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Can we short real estate?

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• wheaties 12y ago
  Not directly, no.
• adventured 12y ago
  Basically yes. You can buy ETFs that are short real estate. You can short real estate ETFs that focus on various real estate specialties. If you think the Florida real estate market will be destroyed, you can focus on local, public real estate companies and short them.
  • presidentender 12y ago
    By what mechanism does the ETF go short on real estate? Stocks are fungible, so borrowing shares to sell them makes sense, but I just can't make sense of the mechanism for real estate.
    • dustcoin 12y ago
      The ETF could short REITs (Real estate investment trusts) that hold Miami property.