[ben_jones]

> Housing prices are still set by supply and demand. You can't charge LA prices in Atlanta no matter what kind of fancy scheme you run.

And yet the market can remain irrational longer then you can remain liquid. We do not live in a fair market.

[davidw]

What's unfair about the market is that it's mostly local "I've got mine" people shutting out the people who teach their kids, attend to them at the hospital, police their streets and so on, via things like zoning laws.

It feels good to blame some big, far-off company but it's not where the bulk of the problem lies. That doesn't mean the company isn't gouging a bit though and if they are, fine, nail them.