Housing Inventory

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Investors Snapping Up Record-High Number of Affordable Homes

High interest rates and record-high prices are driving investors to focus on homes in the lower price tier, exacerbating inventory shortages and pushing regular home buyers out of the market.

February 25, 2024 - Yahoo Finance

North Dakota

'Record-Shattering' Decline in Housing Inventory

New data reveals how far the U.S. housing market has stayed from anything resembling normal.

March 3, 2021 - The New York Times

Suburban Homes

Home Prices Grows as Inventories Tighten in Detroit

The housing market in Detroit reflects a strong economy and low mortgage rates.

October 23, 2019 - Crain's Detroit Business

Alamo Square

New Housing Construction Drops 41 Percent in San Francisco

Building permits aren't the same thing as new buildings, as San Francisco proved once again in 2018.

April 11, 2019 - Curbed San Francisco

Home For Sale Signs

California Realtors Hope Ballot Initiative Will Put More Homes on Market

A ballot measure to enable older homeowners in California, particularly empty nesters, to downsize without losing their tax benefits granted to them by the 1978 Proposition 13, has qualified for the November ballot.

June 22, 2018 - Los Angeles Times

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