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You don’t understand high end?
Aga
Wolf
Miele
Milano Sophia
Fisher-Paykel
Jenn Air Modern line
Thor
…each appliance costs >$10,000
Aga
Wolf
Miele
Milano Sophia
Fisher-Paykel
Jenn Air Modern line
Thor
…each appliance costs >$10,000
November 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
You don’t understand high end?
Aga
Wolf
Miele
Milano Sophia
Fisher-Paykel
Jenn Air Modern line
Thor
…each appliance costs >$10,000
Aga
Wolf
Miele
Milano Sophia
Fisher-Paykel
Jenn Air Modern line
Thor
…each appliance costs >$10,000
It is common practice to list of property at well below expectations. In the worst of times, SF, LA, Atlanta, Miami, …properties go for 18% over asking.
I did define luxury as different from new, you’re just not paying attention.
I did define luxury as different from new, you’re just not paying attention.
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It is common practice to list of property at well below expectations. In the worst of times, SF, LA, Atlanta, Miami, …properties go for 18% over asking.
I did define luxury as different from new, you’re just not paying attention.
I did define luxury as different from new, you’re just not paying attention.
Housing prices didn’t rise 413% in 20 years because 3m people moved to San Francisco. They rose because a lot of people with money were/are paying a lot more for property. We have commodified need to the point that someone looking for a home is not the person looking for an investment portfolio.
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Housing prices didn’t rise 413% in 20 years because 3m people moved to San Francisco. They rose because a lot of people with money were/are paying a lot more for property. We have commodified need to the point that someone looking for a home is not the person looking for an investment portfolio.
Well, those are two different questions. Certainly “luxury” is applied to things that are not at all luxurious. However, luxury homes are clearly up market properties with high-end appliances & finishes. One rich person buying a house for 20% over asking sets the new baseline for the entire area.
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Well, those are two different questions. Certainly “luxury” is applied to things that are not at all luxurious. However, luxury homes are clearly up market properties with high-end appliances & finishes. One rich person buying a house for 20% over asking sets the new baseline for the entire area.
I’m sorry that’s your experience. I still have a local hardware store and while some things are definitely more expensive, at most it’s a dollar or two more. My local store hires people who need part-time work, disabled people, & is run by someone who lives here and it is invested in the community.
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I’m sorry that’s your experience. I still have a local hardware store and while some things are definitely more expensive, at most it’s a dollar or two more. My local store hires people who need part-time work, disabled people, & is run by someone who lives here and it is invested in the community.
In San Francisco home prices Rose 413% between 2000-2020. The population did not quadruple in that time. What did happen was a massive influx of money from tech & finance industries & their employees. They routinely offered 20 to 30% above asking for homes. Mortgage holders cannot do that.
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In San Francisco home prices Rose 413% between 2000-2020. The population did not quadruple in that time. What did happen was a massive influx of money from tech & finance industries & their employees. They routinely offered 20 to 30% above asking for homes. Mortgage holders cannot do that.
Density works to a point, then it becomes climate damaging and vulnerable to shortages, to being held hostage by corporations, to financial & resource terrorism. Walls are as heat radiant as roads & the lack of open space with real dirt puts water into sewer systems, not into the aquifer.
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Density works to a point, then it becomes climate damaging and vulnerable to shortages, to being held hostage by corporations, to financial & resource terrorism. Walls are as heat radiant as roads & the lack of open space with real dirt puts water into sewer systems, not into the aquifer.
All our affordability models are based on sending public money to private enterprises. Municipalities don’t build homes, developers do. Developers are owned by investment corporations. A stock portfolio does not care whether housing units are occupied or not b/c the money is in the stock trading.
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
All our affordability models are based on sending public money to private enterprises. Municipalities don’t build homes, developers do. Developers are owned by investment corporations. A stock portfolio does not care whether housing units are occupied or not b/c the money is in the stock trading.
We cannot build our way out of problems created & exacerbated by wealth disparity. According to the World Bank & FinCen, the main drivers of housing prices are luxury homes, international investment portfolios, and real estate speculation which supports both.
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We cannot build our way out of problems created & exacerbated by wealth disparity. According to the World Bank & FinCen, the main drivers of housing prices are luxury homes, international investment portfolios, and real estate speculation which supports both.