When the less wealthy investors who need to pay a mortgage for their micro-estate empire of 3 units realize the demand is fading, they'll be forced into lowering rental cost and maybe even selling.
China has seen a ginormous housing value appreciation over decades. The population is shrinking and the correction is happening. It is brutal.
Well no, they'll sell to cut their losses. To people richer than them.
Yeah, that's still possible. Corps should be banned from buying housing units. People who buy more than one should be taxed with an increasing rate for each additional unit.
Edit: typo
Fully agreed