The Minimum Lot Size and Billionaires
In a city with 1 single-family lot, Elon Musk gets a lot of land for cheap. In a real city, the minimum lot size gives the rich more land for cheap, too.
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How to Measure a Housing Market
If you want to measure how a real estate market is doing right now, you should use rent. ... The most studied repeated-sales rent index is Zillow's ZORI.
Austin's Home Appraisals Match Zillow's
Bravo, TCAD! You seem to be valuing residential property well.
The "Evil Landlord" Explanation
Understand how to lower the cost of rent, by thinking like an evil landlord.
Our Zoning Laws are "Anti-Rationing"
Instead of rationing housing, we're "anti-rationing". Our zoning laws are the exact opposite of anything that makes sense.