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Eight states now have more unsold inventory than in 2019. Here’s why.

Housing Wire

But still, there are about 300,000 fewer homes on the market now than in August of 2019. So rather than comparing to last year, the closest we get to a “normal” market is to use 2019 as a baseline. And eight states have more unsold inventory than in 2019. Texas, in particular, is a high tax state for real estate.

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New Government Programs Providing Middle-Income Renters With Relief

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The programs studied in “ Subsidizing the Middle: Policies, Tradeoffs, and Costs of Addressing Middle-Income Affordability Challenges ” provide direct and indirect public subsidy, everything from grants and loans to property tax exemption and government guarantee of construction loans (see table below).

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How to grow housing supply in 2021

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months, builders will halt the rate of growth for new construction plans as they did in 2018 and again for a brief period this year. months, the builders are ok with construction as long as new home sales grow. month figure recorded in October 2019. Similarly, in 2018 and 2019, mortgage rates rose to 4.75 Hard pass.

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More Priced Out of Homeownership as Housing Costs Mount

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Thankfully, the study found that some relief is in sight as rent growth is slowing due to a surge in new family rental units, and for-sale inventories are growing due to the increase in single-family construction. It was also two million more than in 2019, an increase of almost 10%, and the highest number on record.

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Some say Austin’s rental market might collapse. That’s not reality

Housing Wire

What’s more, operating costs for apartment and SFR (single-family rental) operators are up significantly since 2019 due to higher property taxes, insurance, and payroll costs. of existing supply, with another 38,000 of apartment units under construction (12.2% Meaning that margins are being aggressively compressed.

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Affordable housing inventory is limited due to foreclosure prevention efforts

Housing Wire

In 2019 the number was 200,000. When including the approximately 900,000 single family homes constructed by new homebuilders during the year, according to data from the Census and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) , that 200,000 represented close to 20% of all single-family homes supplied to the market in 2019.

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DataDigest: The staying power of the new New South

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billion in 2019. billion in 2019. billion in 2019. Between 2009 and 2019, New York City grew by 907,600 jobs, or 24.3%, attracting 629,057 new residents. But the city only constructed 206,000 housing units. All the new construction in every direction. “We In Dallas, it reached $5.6 billion in 2020 and $3.8