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Construction worker shortage has reached “crisis” levels

Housing Wire

To keep pace with current construction demand, and account for attrition, 740,000 new construction workers are needed each year for the next three years , a report by the Home Builders Institute contends. million new hires for construction. The construction worker shortage has reached crisis level.

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New Home Construction Expectations for 2022

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Of course, the construction industry has been facing some pressing challenges, including hitches in global and national supply chains. This makes new home construction a continued challenge, even as demand exists to accelerate new housing. between 2012 and 2021. Things may be taking a turn for the better in 2022, though.

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Mortgage Credit Availability Rises, But Challenges Remain

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In March 2012, the index was benchmarked at 100. The recent growth in credit availability is encouraging, but the index is still hovering near 2012 lows. Base period and values for total index is March 31, 2012=100; Conventional March 31, 2012=73.5; Government March 31, 2012=183.5.

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Homebuilders are primed for an even better 2024

Housing Wire

And with the ability to buy down consumers’ mortgage rates while still maintaining double-digit margins, new construction grew to comprise roughly 30% of total housing inventory in 2023, more than double a normal year. Let’s look at the new construction forecast for 2024. million new single-family construction units in 2024.

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The housing market is 6.5 million units short: Realtor.com

Housing Wire

million households were formed , marking the highest level of yearly household formations in the past decade, and bringing the total number of household formations from 2012 to 2022 to 15.6 This resulted in the gap between single family home construction and household formation growing to 6.5 In 2022, 2.06 million households.

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Mortgage Credit Availability on the Rise 

Appraisal Buzz

In March 2012, the index was benchmarked at 100. The Conforming and Jumbo indices have the same “base levels” as the Total MCAI (March 2012=100), while the Conventional and Government indices have adjusted “base levels” in March 2012. In July, the MCAI increased by 3.3% among the Conventional MCAI component indexes.

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The VA’s little-known program for Native American veterans

Housing Wire

from 2012 to 2021. The GAO’s report said that from 2012 to 2021, 91 loans were originated in Hawaii using the program. In the entire country, 180 loan originations resulted from the program from 2012 to 2021. The GAO said that the VA lacked the staff to run the lending program and failed to inform communities that it exists.