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Can't housing still be an investment for owner-occupants while investment companies are disincentivized from buying every available property in competitive hous

Can't housing still be an investment for owner-occupants while investment companies are disincentivized from buying every available property in competitive housing markets? By limiting investors you'd likely slow down an individual's appreciation on housing as an investment, but I can't imagine it would disappear entirely.

ska 5y ago
> Can't housing still be an investment for owner-occupants while investment companies are disincentivized from buying every available property in competitive housing markets? Not really effectively. There are two big problems. The most fundamental is: If you have a good return on your house (outstrips inflation by a decent amount) and wages stay flat (actually it's been worse than that recently) - who do you think is going to be your buyer 20,30 years on? The other: You can't effectively keep rich people and institutions out if the ROI is good enough. If their money doesn't have a better place to go, it will end up here some how.