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Housing is finite in the sense that all things on Earth are finite. But more houses may always be built. And I do disagree that houses are not depreciating as
by garbagetime 5y ago
Housing is finite in the sense that all things on Earth are finite.
But more houses may always be built.
And I do disagree that houses are not depreciating assets. The technology and the style of a house become outdated. And much deteriorates over time. Yes, the land may not depreciate, but that is a separate matter from, or, at best, only a component of the value of the house.
- sillysaurusx 5y agoI think this just sidesteps the argument entirely. Yes, everything on Earth is finite. But that doesn't change the fact that nearly an endless supply of cars can be built, whereas you can't build an endless supply of houses. You can maybe build a bunch of apartment buildings to build housing, but those aren't houses.
- thegrimmest 5y agoThe problem being that in order to build houses or cars you need the cooperation of everyone involved - the property owners, the contractors, the municipality. How do you propose to extract this cooperation if it's not forthcoming? Handcuffs?
- garbagetime 5y agoI'm more than happy to sidestep the argument. I think the most sensible thing for us to discuss is homes rather than houses. We can build a lot of homes in areas where there is high demand for them by upping housing density in those areas. Building a lot of homes also reduces demand for individual houses, so helps to slow the increase of price of houses.