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davidw on July 14, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Investors bought 27% of US homes in Q1, as traditi...

They don't have the cash. Housing is a huge market.

Downvote all you want, but math is math.

sorcerer-mar on July 14, 2025 [–]

They already don't buy with cash, which is actually one of the only advantages of scale in real estate: big firms can borrow cash more cheaply.

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