Why Are Hedge Funds Buying Up American Housing In Mass?

The Hedge Funds are Buying Up American Housing. That’s a Dangerous Trend

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A very dangerous trend has been discovered as of late: hedge funds are buying up American housing. The Wall Street Journal, Federalist, and ZeroHedge have all reported on the problem, but the most succinct and useful depiction of what’s happening is this Twitter thread (you’ll want to read the whole thing and the articles in it. the info is important):

The basic story, for those that didn’t have time to read the entire thread, is this: hedge funds and big banks are buying up the US housing supply. Using cheap money from the Federal Reserve and investment dollars from their wealthy clients, they’re snapping up everything on the market. Entire neighborhood developments have been bought, houses are being instantly sold for 50% above the asking price, big banks like Lloyd’s are getting in on the action, throwing yet more greenback fuel into the raging housing fire.

Thanks to that, now 1 in 5 homes sold are bought by landlords in the top real estate markets and home ownership is permanently more expensive. BlackRock alone could snap up over 100k homes a year, just imagine the pressure on the market as more and more hedge fundsand banks join in the buying spree…

And, because there are few other places to turn to for yield in such a loose monetary environment, there’s no indication this will stop; the funds will keep buying up every house on the market, especially in areas where there will be renters.

For one, the renting lifestyle is not one of freedom. It is one of slavery to passion and a landlord, a life of tossing money down the drain rather than building equity and saving money. Most Americans recognize that, hence why homeownership is so popular in the US. But if there are no houses on the market, if the greedy Wall Street goons have bought them all up, more and more Americans will be forced to remain renters. Rather than raising their children in a house they own, they’ll have to live in an apartment or rented house, moving at the whim of a landlord. That’s not the American dream, it’s a nightmare for the average middle-class American.

As the thread says, “The Great Reset is real. It is happening. This will be the greatest transfer of wealth, and greatest consolidation of power in the history of mankind. 

But the greatest threat of all is the oligarchic “Great Reset” crowd. By their own admission, they don’t want you to own anything. They hate the idea of property ownership for commoners, leading as it does to individuality and freedom, so they’re coming after it. The hedge funds and banks are waging a war on your ability to own a home.

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