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Middle-Income Buyers Face the Nation’s Biggest Housing Shortage

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Middle-Income Buyers Face the Nation’s Biggest Housing Shortage ldeakins Tue, 06/13/2023 - 11:05 Middle-income buyers can afford to buy less than one-quarter of listings in today's housing market The U.S. A two-fold approach is needed to help with both low affordability and limited housing supply.

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Forbearance Exits Expected to Add Inventory

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Forbearance Exits Expected to Add Inventory. A wave of inventory could come soon as hundreds of thousands of homeowners are expected to exit forbearance, with a significant share likely to list their homes. This not only benefits the market’s inventory problem, but homeowners can benefit from the significant price appreciation.

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Biden Announces Housing Supply Action Plan to Boost Inventory Nationwide

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Biden Announces Housing Supply Action Plan to Boost Inventory Nationwide. Though likely to make a substantial difference in low-income neighborhoods with a shortage of affordable housing, the plan isn’t geared toward first-time buyers, who account for the majority of all home purchases and keep housing demand high across the U.S.

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Will the US Fill Its Shortage of Affordable Homes?

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will fill its shortage of affordable homes, a gap that widened by more than 500,000 units during the pandemic to what the National Low Income Housing Coalition estimates is a national shortage of 7.3 million homes for extremely low-income renters, The New York Times reports. Costs for materials and labor remain stubbornly high.

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Pros and Cons of Buying a Home During a Recession

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If a recession materializes in the year ahead, experts anticipate even higher interest rates, a floor on pricing decreases, and potential income changes, but for priced out buyers, a sudden slowdown could also mean significant price drops and less competition, Forbes reports.

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As Higher Mortgage Rates Price Out Buyers, an Affordability Crisis Widens

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Even as inventory levels rise across the U.S., the majority of available homes for sale are affordable only for higher-income buyers. In a widening affordability crisis, lower-income buyers are being left behind. Even though inventory is improving in these areas, middle- and lower-income buyers can afford to buy fewer homes.

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Top U.S. Home Builders Report Strong Sales Despite Rising Mortgage Rates

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Even as mortgage rates reach new highs, a lack of available housing inventory is driving up demand and keeping home builders busy in every regional market. In short, demand was strong, available inventory was scarce and the incoming supply is limited.”. Market Data + Trends. New-Construction Projects. Market Data + Trends.

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