Builders today always win, no matter the market. Their projects are backed by multiple investors — land, flat, and material investors — each expecting a premium return. Landowners trade plots for flats, flat investors fund construction for profit, and material suppliers often take flats as payment. The builder, acting more like a marketing agency, holds premium units to sell first at top prices. This cycle keeps prices high, as no investor wants to sell below cost. It’s a calculated cat-and-mouse game — but eventually, the market must find its balance. submitted by /u/andy_shipmyapp [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1olooct/the_real_game_behind_rising_real_estate_prices/

I asked this a while back but some things have changed and not sure what we should do. My wife and I will be moving after winter and looking for a house between $300-450k. Figuring the new payment would be about $2200-3000, our current payment with everything escrowed in is $1080 at 2.75 interest. We owe $135k and can sell for around $275k, we live in a development so all the houses have same setup 3 bedroom 1.5 bath. Houses that need work have just sold in past month for $250-285k. Our house is move in ready brand new everything except plumbing, so would assume it would go on higher side of price. We have currently $25k saved up and running numbers with a realtor on costs after selling and paying closing costs, realtor fees a $40k down payment and everything in between we should walk away with around $85k in our pockets. Have researched renting instead of selling but hard to figure out if best for us. We can rent the house for around $2000-2500. I have some specific questions; Can w...