withholding of properties is a form of supply constraint and would only work if the owner had control of a significant proportion of the properties as losses would greatly exceed any potential gains. It is a nice theory but fails when you analyse the probable outcomes.
In any case if there was a large pool of property then nobody would be able to control availability because others would simply undercut them. Simple market economics.
Andy Fletcher
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