• Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world
    8·
    6 hours ago

    Wallstreet will never let another collapse happen. They have too much money tied up in SFR and will use any correction as a firesale to quickly scoop up as much real estate as they can, further limiting supply and stabilizing prices

  • Ibaudia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    4 hours ago

    As long as artificial demand is being driven by speculators, housing will never get cheaper. Even assuming there is enough supply, which is also unlikely.

  • WhatSay@slrpnk.netEnglish
    2·
    6 hours ago

    Some prices are dropping, if you want to risk buying houses that can’t be insured. Although a bank won’t give a mortgage for those, so there is no winning.

  • MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.ee
    5·
    8 hours ago

    House prices are set by supply & demand.

    House builders won’t overbuild as it harms their sale prices so that won’t cause an oversupply.

    The only way that the ratio can change in the buyers favour is if suddenly an ungodly number of people die for some reason or the general population’s finances collapse to the point where they are no longer trying to buy a house. You’re likely to be one of the victims if either of those things happen. All you can do is keep saving.

  • dxdydz@slrpnk.net
    43·
    19 hours ago

    Any major housing crash will probably affect your ability to purchase a home. The real solution is laws limiting property investment combined with building new, dense housing in areas that already have services.

    • Delphia@lemmy.world
      5·
      9 hours ago

      The $500,000 house will be $250,000 but the 6% interest rate will be 24% and the 10% deposit will be 25%.

      • booly@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        5 hours ago

        Or the economy crashes to the point where prices drop and the fed lowers interest rates to try to stimulate the economy, but the economy is so bad that you don’t have a job to be able to qualify for a loan.

    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
      14·
      19 hours ago

      Vanguard and State Street too. All three together run the US, thanks to Reagan’s privatization of retirement accounts.

  • niktemadur@lemmy.world
    4·
    20 hours ago

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