[goldstategop]

By interfering with the market, the government keeps housing prices artificially inflated and only delays the inevitable.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Amerigomag]

By interfering with the market, the government keeps housing prices artificially inflated and only delays the inevitable.

Nope. This is about artificially stabilizing property tax income.

Why? Because, from the Austrian to Hill, the political class recognizes that all hell will break loose when the market plunges and counties refuse to adjust valuation.