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DataDigest: Construction costs easing for homebuilders

Housing Wire

However, as mortgage rates hit multi-decade highs , cooling demand and shrinking the pool of qualified buyers for new homes, homebuilders slowed their pace of construction, which settled at a plateau that is still well above pre-pandemic levels. ” However, Basu notes supply chains are already facing new pressures in 2024.

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Large Metro Suburban Single-family Construction Slows

Eyes on Housing

Recent developments in the first quarter of 2022 per NAHB’s Home Building Geography Index (HBGI), indicate single-family home building slowing in suburbs, with most other regional geographies following suit. Following the aftermath of COVID-19, home buyer preferences for the suburbs have eased.

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Opinion: Proptech’s big miss

Housing Wire

As a marketer by profession, I tend to put these companies into categories to create a narrative and to develop brand specificity. There are hundreds of companies that help with various parts of the transaction and process “supply chain,” from search and valuation to closing, from appraisal to title, from targeting to closing.

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Will the Infrastructure Bill Affect the Real Estate Market?

Appraisal Buzz

About $17 billion will be used to strengthen ports that have suffered due to inflation, improving the supply chain for building and construction. As energy efficiency becomes a more visible data point, it’s likely that this will become a marketing point for eco-conscious renters and buyers. construction sites.

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June Newsletter-Easing Off the Pedal

DW Slater Company

They had simulators that you sat in and gave you all kinds of tests to develop your defensive driving skills. Economic changes, policy changes, supply chain issues, social changes, and buying power can all impact real estate. Supply is slightly up from last month. It was great! Another thing to watch is new construction.

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Opinion: The “profitless boom” in residential construction

Housing Wire

Builders are having to delay project start times, resulting in cost blowouts and developments not being completed. ’ Other factors that have played a role in the supply shortage include increased freight costs caused by the impacts of COVID-19, a nationwide housing shortage and unprecedented demand for new housing stock. .

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Industrial Real Estate is Killing It! The Columbus, Ohio CRE Trend for 2023

The Robert Weiler Company

Because it’s where fictional game developers James Halliday and Ogden Morrow of Gregarious Games launch the OASIS, a fully interactive immersive VR gaming environment where a growing percentage of the human population goes to escape. Proximity to some 60% of the U.S. population, as former Ohio Governor John Kasich often likes to boast?