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The current REO market requires an expansion of services for business growth

Housing Wire

Balancing supply and demand is a delicate dance between new construction and existing properties. Presently, the demand for existing homes outpaces the available supply, raising potential concerns for both sellers and buyers.

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Building material prices take their toll on new home sales

Housing Wire

In order to account for uncertain prices and availability of materials, homebuilders are holding off on making homes available until they are further along in the construction process. to the highest level since 2006. This is not due to a lack of demand; quite the opposite, Speakman noted.

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Housing Demand Likely to Stay High for Years to Come

Empire Appraisal Group

While higher housing costs and mortgage rates will chip away at buyer demand, the sheer volume of current buyers makes the next buyers’ market appear far away. Between a wave of foreclosures, rising rents, and underbuilding of new homes, the housing market became much harder to crack into from 2006 to 2017.

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U.S. Housing Market Collapse? Nowhere in Sight

Empire Appraisal Group

Scary times: builders are slashing home prices and slowing construction as buyers pull back, survey shows” (MarketWatch). The housing market is entering the ‘most significant contraction in activity since 2006,’ says Freddie Mac economist” (Fortune). “Homebuilder confidence suffers near-record plunge” (Newsweek).

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How to grow housing supply in 2021

Housing Wire

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. This period was also during a lull in our prime-age labor force growth, so demand was soft during the years 2006-2011.

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Housing starts are rising, despite cost to buyers

Housing Wire

More than a quarter of single-family homes for sale during the first quarter were new-construction homes — nearly 26%, and March housing starts jumped nearly 20% month over month to the highest level since 2006, per the latest report from Redfin. A healthy housing market is considered roughly six months of supply.

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Regulatory costs add nearly $94K to new home prices

Housing Wire

Of that $93,870, $41,330 is attributable to regulation during development, and $52,540 is due to regulation during construction. The study was filed out by 2,071 NAHB members and 57 developers, and nearly all of the builders — 98.9%, per the study — reported experiencing some type of regulatory cost during construction.