My problem with the car analogy though is that there is no "car developer" who can buy a 2002 Lexus and make it new again. In my hometown the "working class bar

My problem with the car analogy though is that there is no "car developer" who can buy a 2002 Lexus and make it new again. In my hometown the "working class bargain" doesn't exist because those 50s and 60s homes are bought by developers before they hit the market (in many cases being sold by estate beneficiaries who don't care what happens to grandma's house anyway and just want the cash) and turned into luxury homes again.