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Comment by arrowleaf

2 days ago

And if margins are decreased, then... (what happens to new supply?)

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Alpha3031  2 days ago

The supply of land is inelastic. Property developers can't get more land by building more houses on it (and as a corollary, the eventual owner also do not get charged more in taxes).

  • sapphicsnail  2 days ago

    They can make higher density buildings that generate more income and house more people on the same amount of land.

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