Toddsterpatriot
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If You Sell a House These Days, the Buyer Might Be a Pension Fund
Yield-chasing investors are snapping up single-family homes, competing with ordinary Americans and driving up prices.www.wsj.com
"Private-equity firms with billions and yield-chasing investors are snapping up single-family houses to rent out or flip. They are competing for houses with ordinary Americans, who are armed with the cheapest mortgage financing ever, and driving up home prices. “You now have permanent capital competing with a young couple trying to buy a house,” said John Burns, whose real estate consulting firm estimates that roughly one in every five houses sold is bought by someone who never moves in. “That’s going to make U.S. housing permanently more expensive,” he said."
If we have huge investment firms buying up homes at 50% over market value -- how can everyday middle-class home buyers compete with that??
One popular Conservative congresswoman (Marjorie Greene) said that will lead to a select few who will own and control everything and everyone else remaining poor and under control....
So is that socialism? Seems as tho she thinks so.....
Even tho she really just explained Capitalism......
this is crony capitalism not free market capitalism,, dont forget these companies are backed up by the fed res
this is crony capitalism not free market capitalism
Unless the government is stopping other buyers, how is this "crony capitalism"?
dont forget these companies are backed up by the fed res
Backed up? How? Be specific.
Blackrock is financed in large part by the Federal Reserve...
They are in fact, contracted by the Feds...
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Fed Hires BlackRock to Help Calm Markets. Its ETF Business Wins Big.
The Federal Reserve committed in March to deploy billions of dollars to prop up the economy during coronavirus lockdowns. The move benefited money managers including BlackRock, which helped the Fed execute its plan.www.wsj.com
Definitely not this free market capitalism I keep hearing about....
Blackrock is financed in large part by the Federal Reserve...
How much is Blackrock currently borrowing from the Fed? Link?
They are in fact, contracted by the Feds...
The firm will receive modest compensation for its role assisting the Fed—a roughly $3 million fee for the six months ending Sept. 30, and $750,000 per quarter thereafter, according to BlackRock’s contract with the Fed. BlackRock will also collect fees on the small corporate bond portfolio it manages for the Fed. BlackRock isn’t charging any fees on ETFs and is rebating fees from its own iShares ETFs back to the Fed. The central bank limited the amount of BlackRock ETFs it would buy.
I take it you didn't read, or understand, your link.