• Empricorn@feddit.nl
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    2 days ago

    Have you ever, in your life, received a rent decrease because they were matching the economic conditions…?

    • shortrounddev@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      The only reason rent would decrease in response to economic conditions would be if they started building tons and tons of houses and supply began to outpace demand. OR, your country were experiencing deflation, which is bad

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      2 days ago

      Housing price didn’t ever go down in most cases because of hoarding, there’s no way leeches will ever decrease the rent.

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        16 hours ago

        No, it’s because of a lack of new supply. Most houses are owned by the people who live in them, not land lords