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

> 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.