I have a VIEW that does not appear to take advantage of the WHERE when
given the opportunity:

db=# explain select * from best_for_sale_layouts;
                                           QUERY PLAN

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Aggregate  (cost=1977.21..1977.22 rows=1 width=118)
   ->  Sort  (cost=1938.18..1940.05 rows=748 width=122)
         Sort Key: sources.for_sale_layout_rank
         ->  Hash Join  (cost=1.04..1902.48 rows=748 width=122)
               Hash Cond: (for_sale_layouts.source_id = sources.id)
               ->  Append  (cost=0.00..1613.60 rows=74760 width=118)
                     ->  Seq Scan on for_sale_layouts  (cost=0.00..806.74
rows=37374 width=118)
                     ->  Seq Scan on assessor_records  (cost=0.00..806.86
rows=37386 width=118)
               ->  Hash  (cost=1.02..1.02 rows=2 width=8)
                     ->  Seq Scan on sources  (cost=0.00..1.02 rows=2
width=8)
(10 rows)

db=# explain analyze select * from best_for_sale_layouts where address_id =
2871034;;
                                                                  QUERY
PLAN
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Aggregate  (cost=1979.33..1979.34 rows=1 width=118) (actual
time=93569.509..93569.510 rows=1 loops=1)
   Filter: (first_not_null(for_sale_layouts.address_id) = 2871034)
   ->  Sort  (cost=1938.18..1940.05 rows=748 width=122) (actual
time=320.652..464.523 rows=74748 loops=1)
         Sort Key: sources.for_sale_layout_rank
         Sort Method: external sort  Disk: 5840kB
         ->  Hash Join  (cost=1.04..1902.48 rows=748 width=122) (actual
time=0.057..198.500 rows=74748 loops=1)
               Hash Cond: (for_sale_layouts.source_id = sources.id)
               ->  Append  (cost=0.00..1613.60 rows=74760 width=118)
(actual time=0.022..94.871 rows=74748 loops=1)
                     ->  Seq Scan on for_sale_layouts  (cost=0.00..806.74
rows=37374 width=118) (actual time=0.021..22.361 rows=37374 loops=1)
                     ->  Seq Scan on assessor_records  (cost=0.00..806.86
rows=37386 width=118) (actual time=0.011..23.383 rows=37374 loops=1)
               ->  Hash  (cost=1.02..1.02 rows=2 width=8) (actual
time=0.015..0.015 rows=2 loops=1)
                     Buckets: 1024  Batches: 1  Memory Usage: 1kB
                     ->  Seq Scan on sources  (cost=0.00..1.02 rows=2
width=8) (actual time=0.007..0.010 rows=2 loops=1)
 Total runtime: 93573.390 ms
(14 rows)

If I run the View's select with the WHERE in psql I get what I expect
(first_not_null is an aggregate function):

db=# explain analyze SELECT

    first_not_null(a.id) as id,
    first_not_null(a.address_id) as address_id,
    ....
    first_not_null(a.created_at) as created_at,
    first_not_null(a.updated_at) as updated_at
  FROM (SELECT b.*, for_sale_layout_rank
        FROM ((SELECT *
               FROM for_sale_layouts
               UNION ALL SELECT *
                         FROM assessor_records) AS b INNER JOIN sources ON
b.source_id = sources.id)
  ORDER BY for_sale_layout_rank) AS a
where address_id = 2871034;

       QUERY PLAN

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Aggregate  (cost=21.23..21.24 rows=1 width=118) (actual time=0.571..0.571
rows=1 loops=1)
   ->  Sort  (cost=17.64..17.64 rows=2 width=122) (actual time=0.272..0.274
rows=2 loops=1)
         Sort Key: sources.for_sale_layout_rank
         Sort Method: quicksort  Memory: 25kB
         ->  Nested Loop  (cost=0.00..17.63 rows=2 width=122) (actual
time=0.199..0.253 rows=2 loops=1)
               Join Filter: (for_sale_layouts.source_id = sources.id)
               Rows Removed by Join Filter: 2
               ->  Append  (cost=0.00..16.54 rows=2 width=118) (actual
time=0.140..0.185 rows=2 loops=1)
                     ->  Index Scan using
index_for_sale_layouts_on_address_id on for_sale_layouts  (cost=0.00..8.27
rows=1 width=118) (actual time=0.139..0.142 rows=1 loops=1)
                           Index Cond: (address_id = 2871034)
                     ->  Index Scan using
index_assessor_layouts_on_address_id on assessor_records  (cost=0.00..8.27
rows=1 width=118) (actual time=0.038..0.039 rows=1 loops=1)
                           Index Cond: (address_id = 2871034)
               ->  Materialize  (cost=0.00..1.03 rows=2 width=8) (actual
time=0.022..0.025 rows=2 loops=2)
                     ->  Seq Scan on sources  (cost=0.00..1.02 rows=2
width=8) (actual time=0.020..0.023 rows=2 loops=1)
 Total runtime: 0.802 ms
(15 rows)

Is there anything I can do to get the View to update its plan?

Improvements are welcome, although for other reasons (Rails' ActiveRecord)
the View is a must.

Thanks in advance.

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