The issue is that everyone involved wants the problem to get worse.
There's hundreds of millions of homeowners.
Obviously some exist that support basically every opinion imaginable.
The vast majority of home owners want the "problem" to get worse, because it isn't really a "problem" for them - at least immediately and obviously.
No; I am rejecting that claim.
Counterclaim: I reject.
But if they own a $500,000 house and want to sell it to buy a $750,000 house, then a 10% increase in house prices costs them $25,000 net.
Limited supply limits their options. They’re less likely to find a perfect fit and more likely to have to compromise.
That's not ironic, by the way.