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<p>[QUOTE="blooey, post: 1817643, member: 12007"]Well we'll see, won't we!</p><p>Remember that housing sales (without speculators, who will mostly default in the coming months) require mobility, i.e. people moving from one home to another. I just don't see too much of that happening while the virus is still around.</p><p><br /></p><p>For a while, prices will remain stagnant as there will be no sellers and no buyers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, without customers, the over extended house flippers and property speculators will go broke and flood the market with empty houses and condos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Condo developers won't be able to get financing either because they need a percentage of "pre-sales" before the banks cough up the dough.</p><p><br /></p><p>Supply will be huge and demand very low. That's when the prices will collapse, which is probably a good thing. Perhaps people will once again be able to afford to buy a home where they live instead of being shut out of the market by property speculators. I certainly hope so.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it's a bit like musical chairs, hopefully you got your ass in that seat before the melody quit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="blooey, post: 1817643, member: 12007"]Well we'll see, won't we! Remember that housing sales (without speculators, who will mostly default in the coming months) require mobility, i.e. people moving from one home to another. I just don't see too much of that happening while the virus is still around. For a while, prices will remain stagnant as there will be no sellers and no buyers. Meanwhile, without customers, the over extended house flippers and property speculators will go broke and flood the market with empty houses and condos. Condo developers won't be able to get financing either because they need a percentage of "pre-sales" before the banks cough up the dough. Supply will be huge and demand very low. That's when the prices will collapse, which is probably a good thing. Perhaps people will once again be able to afford to buy a home where they live instead of being shut out of the market by property speculators. I certainly hope so. So it's a bit like musical chairs, hopefully you got your ass in that seat before the melody quit.[/QUOTE]
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