There will always be a need for rentals but I am wholly against corporatized housing. I think the only people who should own homes are individuals, non-primary homes should be heavily taxed, and there should be a hard limit on how many buildings anyone can own.
Housing should not be an “investment opportunity.” People shouldn’t be able to buy houses just to rent them out.
I think the only people who should own homes are individuals
This so hard!
I %100 feel like this is more of the same: corporations controlling basic needs to extract every dollar they can from people. Renting makes sense, if you can’t afford a home you can at least have a place in the intrum. But with companies controlling the entire housing market, this is textbook late-stage capitalism when you don’t have a choice. No longer is there competition, they are all working together.
Yeah… it’s all super fucked. I just sold my condo (short sale during the last collapse) and am staying with family in the meantime but I am struggling to find a house that won’t cost 2/3 of my above-average income. I have a 180k down payment to offer. Prices are that insane by me.
I feel guilty saying it because innocent people will suffer…but I am praying for another collapse. Or at least for homes to go back to normal prices.
I think prices are starting to come back down in my area. I’m seeing homes on Zillow that were bought a year ago put up for rent. Prices are reduced every other month and it still won’t rent, so they’re selling it.
I’m anxiously waiting. Prices have barely dropped here but the inventory basically disappeared. I have a huge search radius and get 1-2 listings a day max
Yeah that’s true for developers but individual realtors are not to blame
That’s fair, I suppose the point I was getting at with that is that it’s putting pressure on buyers, sellers, and realtors.
There will always be a need for rentals but I am wholly against corporatized housing. I think the only people who should own homes are individuals, non-primary homes should be heavily taxed, and there should be a hard limit on how many buildings anyone can own.
Housing should not be an “investment opportunity.” People shouldn’t be able to buy houses just to rent them out.
This so hard!
I %100 feel like this is more of the same: corporations controlling basic needs to extract every dollar they can from people. Renting makes sense, if you can’t afford a home you can at least have a place in the intrum. But with companies controlling the entire housing market, this is textbook late-stage capitalism when you don’t have a choice. No longer is there competition, they are all working together.
Yeah… it’s all super fucked. I just sold my condo (short sale during the last collapse) and am staying with family in the meantime but I am struggling to find a house that won’t cost 2/3 of my above-average income. I have a 180k down payment to offer. Prices are that insane by me.
I feel guilty saying it because innocent people will suffer…but I am praying for another collapse. Or at least for homes to go back to normal prices.
I think prices are starting to come back down in my area. I’m seeing homes on Zillow that were bought a year ago put up for rent. Prices are reduced every other month and it still won’t rent, so they’re selling it.
I’m anxiously waiting. Prices have barely dropped here but the inventory basically disappeared. I have a huge search radius and get 1-2 listings a day max