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How private equity is changing housing

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115 points harambae | 1 comments | 09 Dec 25 17:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.231s | source
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postflopclarity ◴[09 Dec 25 18:12 UTC] No.46208345[source]▶
build. more. and this problem will go away.
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ryanmcbride ◴[09 Dec 25 18:20 UTC] No.46208466[source]▶
Not if private equity just snatches it all up.

Yes build more. Also regulate the oligarchs until they no longer exist.

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api ◴[09 Dec 25 18:32 UTC] No.46208630[source]▶
PE buying real estate is a long bet on housing prices. If supply increases enough, prices flatten out and then fall, and the longs get crushed.

These investments are a bet on continuing to under-build and under-densify.

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1. mikeg8 ◴[09 Dec 25 19:42 UTC] No.46209598[source]▶
its a good bet on their part (although i hate it). we obviously can't increase supply fast enough to keep up with demand in the current regulatory climate and with an existing shortage of skilled tradesmen and ratio of tradesman retiring out vs newcomers entering construction, there doesn't seem to be a feasible way to meaningfully increase supply.