Why do home prices increase over time?

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To be clear, I understand what inflation is, but something that’s only keeping up with inflation doesn’t make sense to me as an *investment.* I can understand increasing value by actively doing something, like fixing the roof or adding an addition, but not by it just sitting there.

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If the population is shrinking, meaning less demand, house (land) price down.

If the population is growing, which it is, meaning more demand, house (land) price up

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