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  • Beryl@jlai.luEnglish
    571·
    4 months ago

    Housing is too cheap? Now that’s a problem I’d like to have

    • breckenedge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      4 months ago

      I’m a homeowner and I support this message. Couldn’t afford the house I live in today and we only bought it 4 years ago.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.ccEnglish
      157·
      4 months ago

      Affordable housing is fantastic for everyone, but values of houses falling is kinda scary.

      There’s definitely a house of cards feeling in real estate in China, and if there were any sort of collapse it would be felt around the world.

      As in any economic instability, the wealthy can consolidate their positions and the poors just get pushed further into the mud.

      • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        173·
        4 months ago

        For those who only own one home, this is not really a bad thing. They don’t survive off of the equity of their house. It’s a house. It provides shelter and amenities. They will even pay less on property tax.

        This really only hurts those that own more than one home. And to that I say, Fuck Em.

        • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.ccEnglish
          87·
          4 months ago

          You seem to have misunderstood my comment.

          The situation in China could deteriorate into global financial collapse.

          Yes houses might be cheaper, but with extreme unemployment, inflation, interest, foreclosures et cetera it would be much more difficult to acquire your one house than it is now.

          You’re saying only wealthy people would suffer, but that’s not how financial instability works - the poor always do the heavy lifting.

            • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.ccEnglish
              56·
              4 months ago

              Sorry, you just don’t seem to get it.

              You may “have nothing” now, but I imagine you at least have an opportunity to obtain a slave-wage level job, and food on the table.

              In a global financial collapse, you wouldn’t have those things, and there would be violence and unrest.

              It’s not as though people with houses lose them and everyone gets respawned with no gear. It’s more like wealthy people don’t notice, people with mortgages struggle to make payments, and people who currently “have nothing” pay more for everything.

              This is absolutely one of those “be careful what you wish for” type situations.

              • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldEnglish
                84·
                4 months ago

                I think it’s you who doesn’t get it. In a financial collapse, it’s not the plumbers, electricians, or machinists who will be out of work. It will be the investment bankers, the lawyers, and the middle managers.

                They need us far more than we need them.

    • Syntha@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      321·
      4 months ago

      You wouldn’t like it if you owned three houses and have all your savings invested in them

      • Azzu@lemm.eeEnglish
        243·
        4 months ago

        Diversify your investments is literally the first thing anybody learns about investment.

        Also, let me cry for those poor rich people with still 3 houses left, they’re going to end in poverty if it’s worth less!

        • jacksilver@lemmy.worldEnglish
          101·
          4 months ago

          I could be wrong, but I think they’re referring to all the middle class Chinese who were using housing as an investment vehicle (cause that was a common thing in China to my understanding).

          • Azzu@lemm.eeEnglish
            73·
            4 months ago

            I did not know that, but I don’t think it matters. If you have 3 houses, even if they’re worth less, you have a place to live and the possibility to house 2 other families/even more. That is wealthy in my opinion, and it doesn’t really matter how much it “values” at.

            • AwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              5·
              4 months ago

              It matters when all 3 of them are mortgaged and the mortgages are now more than their actual value.

              (Before you blame the buyers for being dumb, realise that due to cultural context and other factors, pretty much the entire middle class is in this sort of situation).

          • C126@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3·
            4 months ago

            People in China don’t have a good stock market to invest in to “diversify”. They also don’t have good government programs like social security. The only investments are houses, shops, or your kids. If you chose houses and the market crashes and your kid can’t help, you’re screwed and will likely end up on the street.

            • jacksilver@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              4 months ago

              Yeah that’s what I was trying to call out. Also seems some people aren’t aware that many of these investment properties were never built, so the people lost their money and the asset behind it.

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
        182·
        4 months ago

        You wouldn’t like it if you owned three houses

        Hold on, let me get out my XXS violin

      • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
        102·
        4 months ago

        Boo hoo, I own one house and have all my savings in it. Go sell 2 of them and live in the 3rd, let someone else use them without needing a parasite middleman between them and housing.

  • Alsephina@lemmy.mlEnglish
    262·
    4 months ago

    Love how hard this article tries to portray this as a bad thing lmao