Comment by PaulDavisThe1st

3 days ago

One of these things precedes the other in time, however, which may be significant.

But not in the causal chain. The building happened because someone was willing to pay for a fungible asset. An asset is only fungible if there are buyers.

  • > The building happened because someone was willing to pay for a fungible asset.

    Building often happens because a developer believes someone will buy the homes they build. A lot of the time, they are right; some of the time they are wrong. Some developers will get buyers lined up first, to minimize the risks of being wrong; many do not. In the latter case, there's no inherent connection between the building and subsequent buyers.