The Best Way to Increase Housing Supply? Build More
A new report seeks to quantify the impact that slow construction, avid investors and aging boomers have on inventory.
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It’s widely agreed that housing markets across the U.S. are hurting for new inventory, driving up prices and postponing homeownership for young Americans. What’s driving the inventory shortage is a murkier matter.
A new report from Trulia tests some popular explanations and comes to this conclusion: We’re going to have to build our way out of it.