Comment on When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords?
Is the implication here that if the landlords hadn’t bought the property, the people renting would be able to buy it?
Yes that’s correct, if landlords couldn’t run a business then the overall pricing of housing would be low enough that a renter could afford it due to supply and demand of the greater housing market
You’re assuming said people would be able to obtain a mortgage at those house prices?
Yes, at the lower prices now that supply isn’t constrained by landlords
Where do these people get their deposits from for the mortgage on the cheaper houses? Where do they live whilst saving up for these cheaper deposits?
ghen@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Yes that’s correct, if landlords couldn’t run a business then the overall pricing of housing would be low enough that a renter could afford it due to supply and demand of the greater housing market
darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
You’re assuming said people would be able to obtain a mortgage at those house prices?
ghen@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Yes, at the lower prices now that supply isn’t constrained by landlords
darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Where do these people get their deposits from for the mortgage on the cheaper houses? Where do they live whilst saving up for these cheaper deposits?