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Data Dig : New Single-Family Home Sales and Starts Through July 2026
New Single-Family Home Sales, Prices, And Starts All Declined Since March, Giving No Help To The “Housing Supply Shortage”
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5 essays
Aug 14
Increasing For-Sale Housing Supply Is Not Profitable Increasing The Volume Of Home Construction Will Not Reduce Builder Costs Materially But Will Diminish Builder Profit 12 min Jul 28 Data Digs
Data Dig : Lower Housing Vacancy May Not Mean Housing Is In Short Supply The Twenty-Year Housing Vacancy Rate Trend May Not Support The Assertion That Housing Is In Short Supply 7 min Jul 24 Data Digs
Data Dig : Sizing The Housing Supply Shortfall Historically Low Housing Affordability Is A Supply Problem, According To Economists, Researchers, And Our Ever-Wise Politicians 8 min Jul 17
Data Dig : Home Prices, Inflation, and a Housing Affordability Reality Check Inflation In All Categories Erodes Home Purchasing and Renting Power 7 min Apr 30 Data Digs
Data Dig : Single-Family Housing Starts March 2026 Anticipation of Warmer Weather and of Mortgage Rate Decline Likely Caused Single-Family Starts to Jump in March 2026, but the Trend May Not Continue 3 min
Increasing For-Sale Housing Supply Is Not Profitable Increasing The Volume Of Home Construction Will Not Reduce Builder Costs Materially But Will Diminish Builder Profit 12 min Jul 28 Data Digs
Data Dig : Lower Housing Vacancy May Not Mean Housing Is In Short Supply The Twenty-Year Housing Vacancy Rate Trend May Not Support The Assertion That Housing Is In Short Supply 7 min Jul 24 Data Digs
Data Dig : Sizing The Housing Supply Shortfall Historically Low Housing Affordability Is A Supply Problem, According To Economists, Researchers, And Our Ever-Wise Politicians 8 min Jul 17
Data Dig : Home Prices, Inflation, and a Housing Affordability Reality Check Inflation In All Categories Erodes Home Purchasing and Renting Power 7 min Apr 30 Data Digs
Data Dig : Single-Family Housing Starts March 2026 Anticipation of Warmer Weather and of Mortgage Rate Decline Likely Caused Single-Family Starts to Jump in March 2026, but the Trend May Not Continue 3 min