Why “landlords” is being discussed
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Math failure here. If you keep half your $1400 units off the market and get $2400 for the others you are losing $400 per unit. Also there is zero evidence any landlords were doi…
by consensus1 · Nov 7, 2026
Homeowners are usually the ones who don’t want more building, not amorphous landlords who have very little control over zoning and permitting in a place like the Bay Area.
by trollbridge · Nov 7, 2026
The market price is the price for which people are renting places based on market forces. If the only market forces are landlords keeping half of their units empty so they can k…
by DANmode · Nov 7, 2026
Apartment landlords don't undercut each other. They raise rents in lockstep and then offer "specials" like a month off (amortized) that lower initial out-of-pocket costs without…
by 59percentmore · Nov 7, 2026
Rental prices are set at the edge, so you only need to own a fraction of the market to drive rent increases. Corporate landlords absolutely do this.
by 59percentmore · Nov 7, 2026
> So if the system tells the landlords using it to do the thing that would increase rents if every landlord was using it This is precisely what happened. Quoting from my comment…
by bostik · Nov 7, 2026
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A landlord is the owner of property such as a farm, house, apartment, condominium, land, or real estate that is rented or leased to an individual or business, known as a tenant. The term landlord applies when a juristic person occupies this position. Alternative terms include lessor and owner. For female property owners, the term landlady may be used. In the United Kingdom, the manager of a pub, officially a licensed victualler, is also referred to as the landlord/landlady. In political economy, landlord specifically refers to someone who owns natural resources from which they derive rent, a form of passive income. Read more on Wikipedia