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Comment by robocat

I don't look at the housing market like that - causes and effects are not obvious.

Firstly, people can afford to pay $x for mortgage interest. The "cost" of borrowing remains constant because incomes don't change. As mortgage interest rates decrease, $x doesn't change. Instead people can borrow more (for the same amount spent on interest) and they bid more. So house prices go up.

parent robocat 2 years ago

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