Are Investors The Reason Home Prices Are Rising Into Unaffordability?

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Mar 14 2025 | 00:17:14

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Show Notes

The trends are clear, in many western countries around the world, home prices have been rising, and in recent years rising fast. The underlying drivers are the freeing up of mortgage markets, and lower interest rates, allowing more people to borrow more, which is why debt has been rising too. As you know I have long argued the rise in home prices to stupid levels is all due to the deregulation of the financial system, driven by neo-liberal thinking which leaves ordinary people in the dust. Greater debt driven demand lifts prices. Of course, the Government is fixated on the […]

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