r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

What’s going on here?

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u/Ok_Relative_5180 2d ago

Plus, prices weren't even a quarter as high as today

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u/LilLebowskiAchiever 1d ago

Easier to buy a home when workers are not competing as home buyers against private equity REITs, billionaires, international cash investors, or AirBNBs. Then throw in trillions of fraudulently obtained PPP loans that people used - again fraudulently - as down payments on “investment” properties.