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2. I think this is good news. Their dominance in the residential market (buy and rent out) is a problem

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Jun 18, 2023, 07:19 PM

Jun 2023

Of course, they throw out the old "recession" canard. There is no such thing as a recession with low unemployment.Maybe they mean a recession in their CEO's paycheck. If they were to sell, that would tend to lower prices and make it easier for people to actually buy a home instead of rent.

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Institutional firms are pulling back from the U.S. housing market [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 OP

That's great, after years of driving the price up, they are pulling out to set the crash. bottomofthehill Jun 2023 #1

Hopefully... Think. Again. Jun 2023 #3

I think this is good news. Their dominance in the residential market (buy and rent out) is a problem PSPS Jun 2023 #2

Really? I got my last come-on from them four days ago Warpy Jun 2023 #4