Unfortunately what has happened is we've reached such a tipping point of inequality (and red tape) that it is no longer worth the investment of catering to the

Unfortunately what has happened is we've reached such a tipping point of inequality (and red tape) that it is no longer worth the investment of catering to the middle class. The windfall from selling just one luxury apartment is greater than the profits from selling ten middle class houses, and there are enough plutocrats buying their daughters' tenth condos to make selling the luxury apartments feasible on the market. Welcome to endgame capitalism.