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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And to add on the "the second the market opens" part - landlords can buy houses even before they are fully built and liveable which is not really an option for a person with no house because such an investment leaves you with no place to live and no money (mostly).

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Eh... what do you think happens when you buy your first house while living in an apartment? Over here anyway you can't just up and leave, you've got a contract to rent the apartment until a certain date and the house you want might not be available on that specific date... I was paying both my condo and my apartment for four months when I first bought...