Land is not fungible ("location, location, location," as real estate agents often say) and good land is often constrained by zoning and other local regulations.

Land is not fungible ("location, location, location," as real estate agents often say) and good land is often constrained by zoning and other local regulations. Being able to buy a lot in the middle of nowhere with no access to jobs or other basic necessities is not terribly useful unless you are already independently wealthy. A truly widescale and permanent adoption of WFH might move the needle on this sort of thing, but (checks WSJ) gosh, whaddya know, it turns out Wall Street is fighting tooth and nail against WFH adoption.