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HECM program study assesses policy impacts of recent years

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) in 2022 aimed to assess the state of the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program over a 20-year period. A study commissioned by the U.S. Overview of findings The report was released to the public in November 2023.

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DataDigest: What the latest data says about home prices, construction and sales

Housing Wire

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Home construction New home construction ramped up early in the pandemic but moderated as interest rates ticked up and mortgage rates followed. The rate of homes under construction has roughly plateaued since April 2022. The figure – up 17.7%

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Solving the Housing Shortage

DataMaster

The building rate of the previous decade struggled to keep up with the pace of the 2000s when homes were being built at nearly twice the rate ! The number of constructed homes dropped below the million mark in 2008 for the first time since 1992. Clearly, construction is not keeping up. either quit or lost their jobs.

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Crestwood—Neighborhood Analysis of Single-Family Residential Homes (November 2019)

Portland Appraisal Blog

Data was pulled from the year 2000 to the present date. The data export was checked, validated, and scrubbed of obvious errors using custom tools developed by the author. Approximately 3% of sales in the neighborhood were new constructions. With that out of the way, let’s look at some neighborhood stats.

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Far Southwest—Neighborhood Analysis of Single-Family Residential Homes (August 2019)

Portland Appraisal Blog

Data was pulled from the year 2000 to the present date. The data export was checked, validated, and scrubbed of obvious errors using custom tools developed by the author. Approximately 6% of sales in the neighborhood were new constructions. With that out of the way, let’s look at some neighborhood stats.

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Washington Legislators Drive Home More Real Estate Measures in 2024

Will Springer Realtor

One of the top bills that failed would have permitted larger residential lots to be split to as small as 2000 sq. for the development of second residences, such as cottages and other forms of affordable single-family homes. Lower parking requirements for developers of higher-density housing.

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Solving the Housing Shortage

DataMaster

The building rate of the previous decade struggled to keep up with the pace of the 2000s when homes were being built at nearly twice the rate ! The number of constructed homes dropped below the million mark in 2008 for the first time since 1992. Clearly, construction is not keeping up. either quit or lost their jobs.