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by bcheung 2020 days ago
Appreciation is not rent seeking though. Also, savings is what funds capital investment. There's no capital without previous profit.
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Appreciation is not rent seeking though.

It most certainly is, if at the same time you're hanging out at city council meetings protesting construction and housing development. The cost of housing in SFBA isn't really the cost of land - its the cost of regulation. It's the marginal cost of building new housing.