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Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly

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They're not vacant, they're just waiting for better matket conditions (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

If it was a one time thing, sure, but if unoccupied properties had a meaningfully higher risk of arson to the point where it's priced into insurance, there would be less of an incentive to hoard housing.