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Texas cities lead the way for medium-density housing growth

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New-home construction in the U.S. Census Bureau data to analyze housing inventory changes across 489 cities between 2005 and 2023. from 2005 to 2023 — the lowest inventory increase among all property types. has focused on single-family and multifamily inventory growth to boost supply and affordability. The report used U.S.

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Developing a lending strategy for rising mortgage rates

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In fact, the largest home purchase year in this nation’s history was 2005 when rates were near 7.5%. But as America returns to work, supplies for builders will return to needed production levels, new home construction will continue to rise, and ultimately the supply-demand imbalance will rectify itself.

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New home sales juggernaut continues

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higher than the same time last year, according to the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. However, demand has construction playing catch-up , as the estimate of new houses for sale at the end of October was just 278,000. Sales are increasingly being driven from homes not yet under construction.

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Housing starts reach nine-month high in December

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Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Construction of single-family homes dropped 2.3% from November to 1.172 million units, the construction of multifamily units again posted a sizable increase of 13.7% 2021 was a strong year for construction.”. Census Bureau. to 524,000 units. increase from 2020.

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New home sales struggling to grow with higher rates

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Will the Federal Reserve pivot in time to save construction workers? This is key because, traditionally, residential construction workers are the first to lose their jobs before every recession since higher mortgage rates hit housing first. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. percent (±14.6

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NYC council approves sweeping plan that includes 82,000 homes

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The New York City Council this week narrowly passed a housing plan backed by Mayor Eric Adams (D) known as City of Yes, which calls for the construction of 82,000 new homes over the next 15 years in the Big Apple. But the plan backed by a mayor who is currently embroiled in a high-profile legal case in which the U.S.

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The new home sales recession continues

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So for now, the builders will take their time with the homes under construction and make sure they offer enough incentives to unload the new home supply they’re dealing with. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. can’t have a credit sales boom like we saw from 2002-2005. This is 12.6 percent (±16.9