It’s not “thinking along these lines”, it’s mentally convenient.
Is the Louvre keen to clear out its art works at rock bottom prices because the value of them are going down every year or are they happy to sit on them?
I think this is your shark jump moment.
Is someone with a mint VF2 Motorsport keen to clear it out or are they going to hang onto it because it’s an investment and will become worth more in the future?
That's a wholly subjective question as to the reason why they bought the car in the first place and somebody holding something with the speculation it will appreciate has nothing to do with, or is comparable to your analysis of the building industry apart from the word "speculation".
The exact same thinking infects the building industry, they aren’t in a hurry to move or make anything because it’s all an “investment”.
Nope. Building industry is moving as fast as the market allows. Most customers want things built yesterday and the progression is hampered more due to weather and supply of product, two things not in our scope of control.
I copped that same BS newspeak when I got my carport put in, apparently it wasn’t “costing” me over $10k, it was an “investment” into the value of my home!
And what benefit does one give?
-to shelter vehicles from the weather
-to have somewhere to store things from the weather
-any future buyer will probably have some use for it and see one as a beneficial feature.
Compare that to the ~$10k you will spend in holding your VF2 Redline Motorsport Benz over 5 years for no benefit when it comes time to sell the "investment" and the smart money isnt in the car.
Yes, I pointed out earlier that we should be doing that (importing workers) in the interim to get on top of the current shortage. They will build more houses than they occupy so it’s a net win on the housing supply front.
If we're currently building about 2000 homes a week (110,000/year )nationally and need to nearly double that figure to meet the 2029 target and the construction industry currently employs 1.2 million people, let's be generous and say we need an extra 400,000 people to get us to our target.
That's 400,000 individuals or families who aren't all going to want to share into your "average 2.6/home figure" your idea requires enough homes to tie up the entire expanded construction industry for over 2 years.
That's not accounting for the increase in required materials.