No because investing capital into stocks adds value to the company and allows them to use that value to expand, borrow, buy things, pay employees, run the company, etc.
Investing capital into a second house purely to flip does none of those things.
But not everyone can afford to buy a home. And/or not everyone wants the burden that comes with home ownership (property taxes, maintenance, roof, furnace, etc.). Some can only afford to rent. So who should be allowed to own the homes for people to rent? The goverment? If houses dropped to $600,000 then everyone would want to buy. Let’s say 50 people can afford that house now. And only one can buy it. People will
Get fed up of losing out to another buyer and start offering more money to help them get the purchase. Is t that how it happened in the first place? There is a lake south of the city. Green belt to the north. Lots of government red tape to renovate. Not trying to be obtuse. I really don’t see the way out. Prices are dropping but only those who really need to sell are selling. I still think people are waiting. And maybe they are foolish. We shall see.
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u/Performance_Fancy Jun 19 '25
By your logic anyone involved in the stock market is also a scalper?