What government has an interest in rising housing prices? Isn’t their job the opposite of that usually? Im not familiar with that.
A government who for decades has encouraged home ownership as the safest way of building wealth. A government who a massive number od their constituents are home owners.
And regulators/government should prohibit such predatory practises
Are they predatory? How else can someone live if they can’t afford a down payment and can’t rent?
Basically my point is that housing, healthcare, public infrastructure, etc should be non-profit imo (so, no dividends/profit payouts, only for r&d or lowering price points and profit sharing to clients).