Why Is No One Buying Houses?

by Patrck Appel

Felix Salmon thinks getting the housing market moving will require more landlords, which will require lower house prices. Adam Ozimek eyes the low-hanging fruit:

One way to encourage more landlords in some areas would be to removerent controls. Allowing landlords to raise prices increases the valueof the investment to them, and thus increases their willingness to pay. In most places in the country this has gone by the wayside, butaccording to the most recent American Housing...