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Housing market affordability is made worse by NIMBYism, says Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin

Housing market affordability is made worse by NIMBYism, says Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin

Barkin: 'Subsidizing current prices at a wide scale will only increase demand further, worsening the imbalance with supply. Suppressing demand isn’t an attractive option either. So, that leaves us with the need to increase housing supply.”

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Lance Lambert
The best deal in housing: new construction

The best deal in housing: new construction

Lennar, a homebuilder ranked No. 119 on the Fortune 500, is presently promoting a "fixed [mortgage] rate of 5.75%" in Colorado.

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Lance Lambert
Zillow walks back its bullish 2024 home price forecast

Zillow walks back its bullish 2024 home price forecast

U.S. home prices will remain stagnant in 2024, according to Zillow, which had previously anticipated a significant increase next year.

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Lance Lambert
The U.S. housing market's quiet tailwind

The U.S. housing market's quiet tailwind

This persistent strength in the U.S. labor market has also acted as a tailwind for the housing sector.

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Lance Lambert
Home prices are still booming in these 40 regional housing markets
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Home prices are still booming in these 40 regional housing markets

Among the nation's 384 largest housing markets, 40 have witnessed resale home prices surge by at least 10% on a year-over-year basis.

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This regional housing market has a big institutional sell-off underway. But why?

This regional housing market has a big institutional sell-off underway. But why?

There's no massive national flood of inventory coming from institutional landlords. But they are pulling back in some pockets.

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Lance Lambert
Housing market resale activity is 'dead as a doornail', Redfin CEO says

Housing market resale activity is 'dead as a doornail', Redfin CEO says

Existing home sales are so low that there's nowhere to go but up, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman tells ResiClub.

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Lance Lambert
10 most affordable housing markets—and 10 least affordable
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10 most affordable housing markets—and 10 least affordable

It now requires 40.6% of the median U.S. household income to make the monthly payment on the median-priced U.S. home, Black Knight finds

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Lance Lambert
America's largest single-family landlord keeps raising rents

America's largest single-family landlord keeps raising rents

Invitation Homes reports a +6.0% increase in average single-family rent between Q3 2022 and Q3 2023.

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Lance Lambert
Structural underbuilding, not the Fed, broke the housing market, Fed president Kashkari says

Structural underbuilding, not the Fed, broke the housing market, Fed president Kashkari says

Fed president Neel Kashkari: "We have structurally underbuilt the number of units we need to meet our growing population, and that’s the factor."

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Lance Lambert
Real estate's dysfunctional giant: NAR

Real estate's dysfunctional giant: NAR

The National Association of Realtors is the country's biggest spender on lobbying. It's also in disarray right now.

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Lance Lambert
What's happening to housing inventory in each of the nation's 1,000 largest counties
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What's happening to housing inventory in each of the nation's 1,000 largest counties

The Lance Lambert Inventory Tracker now includes county analysis, and every month it will become even more comprehensive.

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