When you dig deeper.

The courts are allowing criminals to walk out of gaol so they can buy real estate and push up the values of housing.

This boosts the criminal grubberment in several ways.
senior Public servants investments keep going up
Politicians investments keep going up
Sales tax keeps going up
and people have to work longer and pay taxes longer to buy a house.

Oh yeah, and they get to confiscate houses to add to the revenue when they take the houses as proceeds of crime.

Criminal grubberment