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by Trumpi 965 days ago
> The real estate market is driven by speculation no?

No, it's driven by supply and demand.

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It's really not.
Well, it is a demand, but not a supply and demand balance of housing supply, but a supply and demand balance of speculation. In other words, there’s a high demand for speculation (profit) in the housing market.