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by firecall 1751 days ago
Exactly!

Here in Australia we are seeing remarkable growth in property prices over the last quarter!

Sydney prices grew at $AU1200 per day!

In the residential housing market there just isn’t enough supply!

I can say anecdotally that’s younger buyers are being accompanied by their parents, who are assisting with finance.

Its well observed that people are queuing down the street to inspect properties, and literally writing offers out on the kitchen table!

Properties are selling on minutes, with prices being pushed up by desperate buyers with access to finance from loans with low interest rates with deposits from their parents!

When you take a 20 or 30 year mortgage, what’s $20 or $30k here and there!

That’s what’s driving prices up!

Supply and demand!

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It's trying to run away from inflation. USA and others have been printing outrageous amount of money, huge inflation is coming, sometimes it's already there. Solution is not to build more homes ad infinitum, but to curb the printing and get back to responsible fiscal policy without bailouts.