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Opinion: why we all have a stake in closing the homeownership gap

Housing Wire

million new minority homeowners when the president launched the Blueprint for the American Dream in 2002. Falling home prices will not only make it more difficult for retirees but will impact existing homeowners that may want to purchase something larger or in a more desirable neighborhood. GDP, roughly $3 trillion.

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SELLERS’ MARKET? HOW ABOUT BUILDERS’ MARKET?

Will Springer Realtor

housing starts, when builders break ground and lay a foundation, are forecast to finish this year at 1.04M single-family homes, the first time since 2007 the figure will exceed a million. Amid rising land and construction costs, permits for single-family homes in King County slowed in the third quarter to 940, down 7.8%

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