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Why housing inventory is so low right now

Housing Wire

Given the current housing inventory crisis, it might surprise people to realize this: we built too many homes during the housing bubble years. Yes, but this is where my work is much different from other housing economists and why we need to think of inventory in a new, modern 21st-century mindset. Wait, what?

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Why housing inventory is so low right now

Housing Wire

Given the current housing inventory crisis, it might surprise people to realize this: we built too many homes during the housing bubble years. Yes, but this is where my work is much different from other housing economists and why we need to think of inventory in a new, modern 21st-century mindset. Wait, what?

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The standoff between homebuyers and sellers

Housing Wire

Inventory, which has been falling for years, broke to all-time lows in 2020. We didn’t have a seasonal push in inventory in 2020, and things worsened in 2021. Of course, this has brought back some inventory, as demand weakness always creates inventory through accumulation. million active listings, but at just 1.28

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AmeriHome plans to go public – Let’s look at the numbers

Housing Wire

Like other mortgage firms, California-based AmeriHome has captured a glut of business over the last year due to low interest rates and paltry inventory. It’s a huge growth engine for AmeriHome – in 2014 the correspondent channel produced $1.9 from 2015 to LTM Q2 2020, positioning us as the third largest correspondent producer.”

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Can 3-D printed homes help solve the housing crisis?

Housing Wire

To Ballard, 3D printing technology is evolving to solve a crisis in modern day America and the world: The failure to meet people’s demand for housing. “In the future, neighborhoods and towns, and eventually cities, will be built by robots and drones,” Ballard said. They’re stressed on so many fronts right now.”.

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Appraising Airbnb Properties

Appraisal Today

It’s been on and off the market since 2014, four years after a lengthy construction project there was completed. The regal real estate was first listed in 2014 for $45 million. Moat and Waterfall at This $880K Midcentury Modern Inspired Home in Vermont 4 bedroom, 3.5+ bath, 2,908 sq.ft.,

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Real Estate and Design Trends to Watch in 2024

Empire Appraisal Group

Homeowners Are More Apt to Stay Put With interest rates for a 30-year fixed mortgage still high, home prices holding steady and inventory still low, many homeowners plan to stay put, optimizing or expanding their existing square footage. After slowing from 2012 to 2014, spec building has picked up, due to an uptick in migration.

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