I see a lot of expensive houses being built in my area. A LOT. And the weird thing is that they’re being bought pretty quickly. Are these people just making more money than me? If so, what are they doing for a living? Or are they just living house poor? How exactly are they affording these places?

Edit: For reference, my neighborhood is starting to become popular (because the other popular neighborhoods have priced most people out of affording places there). The normal price of newer homes here is $700k. My home, built in 1965, which is 2500sq ft on a quarter acre of land, is $500k.

  • VelociCatTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Yes let me buy a house on someone else’s land I’m sure they won’t mind. And if there’s not enough land left in America, we just need to increase the supply of land.

    the free market won’t fix this because it’s not a bug, it’s a feature.

    • maporita@unilem.org
      1·
      11 months ago

      If the owner of the land is selling it then they obviously don’t mind. Or do you believe that no-one should own land?

      • VelociCatTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        Actually, I’ve never thought about it, but the concept of “owning” land is pretty absurd tbh. There are people born everyday, beholden to imaginary lines drawn by dead fuckers hundreds or thousands of years ago.