When mom and dad’s heloc goes from 2.75% to 7.00%, are they less inclined to give their kids a downpayment?

Rent controls are slowing the availability of housing. Brand new product sits vacant as landlords are willing to lease up slowly at high rates rather than lock into market rates for fear of being stuck with fixed revenues in the face of increasing costs.

Can we stop saying that costs are passed onto the buyers? Developers are always going to get as much as they can.